Most people call it Brunswick Green. The official name was Dark Green Locomotive Enamel. My favorite color! Dave
Running 4 Kato engines F7 A-B-B-A in PRR Brunswick Green. All have new Kato Revised motors and worm gear sets. Had to have one of the shells painted and decaled to match the other three. They haul 3 PRR tankers - 2 PRR box cars - 11 PRR coal cars - 2 PRR gondolas and a PRR caboose. Soon I'll add 2 covered PRR hopper cars. Handles the 3% grade with ease!
I just purchased 2 Marklin F7 A-B units, only the A units are powered. So, I will also have an A-B-B-A unit but this is in Z scale. I have about 35 MTL freight cars that they will pull. They will get a workout at the NMRA convention in Anaheim, CA next month.
The only other I can think of is FCC for Freight Car Color. The other common PRR colors (Tuscan, Toluidine Red, Buff, Deluxe Gold, Battleship Grey, Chrome Yellow, Focal Orange, etc) had shorter names and I don't think had abbreviations like DGLE. Dave
Detail Question Hello! Currently i am not a PRR fan. But the photo shows what i am doing now and the things to come. It's a Bowser PRR L1 kit which is reworked a little bit. My question: Where there footboards on rear of those 13000Gal. tender connected to L1 mikados? Lutz
Detail Question Hello! Currently i am not a PRR fan. But the photo shows what i am doing now and the things to come. It's a Bowser PRR L1 kit which is reworked a little bit. My question: Where there footboards on rear of those 13000Gal. tender connected to L1 mikados? Lutz
Shraddel, Hello and welcome to TB ! Am NOT an expert, but a fan of the ol' PRR. Believe have seen proto pics equipped as such (the brakie had to ride somewhere during switching/lite backing moves). A little searching at http://www.prrths.com/ may give you the provenance you're asking about. Good luck with what looks like a fine loco project - keep us up on your progress. Bob C.
Count me in You can count me in as a PRR fan. Building a Bowser K-4 kit right now. I'm also planning on getting some Z PRR stuff for my home layout. Got a question: Does anyone has a good suggestion regarding a repowering kit for the K-4? I'd like to replace the standard bowser motor with a can motor. cheers Konrad
The following two pictures should raise your heart rate a little if your a true Pennsy fan. Modeling the PRR on a smaller n scale layout. Jim
Ahhhhh...... The Pennsylvania Railroad Museum! Fun time. I was near there last weekend. Went to the National Toy Train Museum. Real nice stuff and pretty interactive. The Strasburg Railroad was packed. They were running both trains. Got some great trackside photos and videos. The decapod they have looks great rolling by on video.
I'm a Pennsy fan by accident. I only layout trains at Christmas, under the the tree. Only been doing it the last 2 years, but I am trying to expand this go round. I say by accident cause, at random, I purchased 3 Budd Corrugated passenger cars from ebay last year, in the Congressional Limited livery. Turns out they were in worse shape than the ebay seller had me believe, and they were scrapped, but I fell in love with the livery and started researching the PRR a bit. I replaced them with the IHC cheapies, but at least the paint was mint. Since then though, everything has gone to PRR......I just got more IHC cars in the 3 stripe Broadway limited livery this week, and have a pair of tuscan F7 A/B units to pull both lines. I also have a freight line that I was modeling after the FEC, but I think I need some Brunswick green in the mix. I might change over. This is all HO scale, by the way. Christmas is a long way off, but if/when I get this project into gear, I can post some PRR holiday goodness.
Any Pennsylvania Railroad fans left... Yes here! Not in real seize but 87 x reseized smaller than the original. sincerely Schraddel
I've been a PRR fan for most of my life. As a little kid, I found my dad's HO IHC GG1. I asked him about it, and after a little while, we jumped in the car and headed out to Strasburg! (We lived in northern Delaware at the time.) I met Black Jack and Old Rivets that day, and I have been totally hooked ever since. As many modelers are, I was attracted to the transition era for modeling. Unfortunately, I have gotten into N Scale in recent years, and there is a severe lack of good steam power there. Come on, no one makes a decent K4? (The Minitrix doesn't count.) I just got my Kato heavy Mike in the mail today. I've got an L1 conversion kit on order, so we'll see how that goes. I gots 21 more roundhouse stalls to fill!
Still a PRR fan. My father was a PRR dispatcher in Pittsburg from the early 40's until the late 60's. My father-in-law was a conductor working out of the Conway Yards in the same time frame. NOw, since I'm retired, I've started reviving my interest in HO trains. I have a Pacific Mail K4 my father gave me in 1969 when I went to Viet Nam for 2nd time. Just bought a Sunset M1a that is almaost a basket case and have a Sunset J-1a to be delivered this week. Just gathering different items. Still want a I-1a and N-1a in brass. THen I'll be looking for shark nose A-B-A units and an early 50's passenger diesel. Plus any rolling stock I happen to run accross. Now I need to learn how to clean and paint the brass engines.
I've been a railfan and model railroader for over forty years. The Pennsylvania was my first favorite railroad. I read the book "Pennsy Power" by Alvin Stauffer when I was kid and I was hooked. I think that book spent more time at my house than at the library. They had such a variety of steam, diesels and one of my favorites heavy electrics. I now model a group of railroads from the NY, PA and NJ area including PRR, NYC, PC, D&H, NYS&W, LV, L&NE and L&HR. It's huge size and variety and unique equipmet makes it very interesting. It will always be one of my top favorites.
