Whoa! Now that is one cool Double Header!

J Daddy posted:

Is it possible the PRR J1A was the best steam engine the Pennsylvania Railroad ever had?

Yes, they were the best non-articulated steam locomotives the PRR had. That's because they were built to a Lima design. They are the same Locomotive as the C&O 2-10-4, with a PRR cab treatment.

You can also double head with large Santa Fe equipment on lease as the PRR did in Sandusky Ohio.

No! All J1 were scrapped because they were not of a PRR design.

 I routinely doublehead a Boston & Albany Berkshire and a NYC L2a Mohawk. This was done during the war years probably because of a shortage of motive power coming east with loaded cars. From what I've read The home road was always the lead engine. They run with Kadee's and run perfect together with slightly out of sync chuffs. It's always a crowd pleaser.

Dave... sounds like a sight... have any photos?

I had to go back and read it again. I thought you told us to sit back and watch? No video so I will have to imagine how they sound.

 Don't have any photos. I'll try to take one and get it posted. Probably haven't photographed them seeing they aren't weathered yet. They pretty much run as a pair and I need to do both at the same time. They are shown quite a bit in OGR's Great Layout Adventures Vol. 13. .

Engineer-Joe posted:

I had to go back and read it again. I thought you told us to sit back and watch? No video so I will have to imagine how they sound.

Its in the making. 

Can't wait to see it. Please tell your camera crew to turn it up a notch.

I run these two pretty mmuch Double Headed all the time before the move, both are MTH a J1 and Q2. It was

awesome to watch and listen to sadly no videos.

I love the Pennsy J1. One of my favorite Engines. As for double heading, I run two scale K4s pulling my heavyweight passenger cars. Here is a picture of my MTH J1.

Here is a picture of two of my GG1s double headed.

I have a bad habit of not taking pictures when I run trains.  I guess I'm having too much fun

I've bought a few PRR engines specifically to double head.  Need to get them on the track and take some pictures.

-MTH I1 and MTH M1 with a mixed freight.  I've seen this combination in a couple of different PRR pictures and videos with the I1 always in front.

-Two Lionel Legacy K4s with a HW passenger consist.

-MTH P5a Modified and MTH P5a Boxcab with a mixed freight.  Okay, this is really a MU consist but I did buy them to run together with the Modified in front like the prototype.  I also have a pair of upgraded Williams scale GG1 that look great together pulling varnish.

Cappilot, This one's for you.

John, Looking great. The older TMCC engine's have a lot to offer, one of my favorite things to do to them is GRJ's super chuffer and ERR's cruise M.

Thanks, Alex

They are beasts just alone let alone together. Wicked.

Nice set look great.

A favorite of mine was when NJ Hirailers quad-headed Lionel Vision Line U.P. Big Boys at "Trainstock" a few years ago. A W E S O M E spectacle to say the least even though  Big Boys were seldom double headed in real service it was cool.  

"No! All J1 were scrapped because they were not of a PRR design."

Mostly, they were scrapped because they were steam locomotives.

Success or failure aside, they also scrapped the S-1, S-2, Q-1, Q-2's, T-1's, and almost all the others.

No sympathy - my favorite road left not one Hudson, out of 275, on the planet. Thanx, so much.

Jdaddy, Wow, I bet it sounds like Thunder and the smoke units set off smoke dectectors...Thanks for posting....Those Locomotives are beautiful...

J Daddy posted:

  I just need some of the Lionel GLA hoppers

 

 

 

 

Is it possible the PRR J1A was the best steam engine the Pennsylvania Railroad ever had?

 

 

 

 

You don't need some.... you need about 100 GLA's