Pennsylvania R.R. Let's see them!

Pennsy A5 takes on water.   Fireman Willis Keeling on the tender deck, makes sure the tank is topped off.

Crew change:  Engineer Luke Kominsky waves to his relief engineer Tadpole Bueser as o'l Tad notches out the throttle.  

@pennsyfanman posted:

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

Thanks Russ,

So I guess the model is miss numbered; but who made it?

@pennsyfan posted:

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 glossy finish and large porthole windows (they used the ones from an F7 instead of making new ones the correct smaller size for a PA-1) mean that this is a Williams model.

@Bob posted:

The glossy finish and large porthole windows (they used the ones from an F7 instead of making new ones the correct smaller size for a PA-1) mean that this is a Williams model.

Thanks for the help guys!

I recently bought a F7 loco by MTH with PS3, really a great model, this one is a scale wheels version and perfectly run on Atlas tracks. Here it is under tests on carpet central.....

For Don Mc Erlean a PW Lionel that needs some parts but runs well, a 249 from 1958 Red-stripe Pennsylvania set given to me from a brother active duty Plt Sgt that we served together.

@Sitka posted:

…..249 from 1958 Red-stripe Pennsylvania set given to me from a brother active duty Plt Sgt that we served together.

I have all the original passenger cars plus all the add on cars, but not the engine.  I pull mine with a 736.  Here is is with most of the cars (2 need repair).

@Bob posted:

My layout is set in the 1949-1953 time period, and highway stop signs of that era were yellow with black lettering and sat on a short 4-foot post.  Quite different than today!

Makes me wonder if that move was an improvement? Sometimes the taller signs get obliterated by low hanging tree branches.

ECI

@Sitka- Thanks for the great picture of the # 249 from 1958, she is a beauty and one of Lionel's classic "Columbia" locomotives.  Just for fun, here are a couple of others you may like.

This is the modern (1972) reincarnation of that great #249 "orange stripe" although now they call the stripe color "red".  This new one has "electronic sound of steam" but the tender is not nearly as cool!

From the same era as the #249 but not nearly as good a locomotive is the #241.  She was uncatalogued in 1958 and has a white stripe along the running boards.  She did have liquid smoke.  However, unlike the #249, she does NOT have the better 0-27 motor with metal side plates but has a rigid bottom enclosed motor that was infamous for giving heartache.

Again, thanks Sitka for mentioning me and posting the # 249.  The Columbia type was Lionel's go to steamer in the early days of MPC and the latter days of the original company.  They made many variations, mostly on similar or the same boiler casting.  For those of you who like Lionel (like me), the Columbia is normally readily available at modest prices on the used market.  I find that most (not including the fully plastic enclosed motor and even some that were made DC) are pretty good and reliable runners and will pull a modest train without problem.  There are also enough different ones made in those years to make collecting them fun and their pricing makes it possible to have a fun collection.

Best Wishes

Don

GG1

Williams GG-1

GG-1 heading the "Federal".

@Randy Harrison posted:

GG-1 heading the "Federal".

Randy - the perfect train for running in your basement

It's been a while since I contributed to this thread.  I hope these are a new ones!

4892 @ nearly 90 mph heading a Clocker on the main.

A late in life P70Fbr awaiting assignment to the next Jersey Coast Line train.

Pennsy Lionel 0-8-0 moving some freight

@pennsyfan posted:

The Pennsylvania RR began the design of the North River tunnel in 1903. The tunnel was open for revenue service in 1910. On this date in 1906 the tunnel shields that were being driven from the New York and New Jersey shores, met. A marker was placed at that point. The marker still stands. I was given this picture that anengineer took. It was very hard to read. My Granddaughter worked on it and produced a readable copy.

Very cool Bob, great work from your granddaughter! Mark

PW Lionel K-4 675 from 47-49 strong runner great puller.

A "cousin" to Sitka's 675 is the PW Lionel 2025 sold as an 0-27 in 1947-1949 but differed from the 675 only in the number.

Best wishes everyone

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

A "cousin" to Sitka's 675 is the PW Lionel 2025 sold as an 0-27 in 1947-1949 but differed from the 675 only in the number.

Best wishes everyone

Don

3 more for you Don, maybe brothers

This is from my Weekend Photo Fun post:

The Pennsy had 70 horse cars that pretty much moved race horses only, as other horses, even if they were somewhat valuable (like rodeo horses), would travel in stock cars.  They had 20 class B74a with clerestory roofs and no end doors, and 50 class B74b with round roofs and end doors.  Most B74b cars had three doors, but a photo in Staufers’ Pennsy Power III had a photo of one with two doors.   Not exactly like Lionel’s, but close.  Lionel's car is smooth sided while the real B74b looked like the B60 with panels.

@Don McErlean posted:

A "cousin" to Sitka's 675 is the PW Lionel 2025 sold as an 0-27 in 1947-1949 but differed from the 675 only in the number.

Best wishes everyone

Don

Don that is the same engine that headed up  set of three Irvington type passenger cars that Santa brought my Dad and Me Christmas 1947.

I have the engine.  Several years ago bough three of Lionel's plastic reproductions of those cars.

Ron

Found some parts for a 1930's O scale E P Alexander K4 4-6-2 Pacific.  I have a bunch of drive wheel castings already so not too worried about that. For this loco Ed used a beautiful bronze cast chassis (in two halves) and another large casting for the boiler.  Due to the limited space in the Belpair firebox, he chose a tender drive so the big open frame K&D motor would be in the tender.  Not a lot here but it was only 20 bucks so well worth wasting money on.  Now only time will tell if I ever get to building something worthy out of it. It will go well with my Scale Craft K4's and Mi Loco K5.... Some  Brass drivers both Baldwin syle and standard spoke style.  PRR put Baldwin disc's on a few K4's, #5485 comes to mind.

@Dennis Holler posted:

Found some parts for a 1930's O scale E P Alexander K4 4-6-2 Pacific.  I have a bunch of drive wheel castings already so not too worried about that. For this loco Ed used a beautiful bronze cast chassis (in two halves) and another large casting for the boiler.  Due to the limited space in the Belpair firebox, he chose a tender drive so the big open frame K&D motor would be in the tender.  Not a lot here but it was only 20 bucks so well worth wasting money on.  Now only time will tell if I ever get to building something worthy out of it. It will go well with my Scale Craft K4's and Mi Loco K5.... Some  Brass drivers both Baldwin syle and standard spoke style.  PRR put Baldwin disc's on a few K4's, #5485 comes to mind.

Gotta say Dennis you find some really nice finds, looking forward to this completed K4 WTG

Mark

@Sitka - Hey thank you for the "brothers" quite a picture for sure.  Are they all Lionel of the same vintage or are they of different manufacture?  @PRRonbh - great story and those late model Irvington's are great, I have a set I run with by 736 Berkshire.  My first locomotive (as a Christmas gift when I was 3) was the PRR steam turbine in 1947. @CAPPilot - Neat car, you mentioned it was Lionel...is the car as it came from Lionel or did you have it redecorated to turn it into the horse transport car?

Best Wishes and thanks for posting everyone

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@CAPPilot - Neat car, you mentioned it was Lionel...is the car as it came from Lionel or did you have it redecorated to turn it into the horse transport car?

Best Wishes and thanks for posting everyone

Don

@Don McErlean   You know your Post War; great comments.

This "Vision Horse Car" is right out of Lionel's 2022 Big Book.  It plays dialog when stopped with three different stop scenarios (loading, watering, unloading).  Besides the Pennsy, they released Canadian Pacific, Southern, Louisville and Nashville, Railway Express Agency, Santa Fe, and North Pole Central horse cars.

My biggest gripe is the green trucks.  By my era, late 40s, the green trucks were nearly gone.  I may or may not paint them black.

@CAPPilot- Amazing, I had never seen such things in the catalog.  I will admit that I don't shop "Vision" much as its normally way out of my budget . However that horse car is really unbelievable thanks for posting.  The trucks look neat, at least in so far as detail is concerned, I would not know about color.  Since they are 3 axle I assume they are high speed passenger trucks, perhaps for the PRR Northeast Corridor.  Imagine your horses behind a GG1 doing well over 100 mph...wow.

Thanks again for the info

Don

I'm really excited.  I won an auction today for a 2-rail brass locomotive I have been looking to add to my fleet for some time.  Since it hasn't arrived yet, I'll hold off on saying which model it is, but I will say I was bidding on two and the steam locomotive got away.   Pictures when it arrives in a week or so. 

If I ever get to retire, I will finally get back to prepping and painting my PRR unpainted brass projects.  They are starting to stack up!

A little late to the PW PRR party.
Here are my entries; a 736 2-8-4, 2046 4-6-4 and 681 4-8-4. My other PW steamers all have LL tenders.

@pennsyfan posted:

A little late to the PW PRR party.
Here are my entries; a 736 2-8-4, 2046 4-6-4 and 681 4-8-4. My other PW steamers all have LL tenders.

Bob your never late, always welcome to the party next time bring a brew, nice looking PW, God Speed! Mark

@Don McErlean posted:

@Sitka - Hey thank you for the "brothers" quite a picture for sure.  Are they all Lionel of the same vintage or are they of different manufacture?  @PRRonbh - great story and those late model Irvington's are great, I have a set I run with by 736 Berkshire.  My first locomotive (as a Christmas gift when I was 3) was the PRR steam turbine in 1947. @CAPPilot - Neat car, you mentioned it was Lionel...is the car as it came from Lionel or did you have it redecorated to turn it into the horse transport car?

Best Wishes and thanks for posting everyone

Don

Well Don we have a 675, 2025 are 2-6-2 and a 2035 2-6-4 then have like 4 others that were in need of a good home that got repainted and newer parts, along with a good degreasing, have to say they run great, still looking for a 2026x 2-6-2 and a 2025 without smoke. God Speed! Mark

@GG1 4877 posted:

…..but I will say I was bidding on two and the steam locomotive got away.  

So this must be a 2-rail brass diesel.  Looking forward to seeing it.

PRR Boxcab FF2 #7

https://youtu.be/qPGoPu4K8hs?si=O9wkx17zokYGPNjX

Finally arrived yesterday.  A very welcome addition to my fleet.  This is a Sunset PRR Train Master.  I need to test run it first, but after it certainly needs a good bath and a little solder work prior to painting.  Now to find a second one to paint into CNJ, but that is a topic for another thread.

@GG1 4877 posted:

Finally arrived yesterday.  A very welcome addition to my fleet.  This is a Sunset PRR Train Master.  I need to test run it first, but after it certainly needs a good bath and a little solder work prior to painting.  Now to find a second one to paint into CNJ, but that is a topic for another thread.

Sharp looking great detail

@GG1 4877 posted:

Finally arrived yesterday.  A very welcome addition to my fleet.  This is a Sunset PRR Train Master.  I need to test run it first, but after it certainly needs a good bath and a little solder work prior to painting.  Now to find a second one to paint into CNJ, but that is a topic for another thread.

Boy. Jonathan, What’s the vintage on this baby ??? I’ve not seen this 3rd Rail model before !!!  Its Really nice !!! I can ditto Sitka’s remarks too. I’d love to see Scott roll around to doing Trainmaster again - though not in brass. I would hope it would be supported - it’s been offered elsewhere soooo many times before .  My attraction would be the fixed pilots and it would be a nice Different addition to my SP Empire 😜

Cheers 😉

Love the train master.

@GG1 4877 posted:

Finally arrived yesterday.  A very welcome addition to my fleet.  This is a Sunset PRR Train Master.  I need to test run it first, but after it certainly needs a good bath and a little solder work prior to painting.  Now to find a second one to paint into CNJ, but that is a topic for another thread.

Very Nice! But shouldn't that short nose have a sealed beam headlight as well?  And here I though that K-line's PRR "Hammerhead" was screwed up with two different headlights.

I have a question about this (apparently) B70 baggage car I picked up at York.  I believe it was part of the MTH 20-4058 PRR passenger train set.  It's numbered 9021, which seems wrong.

Can anyone shed any light on either its historical accuracy (if any) or background on the model and / or set?

It's likely to end up in my Fast Mail and Express train with some other head-end cars.

Thanks,

George

@G3750 posted:

I have a question about this (apparently) B70 baggage car I picked up at York.  I believe it was part of the MTH 20-4058 PRR passenger train set.  It's numbered 9021, which seems wrong.

Can anyone shed any light on either its historical accuracy (if any) or background on the model and / or set?

It's likely to end up in my Fast Mail and Express train with some other head-end cars.

Thanks,

George

I'm sure CAPPilot will give you the answer your looking for, nice looking car anyways.