As a small boy, my family traveled from Chicago to Philadelphia and back on the PRR. My older brother sketched an image of the locomotives in his note pad with square port holes and numbers like 5847 so they would have been E7s. The train name was the Gotham Limited, not the Broadway Limited. However, it still looked kind of like this in my minds eye.
Russell, another nice set of passenger power and cars, I have a Walthers set of Broadway Limited cars to go with my Sharknose Baldwins! Good morning from cold and snowy Northeast Ohio! Managed to get a couple of cars done this week. First up is a Intermountain ACF 4650CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer White and lettered with Islington Station Products Decals. Prototype was buiilt in 1977 and was in Kaolin Clay Service. The 1977 built date requires the use of the ACI label use of which was discontinued in 1979. Exactrail Evans 4780CF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Reefer White and lettered with Herald King Decals. Another 1977 built car used in grain service, again date requires the ACI label. Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski
The word gorgeous comes to mind, and even that doesn't to justice to this scene. The water, the equipment, the rough-hewn look of the logs making up the pier, even the nice touch, small as it is, of the rowboat tied dockside and the various items strewn about the scene. There's a cure for that.
I might add, that somewhere in western Pennsylvania (Harrisburg?) they swapped power on us. So, when we got off the train in Philadelphia, there was a creature on the front end that I could never have imagined at my young age. However, the image of it was etched in my mind ever after that.
Hytec, Thanks. The 'water' is acrylic paint on the bottom, then WS Realistic Water just poured, then ModgePodge for the ripples, then a light brushing of WS Realistic Water again. Every thing in the photo except railroad equipment the barge, the boat, obvious accesories, and figures are all hand made by me.Jim
I will finally Chime in on this weeks. I took these to send to Micro-Trains for the product guide cover but the email never went. Oh Well. Thanks Guys, Mike