Pennsylvania R.R. Let's see them!

@pennsyfan posted:

@CAPPilot

Ron, that’s a beautiful engine!

My Shark looks like a guppie in comparison.

But your shark set represents the best looking Pennsy freight set!

Ron

@pennsyfan posted:

@CAPPilot

Ron, that’s a beautiful engine!

My Shark looks like a guppie in comparison.

I agree with Ron, the freight sharks look great.  I have the Lionel Century Club AA set but not the B-unit.  I initially did not want the B unit becuse I wanted a shorter engine.  But the AA consist just does not look right so I am going to get the B-unit someday to complete the set.  Here are my Sharks:

Not sure I have posted this image to this thread, but some GG1s doing duty on the old Paradise and Pacific Railroad in Scottsdale, AZ about 18 months before that layout was dismantled and the new one built.

Also, my very first O scale layout from 2001 or so built on the back porch of the cottage at my first home.  Those who follow me will notice this is a very different look from what I normally post!

PRR BB1 moving heavy machinery.

@pennsyfan posted:

PRR BB1 moving heavy machinery.

Nice looking lot of cars Bob

@pennsyfan posted:

PRR BB1 moving heavy machinery.

That's a B1.  BB1 is the term for two of them semi-permanently coupled together (the way they were usually seen).

@Bob posted:

That's a B1.  BB1 is the term for two of them semi-permanently coupled together (the way they were usually seen).

What can I say? I was led astray by Lionel.
Here is their listing.

Pennsylvania Ballast Train (TMCC BB-1 #4751) SKU: 6-31747 ; Gauge: Traditional O
If you look it up, there is only one engine in the set.

The BB1 is front and center here.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

The BB1 is front and center here.

Ron

I know I have the same set; but the 4751 came as a single unit.

@pennsyfan posted:

I know I have the same set; but the 4751 came as a single unit.

Hi Bob,  you lost me with the 4751 number reference ?

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Hi Bob,  you lost me with the 4751 number reference ?

Ron

Pennsylvania Ballast Train (TMCC BB-1 #4751) SKU: 6-31747 ; Gauge: Traditional O
If you look it up, there is only one engine in the set.

@pennsyfan posted:

Pennsylvania Ballast Train (TMCC BB-1 #4751) SKU: 6-31747 ; Gauge: Traditional O
If you look it up, there is only one engine in the set.

Oh! This is the MTH Premier set 20-5561-1.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Oh! This is the MTH Premier set 20-5561-1.

Ron

As I wrote before I also have that set; however  I started the thread with the lionel 6-31747.

@pennsyfan posted:

As I wrote before I also have that set; however  I started the thread with the lionel 6-31747.

Sorry with missing that nuance.  Am preoccupied  with a medical situation.

Ron

PAPA G

from my personal photo collection

@pennsyfan posted:

PAPA G

from my personal photo collection

Nice shot of that GG-1 Bob

4800 sure looked pretty good when it first got repainted by the museum.  It didn't quite look as nice when I visited on a hazy day in the summer of 2008.

It did help though with my research on this project

Nice photo's GG1 4877, Some mountain action.

The local freight should have cleared the main well before the Broadway Limited was due. He was delayed due to setting out a bad order car.

J1 on the point

@pennsyfan posted:

J1 on the point

Nice looking engine Bob

Wow, I know the Pennsylvania Railroad was big, but this thread is very indicative of that. Happy Pennsylvania Railroad fans, everyday…..

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, I know the Pennsylvania Railroad was big, but this thread is very indicative of that. Happy Pennsylvania Railroad fans, everyday…..

Great looking turntable Larry

After jarring apple sauce and pears ran some trains.

Here’s my new to me Lionel N5B caboose that arrived this week from a Forum member:

Now residing with the rest of my Pennsylvania freight fleet waiting for their turn to run…maybe today…

I had the opportunity to buy some Pennsy freight cars, nicely weathered from the collection of Hugo Pallesen.  The boxcars are from Atlas, caboose is MTH and pulpwood cars and the last boxcar are unknown origine, I think Japan brass from the 60"s....

Daniel

@FRENCHTRAINS posted:

I had the opportunity to buy some Pennsy freight cars, nicely weathered from the collection of Hugo Pallesen.  The boxcars are from Atlas, caboose is MTH and pulpwood cars and the last boxcar are unknown origine, I think Japan brass from the 60"s....

Daniel

Dan those are some sharp looking cars great find. Mark

Rail fan following a pennsy switcher

I had picked up the Williams brass prewar and later streamlined K4's along with the L1 a few years back but had been wanting to add the Weaver 3768 to the roster.  Finally got that done a few weeks back.  Throw in a bunch of Scale Craft K4's along with an MTH and a few Lionel ones and I guess I like K4's lol  Can you ever have too many K4's?  Nah, I don't think so!!

That ugly GG1 is a bronze cast Baldwin models scale doorstop from about 1945-1960.  Twin motors and a full 18 pounds, it is a beast.  Can't wait to get that running on my upper level loops when they are done!

@Dennis Holler posted:

I had picked up the Williams brass prewar and later streamlined K4's along with the L1 a few years back but had been wanting to add the Weaver 3768 to the roster.  Finally got that done a few weeks back.  Throw in a bunch of Scale Craft K4's along with an MTH and a few Lionel ones and I guess I like K4's lol  Can you ever have too many K4's?  Nah, I don't think so!!

That ugly GG1 is a bronze cast Baldwin models scale doorstop from about 1945-1960.  Twin motors and a full 18 pounds, it is a beast.  Can't wait to get that running on my upper level loops when they are done!

Nice looking fleet Dennis! Sharp

Pennsy power; electric and steam!

Remember September 11, 2001, God Bless all the First responders that gave all, God Bless all my Brothers and Sisters in the Military that gave all! God Bless America We Will Not Forget! God Speed All!

@Sitka posted:

Remember September 11, 2001, God Bless all the First responders that gave all, God Bless all my Brothers and Sisters in the Military that gave all! God Bless America We Will Not Forget! God Speed All!

Very nice Mark!

@pennsyfan posted:

Very nice Mark!

Thanks Bob by chance how big is your layout? Looks sharp Mark

@Sitka posted:

Thanks Bob by chance how big is your layout? Looks sharp Mark

Thanks Mark, the basic table is 16 X 8. The river adds an additional foot. It’s on a piano hinge, so I can lower it if the furnace has to be replaced. The upper part with Pennsylvania Station is a 4X8.

@Sitka- Loved your sentiment about today Mark, I think everyone of us, especially those of us involved at the time in DOD remember where we were at the exact moment that the towers were hit.  I know I do...I was an engineer in Naval Aviation at the time and was out at NAS China Lake on business.

OK for today, PRR and some Lionel "history".  Here are two cabooses, over 50 years apart.

The 6257 on the left is plastic and has really bright livery and dates from 2000

The 2472 on the right is all tinplate with much more realistic livery and dates from 1946.

Best Wishes and Never Forget!!

Don

Here’s two recent weathering jobs I did on my Pennsy Y3 & J1!

@NSRailfan100 posted:

Here’s two recent weathering jobs I did on my Pennsy Y3 & J1!

Great job Railfan Mark

Help me ID this engine. It appears to me to be a PA #5760. I tried searching for it. In 1/1 scale the number comes up as a EP2.

The Pennsy owned 10 Alco PA1's numbered 5750A to 5759A and 5 Alco PB1's numbered 5750 to 5758 even numbers only.

Number 5760 was an EMD E8A Pennsy class EP22.

russ