kjstrains posted:lionel89 posted:So, after some research, I found the following information on the black PS-4s.
“The Southern Railway inaugurated the "Crescent Limited" an all Pullman, extra fare train from New York to New Orleans on April 26, 1925. The trains schedule was 37 hours, 50 minutes. This train was pulled by Pacific No 1372, A Southern class Ps4 built in 1924 by Alco. At this time the Ps4's were painted standard black but specially lettered for the ‘Crescent Limited’. There is a photo of 1372 in "Steel Steam and Limiteds" page 162). Number 1373 was also specially lettered for the ‘Crescent Limited’”
Credit: http://www.hosam.com/srr/clhist.html
It looks nice. I’ll probably order one and put some of the Lionel “Carolina Special” heavyweight cars behind it.
Tyler
This is great information on Crescent Limited! Thank you for taking the time to do the research on this. The Lionel Carolina Special cars will look good behind this engine!
The only problem with preorder is you never know what Lionel will do with the whistle sound or if it will be messed up like they have done with some other engines. I would hope that they would use the same whistle as the last run of Crescent Limited back in 2012 or something similar to Ps-4 they did back in 2006.
I hope it is similar to the CL that came out in 2012. I love that engine.
Further research indicates that 1372 was the first PS4 lettered with "Crescent Limited". There are photos in the archives at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. Would be neat to see the photos.
