Providence and Worcester

MTH has made many products, including locos.  Go to MTH web site and search for Providence and Worcester.

RS3 locomotive in new MTH catalog.

LCCA will be offering a Lionel PS-4 flat with tractor trailers, this year.  Semis are Lionel Livery, but the flat is P&W.

Atlas made a lovely DASH 8-39B in 2004-2005.  They will soon be re-running this loco, but NOT in P&W livery.  Please everyone write and express their outrage!  I already have...

As someone mentioned, MTH has manufactured many nice P&W products.  You can see them all here.

There is Lionel's P&W boxcar from the 70's.  I also hear they're coming out with another auto-carrier soon.

HTH.

Steven J. Serenska

Here is the LCCA car...

Fred, I am with you on this topic.  The P&W is my railroad and there is scant to show for it...  I appreciate the posts and can now try by MFG# to find some of rolling stock.

Atlas made 89' TOFC for P&W. 

One of my favorite lines. I went to college in Providence and remember waiting on Harris Ave. while they switched the PRO Jo. printer on the walk to classes.

MTH has the most offerings for them. There was a Caboose last year and a caboose and 70's/80's era (ex Southern ) RS3 with a one off paint scheme in the most recent catalog.

Public Delivery Track had a custom run of Atlas O Trainman 50' 6" P&W boxcars a few years back.

I bought here, modded, and sold here a dummy version of this.

Now if I could only remember who I sold it to, or have an old email, maybe that person would be willing to part with it. It was a beauty.

My grandpa had stock in them, which went into his trust after his passing.  I loved getting the calendars from the yearly reports when my dad got them.  Then they stopped adding them.  I miss getting those calendars.

Thanks SD40-2 and C.Chancey.  I called Public Delivery Track and the lady who answered the telephone said she was sure they had some, but that she would have to ask the owner.  Maybe.... 

This is the link to the P&W box car.  Atlas scale 50' car.

http://www.publicdeliverytrack...tes=eyI2NDAiOiIxMCJ9

Interesting side note. Worcester per New England and even across the pond in England is pronounced Woooster.  Who knew   

I played with the Public Delivery Tract website, I tried to order three but the site said they did not have enough.  So I ordered two and it went through... We'll just have to wait and see.

Lionel is doing a scale auto rack in that road name.....................Paul

Good for you Wood. Capt John has a couple of those cars and they look very nice.

SJS, I know your still looking for the Atlas Dash 8 Unpowered - I'm keeping my eyes open for you.

The P&W has roughly 600 miles of track in CT, RI, & MA. They run under the wire on the North East Corridor. In addition to many other runs, there is a daily job with one train coming out of Plainfield CT and the other coming out of Worcester. They swap in Old Saybrook Ct.

Running on the same tracks as the Acela with a speed limit of 50, the P&W has to be integrated into the Shoreline Dispatching controlling Amtrak territory up here. There are many industries being served by the P&W between New Haven and Providence on the NEC. They run with an engine on each end. This enables them to service both facing and trailing switches with ease. One rule - Never hold up the Acela.

The P&W is currently handling the Ringling Brothers Circus Train in Providence this week.

Paul

Final update.  Public Delivery Track has updated their website and they have multiple P&W box cars available.  They only have two road numbers, so if you order more than two, you will get duplicate numbers.  Mine are on the way, thanks to all of you.

Paul:

You da man.  Thanks.

Steven J. Serenska

I live only about 1/4 mile from the P&W mainline from Worcester to Providence.  I own a pair of MTH Premier GP38-2's (both powered) as seen in the video and photos below.  I also have the Public Delivery Track's custom-run Atlas Trainman 50'6" Boxcar and the MTH Premier bay-window caboose mentioned above.  I believe Weaver also did some 50' boxcars, but I do not have any of those yet.

Bonus Video:  P&W 1:1 GP38-2's "Plow Extra" in Worcester, MA...

I have to get some of those GP38's.  Thank you for posting the video and pictures.

The P & W Railfan Club & Museum, Inc.

3 Davis Street

Webster, MA 01570

Membership is $17.00 per year and you get a P & W calender and free admission to their annual toy train show. They have an engine, flat car, boxcar, and cabin car at the museum on Davis Street. Also have assorted switch stands, etc.. Like most clubs there is a small solid core of members that do most of the work.

A few years ago I helped pull up some abandoned track which we stored outside at the museum. Needless to say, some @#$%&*)!s stole the ties, spikes, and plates (probably sold as "scrap"). Try to do something nice for the community and some jerks screw it up.

Paul Goodness

I received my Providence and Worcester Box Cars today.  Very impressive.  They are Atlas Trainman scale rolling stock.  Very nicely detailed with different car numbers, accurate colors, fonts and details including diecast trucks with true spring suspension, brake shoes, and oillite bearings.  I was able to obtain these from The Public Delivery Track company. 

Below you will see them in action.  They dwarf my scale Atlas 40' woodsided reefers.  I think I am going to have to change my consist makeup into a modern P&W set of units.  I'll do some research and find out what cars the P&W regularly transports.

Enjoy.... and thank you for the lead on the Public Delivery Track company.

Thanks Carl.  Public Delivery still carries these cars.  I have posted a picture below on the actual car P&W uses in service.  The model is strikingly accurate to the prototype

I have been doing a little research and find that the P&W is considered one of the more successful and profitable shortlines.  It services 500 miles of track and provides an interesting mix of traffic through Rhode Island and Connecticut with trackage rights from NY to Canada, via Vermont.  Primarily moves aggregate, steel, aluminum and regional freight movements.  One of the interesting pictures I discovered were of P&W passenger cars in a beautiful color scheme.  To my knowledge P&W no longer provides passenger service except on a small, occasional excursion train.   

Interesting stuff.....

Wood; looking good.