Pennsylvania R.R. Let's see them!

My wife's grandfather worked for the PRR as a conductor.  Here is a photo of him taken in 1910 in Brownsville PA.  He is on the far right...looks like they were doing some street running (lol).  The is art work is his as well from around the same time.  It is a reverse glass painting of horse shoe curve, notice the 4 track main.  It has some paint loss but I am hesitant to take it to someone for repair for fear of further damage.  It hangs proudly above my layout.  I also have his PRR lantern.

John

I dodged household chores for an hour and ran a freight train and switched passenger, baggage and express cars for a 9 car consist for later departure.

@Fendermain posted:

My wife's grandfather worked for the PRR as a conductor.  Here is a photo of him taken in 1910 in Brownsville PA.  He is on the far right...looks like they were doing some street running (lol).  The is art work is his as well from around the same time.  It is a reverse glass painting of horse shoe curve, notice the 4 track main.  It has some paint loss but I am hesitant to take it to someone for repair for fear of further damage.  It hangs proudly above my layout.  I also have his PRR lantern.

John

John, always great to read some railroad history. Nice picture and lantern and of course nice layout

Mark

@Sitka posted:

John, always great to read some railroad history. Nice picture and lantern and of course nice layout

Mark

Thanks Mark,

I scrolled back to the beginning of this thread.  I see you are a tubular track fan as well. Very nice layout.

John

Pennsy K-4 and Turbine meeting over the gold miner's camp Have a great Christmas all!

@Sitka posted:

Pennsy K-4 and Turbine meeting over the gold miner's camp Have a great Christmas all!

The lighting certainly brings out nice detail on the K4 and the Turbine.

Wish everyone has a great Christmas .

Merry Christmas to all the Pennsy fans.

Thanks for who have posted History or Photos of the Great Pennsylvania Railroad, God Speed all have a great Christmas! Support your Military stationed around the world keeping America Strong!

Adding people to RailKing P.R.R cars that the interior was repainted.

@Sitka posted:

Adding people to RailKing P.R.R cars that the interior was repainted.

Secrets revealed! Nice job as always, Mark. The RailKing cars are really nice for adding passengers due to seats and o/h lighting. I think I might make my first attempt on the NYC heavyweights I got for my JLC Hudson.

@Bill Swatos posted:

Secrets revealed! Nice job as always, Mark. The RailKing cars are really nice for adding passengers due to seats and o/h lighting. I think I might make my first attempt on the NYC heavyweights I got for my JLC Hudson.

Came across some cheap Beepeople from RMT, some passengers had to be trimmed, or feet or legs cut off to put at tables a few were repainted, tell ya what check out ebay lots of sitting people to bad alot come from  China. To bad the prices are great but won't give them a dime. I primed and repainted those seats to dress them up. God Speed good luck with the passenger cars.

MTH Passenger cars with painted interior and added passengers.

Have always enjoyed this thread look forward to participating more.

Here is some of my Pennsy equipment on a temporary floor layout. The steamer is a Lionel H10 and the diesel an Atlas RS1. The Weaver B60 is the newest acquisition. Buildings are upgraded Walthers building flats while the tower is a PRR model I’m scratch building.

@Alex W posted:

Have always enjoyed this thread look forward to participating more.

Here is some of my Pennsy equipment on a temporary floor layout. The steamer is a Lionel H10 and the diesel an Atlas RS1. The Weaver B60 is the newest acquisition. Buildings are upgraded Walthers building flats while the tower is a PRR model I’m scratch building.

Great looking engines Alex, like the flat buildings wtg! Mark

MTH PS2 Pennsy V0 1000 diesel and MTH Pennsy passenger cars:

My Lionel Pennsy S2 coming onto the trestle on our club's layout.

My 3rd Rail S2 had a rough life before I bought it.**  Engine and tender axles and wheels scattered around in the box, bent smoke deflectors, would not run.  After much tender loving care, an ERR upgrade, and more $$ then I like to think about, it is doing pretty good now.  Video starts as a blue screen.

**Keep in mind this was a Williams-made engine that 3rd Rail aquired during Williams bankrupcy and released as it first 3-rail engine.

@Alex W posted:

Have always enjoyed this thread look forward to participating more.

Here is some of my Pennsy equipment on a temporary floor layout. The steamer is a Lionel H10 and the diesel an Atlas RS1. The Weaver B60 is the newest acquisition. Buildings are upgraded Walthers building flats while the tower is a PRR model I’m scratch building.

@Alex W - I'd love to see more of the tower!

In the near future, I am planning on building Bryn Mawr tower from scratch and may want to borrow some of your ideas/techniques.

@Prr7688 posted:

@Alex W - I'd love to see more of the tower!

In the near future, I am planning on building Bryn Mawr tower from scratch and may want to borrow some of your ideas/techniques.

Thanks for the compliments! Your Bryn Mawr tower sounds like a great project.

My tower is being modeled off one down the road from me - Virginia Avenue Tower. It's my first scratch built structure but has been coming along well.

I used AK Interactive carving foam for the brickwork - scribing this was tedious but it was a nice effect. It's not perfect brickwork but looks good to me!  For the recessed section of brick I was able to press the side of the foam in to create the indentation. Here's a post about another similar project with the same brand of foam.

The other supplies used were plastistruct, grandt line windows, microscope slides for window glass, and a few other misc detail parts. I have some PRR style signs on their way from Scale City Design that will provide some finishing touches.

Let me know if you have any other questions. I have some smaller pieces of leftover foam I can mail you, if you'd like to test out this building material.

@CAPPilot posted:

My 3rd Rail S2 had a rough life before I bought it.**  Engine and tender axles and wheels scattered around in the box, bent smoke deflectors, would not run.  After much tender loving care, an ERR upgrade, and more $$ then I like to think about, it is doing pretty good now.  Video starts as a blue screen.

**Keep in mind this was a Williams-made engine that 3rd Rail aquired during Williams bankrupcy and released as it first 3-rail engine.

Great job on that S2 runs great and looks good, well done!

@CAPPilot posted:

My 3rd Rail S2 had a rough life before I bought it.**  Engine and tender axles and wheels scattered around in the box, bent smoke deflectors, would not run.  After much tender loving care, an ERR upgrade, and more $$ then I like to think about, it is doing pretty good now.  Video starts as a blue screen.

**Keep in mind this was a Williams-made engine that 3rd Rail aquired during Williams bankrupcy and released as it first 3-rail engine.

Ron,

You are not alone. When I unpacked my brand new engine, the wheels fell off the tender. I was really upset until my friend who was a quasi-dealer unpacked his and the motor fell out. I have run it on several occasions. It runs ok. I never did install the sound system. When we lived in Brooklyn I had it in my home office. I only started building a layout 2 yrs before we moved. When I made the loft ready in our new home and I unpacked the trains; the S2 was on the railrax with the other steamers. At one point my late wife asked “Where is that engine that I always liked?”. Needless to say it is the only engine ever allowed on the main floor.

PRR 1913

This  was just sent to me. I’m not on FB or instagram s I didn’t get any further information . $6500 for a antique layout building hmmmm  🤫

@RSJB18 posted:

That's too bad Bill. Give TW a call, they will exchange it for you.

And be careful around those BEEPs. I bought one in PRR green and it rapidly turned into 4. I've upgraded one with ERR boards and railsounds too.

Bob

You were right, Bob. And now there are four:

The Santa Fe had a cracked drive gear on the non-traction tire axle that I remounted with red LocTite and filed the outside edge of each of the two teeth on either side of the crack to get their pitch to match the other teeth. Now she runs perfectly. Another one saved!

@Bill Swatos posted:

You were right, Bob. And now there are four:

The Santa Fe had a cracked drive gear on the non-traction tire axle that I remounted with red LocTite and filed the outside edge of each of the two teeth on either side of the crack to get their pitch to match the other teeth. Now she runs perfectly. Another one saved!

I like the one on the left, now where do you purchase??

@Bill Swatos posted:

You were right, Bob. And now there are four:

The Santa Fe had a cracked drive gear on the non-traction tire axle that I remounted with red LocTite and filed the outside edge of each of the two teeth on either side of the crack to get their pitch to match the other teeth. Now she runs perfectly. Another one saved

Don't say I didn't warn you. They are like potato chips......

Well perhaps not everyday but Santa did use Pennsy Business Car 120 this past December

@Sitka posted:

I like the one on the left, now where do you purchase??

Mark, the PRR was bought complete on ebay for $85 delivered. The other three were made up from somewhat "beat up" chassis I got from ebay and shells I got from TW for an average total cost of $60 each.

@Bill Swatos posted:

Mark, the PRR was bought complete on ebay for $85 delivered. The other three were made up from somewhat "beat up" chassis I got from ebay and shells I got from TW for an average total cost of $60 each.

How about a shot from the side on that Pennsy, wtg Bill thanks

Here is an MTH PS3 Pennsy RS1 hauling a mixed consist of milk and passenger cars:

Love the bright headlight of the locomotive and the train gliding beneath the double signal bridge and through the S curve. Arnold

@Sitka posted:

How about a shot from the side on that Pennsy, wtg Bill thanks

Here ya' go, Mark!

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@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Here is an MTH PS3 Pennsy RS1 hauling a mixed consist of milk and passenger cars:

Love the bright headlight of the lovomotive and the train glidinh beneath the double signal bridge and through the S curve. Arnold

Lovomotive! We need more of those Great scene BTW. I'm thinking about a MTH RS-1/RS-3 myself!

@Bill Swatos posted:

Lovomotive! We need more of those Great scene BTW. I'm thinking about a MTH RS-1/RS-3 myself!

Fixed it. LOL. Glad you liked the scene.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Fixed it. LOL. Glad you liked the scene.

Nice RS, nice shot, you have to stop by a rail station and pick up some Passengers looking good!

@Sitka posted:

How about a shot from the side on that Pennsy, wtg Bill thanks

They made a green shell too.....

And it matches Lionel post war coaches perfectly!

@Bill Swatos posted:

Lovomotive! We need more of those Great scene BTW. I'm thinking about a MTH RS-1/RS-3 myself!

Go for it Bill. I have several of both models and they are great.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

They made a green shell too.....

And it matches Lionel post war coaches perfectly!

Thats is sharp also! Mark

@RSJB18 posted:

They made a green shell too.....

And it matches Lionel post war coaches perfectly!

Yes and I'm trying to find one! Do you have any "spares," Bob?

@Bill Swatos posted:

Yes and I'm trying to find one! Do you have any "spares," Bob?

I'm afraid not. I already have an extra Chessie shell without a powered chassis as is......

I bought a couple of the repro shells from TW a while back. They are readily changeable so I can just swap shells as needed.

Bob

Sharp looking Diesels Bill and Bob been watching ebay to find a P.R.R. RMT BEEP.  Here is a 5724 Bunk car waiting for some rail workers.

An MTH Premier PRR GG-1 with a string of PRR heavyweight passenger coaches, also MTH Premier, on the Crescent Model Railroader's modular layout at the State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland.

The same train heading east on track #1 on our Christmas, pop-up store layout at Richardson Farms in White Marsh, Maryland.