NYC T-3 electric:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cPg08zDhII
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Rayonier 2-6-6-2T.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPaKH979PSE
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N&W Jawn Henry:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9NJWxbxWE
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C&O M-1.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkYscSAiHIQ
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@samparfitt posted:LV John Wilkes Booth:
Why did the Lehigh Valley name a passenger train after President Lincoln's assassin?
@MillersburgRR posted:Why did the Lehigh Valley name a passenger train after President Lincoln's assassin?
The train was actually the "John Wilkes" and refers to a British PM who supported the patriots during the revolution. He is also part of the namesake behind the PA town of Wilkes-Barre.
@GG1 4877 posted:The train was actually the "John Wilkes" and refers to a British PM who supported the patriots during the revolution. He is also part of the namesake behind the PA town of Wilkes-Barre.
Interesting, thanks for the history!
@MillersburgRR posted:Interesting, thanks for the history!
Actually, I got my British titles backwards. John Wilkes was a MP (Member of Parliament), not the PM (Prime Minister). The British and all those titles! I'm sure they get just as confused with ours.
UP GE #2 diesel steam turbine 2+C-C+2 just assembled and tested.
Yard test video:
The turbine is very loud, just like the 'full size' one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz9rrG8_IxQ
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@samparfitt posted:UP GE #2 diesel steam turbine 2+C-C+2 just assembled and tested.
Yard test video:
The turbine is very loud, just like the 'full size' one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz9rrG8_IxQ
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When I acquired it, it had been sitting in the original box since the 70's, never opened.
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Wow. It not only looks great, but runs smoothly and quietly, unlike some brass.
I have admired the 2 prototypes of these steamers for years.
I'm jealous.
Just finished these Virginian EL-3A 3 unit electrics.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SqgCf7mQA
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My Key Imports Big Boy W/custom made smoke lifters (Wind Wings according to UP) I like locomotives w/smoke lifters.
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PRR DD-1 A-A unit electric box cabs.
Assembly and decoder install just finished.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrlQfrBj8k
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GN W-1 electric freight drag at Marias pass video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk7Ml7_xEo
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GN Z-1 box cab electrics.
Painted 2 of them back in 2015.
Decided to run all 4 Z-1 as one unit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ltq-d1tqXc
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Here is my Sunset brass 54' steel ice-bunker reefer. ACL bought 50 of these from American Car & Foundry (ACF) in late 1947 and early 1948. They were initially painted in the ACL's purple and silver scheme, but in the 1960s repainted in their green scheme.
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Oddity. 2-6-4, scratch built by somebody, excellent workmanship, unfortunately mounted on an AHM chassis or partial chassis, emulates the esthetics of a PRR Q-1 4-6-4-4, may be 17/64 scale.
Plenty of room for a 4-wheel pilot truck - so why not a 4-6-4?
Very strange cab floor - supported by 2 brake cylinders....? Partly it's the angle of the photo, but this rear view shows how tall the loco is, which made me wonder if the builder was going for 17/64" scale, rather than 16/64 (1/4)" scale. A 4-wheel front truck and a decent 6-driver chassis would make this a striking piece.
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@D500 posted:Oddity. 2-6-4, scratch built by somebody, excellent workmanship, unfortunately mounted on an AHM chassis or partial chassis, emulates the esthetics of a PRR Q-1 4-6-4-4, may be 17/64 scale.
Looks like a Keystone number plate on the front of the smoke box (at least it looks like it from the one photo showing the front), you have the round PRR cab windows... Very nice!
Tom
https://ogrforum.com/topic/157...3#192886122797496053
I thought I knew all the UP Turbines available in O scale. I never heard of this one. Who is the MFG or importer?
@up148 posted:https://ogrforum.com/topic/157...3#192886122797496053
I thought I knew all the UP Turbines available in O scale. I never heard of this one. Who is the MFG or importer?
That is an HO engine.
Only 2 full size engines were made by GE and the GN and UP tried them out but had no interest so they were scrapped within 2 years.
Sorry, I thought it was O scale being on this forum. Beautiful model and great paint!
@PRR8976 posted:Looks like a Keystone number plate on the front of the smoke box (at least it looks like it from the one photo showing the front), you have the round PRR cab windows... Very nice!
Tom
It does indeed have a keystone - I should have gotten a pure head-on shot (maybe I will later). I have thought about attacking it and trying to put a better "driver section" under it, plus a 4-wheel pilot truck, yielding a streamlined "Pennsylvania Hudson", but I'm not sure that is legal.
@D500 posted:It does indeed have a keystone - I should have gotten a pure head-on shot (maybe I will later). I have thought about attacking it and trying to put a better "driver section" under it, plus a 4-wheel pilot truck, yielding a streamlined "Pennsylvania Hudson", but I'm not sure that is legal.
Not only legal but would be placed in the P class of locomotives. PRR always needed proper P1-P4 locomotives to get the P5 electric. I think it is a cool build.
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@PRR8976 posted:Looks like a Keystone number plate on the front of the smoke box (at least it looks like it from the one photo showing the front), you have the round PRR cab windows... Very nice!
Tom
@D500 posted:It does indeed have a keystone - I should have gotten a pure head-on shot (maybe I will later). I have thought about attacking it and trying to put a better "driver section" under it, plus a 4-wheel pilot truck, yielding a streamlined "Pennsylvania Hudson", but I'm not sure that is legal.
It is vaguely similar the PRR's K-4 Streamlined engines. If you do make it into a streamlined Pennsylvania Hudson, just say it is one of Pennsy's many one-off experimental engines.
This is Williams brass.
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First 'road test' of some recently assembled engines:
PRR DD-1 electrics:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-esmL3EwUUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj9GFGuC9XI
GN Z-1 4 unit box cab electrics 45 car freight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQiLHccjTc
Winter scene at Glacier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZAReNPP-Ro
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Well, brass in any scale is always a joy IMHO. I just didn't know this thread existed. Glad I found it.
