Here is a PRR RPO that was used in MOW service. Looks like it's during or after the Conrail era and marked for PC. Similar to the car shown above.
@GG1 4877 posted:Here is a PRR RPO that was used in MOW service. Looks like it's during or after the Conrail era and marked for PC. Similar to the car shown above.
Nice find GG1
Saginaw E6 & G5 and a couple of H10 projects.
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@GG1 4877 posted:Found this interesting bit of modeling history for a real bargain. While a fantasy scheme, it certainly will fit in with my fleet of hand-me-down diesels used on the NY&LB near the ends of their careers. Nicely detailed for the age of the model but like typical Rivarossi, very lightweight. I assume it will only pull a few cars at best.
Get a second one, remove the power truck and install it in the PRR one, wire them in series, then add a few ounces of weight in the fuel tank. I did that with a Lima Italian electric (E-444? with the "galloping turtle") and it went from 3 or so Lima passenger cars to 6 or 7. The layout was completely level, though.
House of Duddy (I think) E-44, I have two more but no postable photos of them:
E. P. Alexander bronze-bodied GG-1:
I had thought that I had posted these (the E at least) but did not see them in the thread so here they are.
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nice GG1 Dave! Those E44’s are cool too, don’t see too many of those.
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Saginaw E6 & G5 and a couple of H10 projects.
Dennis those are some sharp engines Mark
@Dennis Holler Dennis, beautiful engines. How are their mechanicals...are they in running condition?
Tom
2 Gs and a 0-4-0
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Nothing like Pennsy power
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Pennsy GG1 at the point of The Congressional as it whizzes through Patsburg!
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Here is my take on the PRR Streamliners
Scott Kelly
@PRR8976 posted:@Dennis Holler Dennis, beautiful engines. How are their mechanicals...are they in running condition?
Tom
Thanks Tom, the E6 and G5 are runners, the H10's are projects.
Rivarossi made for Lionel HO Derrick car #489690 in 1957 note the L with circle, Lionel used built and date nice looking car.
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My contribution this week. While not quite new to me, I was lucky to find this for a great price fairly recently to add to my now complete California Zephyr.
Of course, as Paul Harvey used to say, "now for the rest of the story". This 10-6 sleeper, Silver Rapids served on the CZ until 1959. When the PRR pulled out of the CZ, this car went into service in Florida service, survived through Amtrak, and exists today with its original skirting intact.
When I got this car, I always assumed that the black roof and the PRR in large letter board was correct for its CZ years, but a little research goes a long way. The car in this paint scheme with the black roof dates it to post 1959 or likely later in the 1960s as the roof was painted after the car received PRR lettering. This means it's not technically correct for the Zephyr, but I'm not overly concerned about it. It still will look great in on that train and also fit in with some of the PC era passenger trains that I'm slowing putting together.
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@GG1 4877 posted:My contribution this week. While not quite new to me, I was lucky to find this for a great price fairly recently to add to my now complete California Zephyr.
Of course, as Paul Harvey used to say, "now for the rest of the story". This 10-6 sleeper, Silver Rapids served on the CZ until 1959. When the PRR pulled out of the CZ, this car went into service in Florida service, survived through Amtrak, and exists today with its original skirting intact.
When I got this car, I always assumed that the black roof and the PRR in large letter board was correct for its CZ years, but a little research goes a long way. The car in this paint scheme with the black roof dates it to post 1959 or likely later in the 1960s as the roof was painted after the car received PRR lettering. This means it's not technically correct for the Zephyr, but I'm not overly concerned about it. It still will look great in on that train and also fit in with some of the PC era passenger trains that I'm slowing putting together.
Still nice looking car, like the green tint on the windows
@Sitka posted:Still nice looking car, like the green tint on the windows
Atlas really hit a home run on these cars after the initial run of domes where the window shades are on the outside of the windows. It's a shame that the tooling is either missing or simply inaccessible because these cars are far and away the nicest plastic streamlined cars ever offered in O scale. I got a little carried away as I am prone to do in this hobby when I started tracking them down. I'll leave it at that. 
Well it arrived yesterday afternoon. My brand new Menards PRR F-3 with remote control, bell, horn, and talk! I have NO other engines with most of these features except the old Lionel battery powered horns in the post war diesels. I know that it does not come close to matching any likely "real" livery but I like it and think its cool. So here it is.
Even better, this is my first remote or electronically controlled locomotive. Not only do I get reliable horn, bell, and talk but the speed control is AMAZING . It will run slow and will continue around my layout without the slightest bit of speed variance and I don't touch the throttle. I can set the remote, put it down, and walk around the room watching the train. Never changes speeds. For an old "transformer" guy this is truly unbelievable.
Well I am really impressed and really loving this one!
Don
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Be careful Don, you may be entering a slippery slope to controlled engines
russ
@Don McErlean posted:Well it arrived yesterday afternoon. My brand new Menards PRR F-3 with remote control, bell, horn, and talk! I have NO other engines with most of these features except the old Lionel battery powered horns in the post war diesels. I know that it does not come close to matching any likely "real" livery but I like it and think its cool. So here it is.
Even better, this is my first remote or electronically controlled locomotive. Not only do I get reliable horn, bell, and talk but the speed control is AMAZING . It will run slow and will continue around my layout without the slightest bit of speed variance and I don't touch the throttle. I can set the remote, put it down, and walk around the room watching the train. Never changes speeds. For an old "transformer" guy this is truly unbelievable.
Well I am really impressed and really loving this one!
Don
Nice looking F-3 Don, now the video and you can give us the load down on the performance of that pennsy
Mark
@Don McErlean posted:Well it arrived yesterday afternoon. My brand new Menards PRR F-3 with remote control, bell, horn, and talk! I have NO other engines with most of these features except the old Lionel battery powered horns in the post war diesels. I know that it does not come close to matching any likely "real" livery but I like it and think its cool. So here it is....
Well I am really impressed and really loving this one!
Don
May not be technically accurate but they look good! Enjoy!
John
Here's my Lionel Broadway limited
A PRR FA2 and FB2 lead a string of coal hoppers and tank cars over Plaster Peak Mountain on shared trackage of the Williamsport & Susquehanna Railroad.
OK Mark, here is a video of my new Menards F-3 PRR AA's in action.
My initial review on the product is this:
1. It was perfectly and very robustly packed and suffered not one single bit of damage in shipping
2. Menards shipped it within 1 day of my order and it arrived within 3 days
3. I was concerned at first in that the package, powered A and non-powered A in a separate box, contained not one word of instructions. For those used to remote control trains I suppose this would not be a problem but for me it was a small challenge. However I figured it out (trial and error) and got everything working in about an hr. In effect it was not all that complicated, I expect that my inexperience gave me a bit more apprehension than others may feel.
4. It seems to do everything as advertised. It has dual motors and pulls without the least hesitation at whatever speed I set. The remote works well and provides easy controls for direction, speed, bell, horn and voice. These activate no matter where on the layout the locomotive happens to be.
5. There are switches on the bottom to turn on / off locomotive sounds and the light on the rear A unit if you desire.
6. The sounds are great at least to me, the horn is just one single tone but its very distinct and clear. The bell is very clear and loud and the voice is easy to understand.
7. It does use traction tires, however Menards includes a full set of replacement tires in the box with the units. I don't suppose I will need to change them for some time.
Well that's about all I can think of, I found the units to be really great and perform well. Now, I don't have a layout that will provide much of a challenge but I ran it almost a full hr on about notch 3 of the throttle and it was traveling good enough for me and really at a slow more scale speed. Again, my layout is mostly flat.
Best Wishes, will answer any questions you have Mark, just let know what you want to know.
Don
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@Don McErlean posted:OK Mark, here is a video of my new Menards F-3 PRR AA's in action.
Don
Thanks for the video Don, it must be quite a change from what you’re used to. We can never be too old to test the waters of newer technology. Good luck with it! Run the traction tires right off that engine!😉
Gene
@Don McErlean posted:OK Mark, here is a video of my new Menards F-3 PRR AA's in action. ...
Don
Don, they are beautiful, and I love the sound of those diesels. Thank you for the video and review.
John
@Don McErlean posted:OK Mark, here is a video of my new Menards F-3 PRR AA's in action.
My initial review on the product is this:
1. It was perfectly and very robustly packed and suffered not one single bit of damage in shipping
2. Menards shipped it within 1 day of my order and it arrived within 3 days
3. I was concerned at first in that the package, powered A and non-powered A in a separate box, contained not one word of instructions. For those used to remote control trains I suppose this would not be a problem but for me it was a small challenge. However I figured it out (trial and error) and got everything working in about an hr. In effect it was not all that complicated, I expect that my inexperience gave me a bit more apprehension than others may feel.
4. It seems to do everything as advertised. It has dual motors and pulls without the least hesitation at whatever speed I set. The remote works well and provides easy controls for direction, speed, bell, horn and voice. These activate no matter where on the layout the locomotive happens to be.
5. There are switches on the bottom to turn on / off locomotive sounds and the light on the rear A unit if you desire.
6. The sounds are great at least to me, the horn is just one single tone but its very distinct and clear. The bell is very clear and loud and the voice is easy to understand.
7. It does use traction tires, however Menards includes a full set of replacement tires in the box with the units. I don't suppose I will need to change them for some time.
Well that's about all I can think of, I found the units to be really great and perform well. Now, I don't have a layout that will provide much of a challenge but I ran it almost a full hr on about notch 3 of the throttle and it was traveling good enough for me and really at a slow more scale speed. Again, my layout is mostly flat.
Best Wishes, will answer any questions you have Mark, just let know what you want to know.
Don
WTG Don Thanks for the post and the video, nothing wrong with spare traction tire, sounds good and looks nice!
Enjoy Mark
@Don McErlean Nice review and welcome to command control. Your review makes me want to buy one to try out. Thanks.
@Genemed, @John's Trains, @Sitkaa, @CAPPilot - Thanks for the comments and encouraging words fellows. Most appreciated.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:@Genemed, @John's Trains, @Sitkaa, @CAPPilot - Thanks for the comments and encouraging words fellows. Most appreciated.
Don
Don a nice set of Rail King passenger cars would look nice behind that Menards F unit.
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Another option for passenger cars are ones in the post war paint scheme. Not as fancy as the FOM scheme above, but might fit better with the more modern Tuscan scheme on the Menard engines. Here is an example.
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@CAPPilot posted:Another option for passenger cars are ones in the post war paint scheme. Not as fancy as the FOM scheme above, but might fit better with the more modern Tuscan scheme on the Menard engines. Here is an example.
Gotta say Ron that Tuscan looks like a nice match also, going by Don and Menards photo. Nice looking car.
Mark
PRR Electrics!
GG1. EP5, P5a
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Railking Mallet
Fast Pennsy freight passing Pennsy K4 passenger
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PRR I1 4250 exiting Cumberlamd tunnel.on PRR's Hanover branch.
4250 drifting into Gobblers Knob.
Making the return trip at the end of the day.
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@PRRMike posted:PRR I1 4250 exiting Cumberlamd tunnel.on PRR's Hanover branch.
4250 drifting into Gobblers Knob.
Making the return trip at the end of the day.
Nice looking layout Mike
A couple of Pennsy's transcontinental sleepers.
The Pennsy "Silver Rapids”, a 10-roomette 6-double bedroom sleeping car, was the only PRR car on the California Zephyr service between San Fransisco and Chicago. It was built by the Budd Company in 1948 and provided transcontinental sleeper service as part of the CZ. The CZ’s eastern end point was Chicago, and the Pennsy carried the car between NYC and Chicago. The car went into regular Pennsy passenger service when the CZ service ended in 1957. This is a K-Line 21" car.
The Pennsy "Imperial Terrace" 4 double-4 compartment-2 drawing room sleeper was one of two transcontinental cars that were part of the Golden State train from Los Angeles to Chicago. Again, the Pennsy ran the cars between Chicago to NYC. The Pennsy joined the GS in 1946 and the cars were painted the colors in the photo in 1948. Pennsy's participation ended in 1951. This is a Lionel 21" car.
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Pennsy F3 pulling into the station
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