I gotta admit, it's cool haha It would look weird on my layout but it looks fancy like old Victorian machinery.

Got mine on order.  Thanks Brady's Trains.

It's definitely classy looking, good description on the Victorian era, Bill. The gold rims are a nice touch, a bit fancy for my taste. Granted, as a PRR nut, if it had a more attractive pre-order price in-line with other dealers preorder prices, I may have committed, such is that of my mania

I'm going the other way, Mr. Muffin's prototypical paint job special order.

Is 1870 a significant year for PRR? @Paul Kallus

Brady's just became one of our new sponsors on the forum.  I will be making an announcement in the featured topics very soon!

@Paul Kallus posted:

It's definitely classy looking, good description on the Victorian era, Bill. The gold rims are a nice touch, a bit fancy for my taste. Granted, as a PRR nut, if it had a more attractive pre-order price in-line with other dealers preorder prices, I may have committed, such is that of my mania

It would make a heck of a presidential train or head up a funeral procession for some high muckity muck.  I am waiting on the final art work to decide one way or the other.

@BillYo414 posted:

I gotta admit, it's cool haha It would look weird on my layout but it looks fancy like old Victorian machinery.

Itd be a great piece for folks into the "Steam Punk" style !

dP

Yes, it authoritatively puts the “steam” into steampunk.

@Paul Kallus posted:

It's definitely classy looking, good description on the Victorian era, Bill. The gold rims are a nice touch, a bit fancy for my taste. Granted, as a PRR nut, if it had a more attractive pre-order price in-line with other dealers preorder prices, I may have committed, such is that of my mania

You've got healthy enthusiasm for Triplexes, Paul. After the Visionline Triplexes come in, how many will be in your stable?

@Norman R posted:

Yes, it authoritatively puts the “steam” into steampunk.

That would be cool if the steampunk theme was pushed by Lionel on some of their steam locos. There’s lots of opportunities for add-ons and customization. If I have the stones to mod my pricey Halloween triplex when it arrives, I might take a crack at it.

Hi Crazy Train, we have a thread going called "Triplex Customization Blog". We  want to hear your ideas. What if you jot them down in that thread?

Norman

@dave Prasse posted:

Itd be a great piece for folks into the "Steam Punk" style !

dP

Good point!  It kind of reminds me of the Time Machine from the end of Back to the Future III.

Norman, with my two MTH Triplexes, I'll have four! BTW: where is the Triplex customization blog at?

For you all who appreciate Victorian/steam era, or what some call steampunk, you would've liked the old PECO Generating plants in Pennsylvania. I had worked for Exelon (formerly PECO) and was responsible for environmental permitting at the coal plants. While the turn of the century facilities were de-commissioned in the 90s, the "guts" of the plants were still intact. They were truly engineering marvels of their time...kind of like stepping into a Jules Vern story. The outside of the buildings were also very nice, kind of mix of Greco-Roman architecture.

One of my friends worked in a power plant near New Castle, PA @Paul Kallus. He said the inside was really cool with tile and old school detailing (his words, not mine). I wonder if he was talking about what you're talking about.

Lionel could definitely make a little extra money with the steam punk stuff. I would find a way to work it into my layout.

@Paul Kallus posted:

Norman, with my two MTH Triplexes, I'll have four! BTW: where is the Triplex customization blog at?

For you all who appreciate Victorian/steam era, or what some call steampunk, you would've liked the old PECO Generating plants in Pennsylvania. I had worked for Exelon (formerly PECO) and was responsible for environmental permitting at the coal plants. While the turn of the century facilities were de-commissioned in the 90s, the "guts" of the plants were still intact. They were truly engineering marvels of their time...kind of like stepping into a Jules Vern story. The outside of the buildings were also very nice, kind of mix of Greco-Roman architecture.

The Triplex Customization Blog is at:

https://ogrforum.com/...x-customization-blog

We’d like to hear your modification ideas for after the warranties expire.

That's going to be a great collection when all four Triplexes are gathered together. It’ll be quite a sight if all four can run on your layout at the same time. If your layout has the track amps to run all four (eight?) smoke units at once, I hope the room is well ventilated.

I Googled photos of the PECO plants and they are quite impressive. Thanks for sharing. It reminds me of the Power Plant in Baltimore harbor. Back in those days you could appreciate what technology was doing by looking at it. These days you can look at a semiconductor chip, but it doesn't have the same visceral impact.

Roger-that, Bill and Norman. The "old" facilities I had inspected were in north and center city Philly. They were constructed during a time when industrialization was merging with the age of modernism ~ early 1900s and the designers were keen to incorporate aesthetic value to the outside facade as the plants were part of neighborhoods. The insides and mechanical guts were something only Hollywood set designers can dream of or create via virtualization. 4-6 story high interiors chock full of boilers, piping, wiring, conveyors and gearing galore, metal infrastructure of grandeur. Even after de-commissioning, theft of copper wiring and other metals was a problem and liability for the company.

I recall that power plant in Baltimore Harbor, only seen it from the outside... a landmark.

The Train Loft in NC is doing two custom run N&W Triplex locomotives.

I put in my preorder, it looks sharp!