@Steve McCulloch posted:Thanks for all of your suggestions. You gave me a lot to think about and study to help me reach a decision. I've decided on a Lionel Pennsylvania C Liner. Have a good weekend!
Well, it’s your railroad and your choice, but that C-Liner isn’t exactly sensible.
Fairbanks-Morse made freight and passenger versions of its C-Liner. PRR ordered 16 A units, specifically CFA-16-4 models (with the F denoting “freight, 16 denoting 1,600 HP and 4 referring to the number of axles).
Fairbanks-Morse did produce passenger C-Liners for the US market, but those were five-axle higher horsepower units, CPA-24-5 and CPA-20-5. PRR had none of those.
Also, the “Madison” cars, more universally known as heavyweight passenger cars, were severely outdated by the time F-M began marketing C-Liners.
Why ask the forum would locomotives would go best with your Madison cars only to make a choice no one recommends?
