Any Delaware & Hudson Fans...

One of my favorite lines as well

c.sam posted:

One of my favorite lines as well

Now that’s D&H Paradise!

Jim Policastro posted:

From layouts of the past:

Jim

Gorgeous, Jim.

With tongue in cheek, the alternate name for the DL&W was DELAY, LINGER AND WAIT. MY dad was a weekly commuter from Hoboken to Cresco and return.

overbore/ Graham

Nice photo. The new Lionel catalog has a nice engine I am considering

One of my grandfathers was a signal maintainer for the "Delay & Hesitate". He worked out of the yard between Alplaus & Schenectaday proper. His wife worked in the ALCO plant just across the Mohawk River in their business office.

I've always enjoyed the D&H and it's paint scheme; used to watch the freights enter the yard on the way into town from Mechanicsville.

Here's some shots of my Lionel U30C (which is for sale..). I also have an Atlas"O" Century series C628 in D&H livery

I like them a lot. The color scheme is sharp. Running mostly northeast roads they would fit in nicely on my layout.  All of the current models are too big for 027 .

I could run a RS-3 if one came up for sale.

   https://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONE...2:g:9wUAAOSw-xVZ8eGq

RSJB18 posted:

I like them a lot. The color scheme is sharp. Running mostly northeast roads they would fit in nicely on my layout.  All of the current models are too big for 027 .

I could run a RS-3 if one came up for sale.

Not 100% sure, but I would think that the Lionel Legacy D&H RS-11 shown below would run well on 027 track. It’s not that big:

It runs great on my O Gauge tubular track and 031 curves. It’s about a $325 to $350 engine with great sounds, smoke and pulling power.

RSJB18 posted:

I like them a lot. The color scheme is sharp. Running mostly northeast roads they would fit in nicely on my layout.  All of the current models are too big for 027 .

I could run a RS-3 if one came up for sale.

Bob;

I'm going to send you an e-mail...

GVDobler posted:

Apples55 posted:

GVDobler posted:

Just saw an article in Classic Trains about two PAs from Santa Fe RR being painted in blue and silver war bonnet scheme and pulling passengers on the D & H. Striking paint job.

By any chance could you tell me what issue that was in??? From what I could find online, the D&H only had 4 PA's and all were ex-Santa Fe. Love the war bonnet scheme.

Winter 2017

Those are the four (sorry 2 or 4)  I mentioned. The article was actually about putting a smaller HP motor in one to make an excursion date.

After thought. Same issue different article shows #18 is now in private hands and is now painted in NPR livery and about 75% back to running condition. Cool.

Paul, I was really hoping you were going to take your own advice (from the Weekend Photo Fun thread) and start this D&H thread!  I was away on a business trip for a couple days and just getting a chance to catch up on the Forum. 

I grew up in northeastern PA with the D&H Sunbury (former PRR, then PC) mainline very close to my home and saw D&H freights just about every day.  I always liked their various locomotive paint schemes...the "Lightning Stripe" version being my favorite.  There's just something about that blue, yellow and gray combo!!

I'll have plenty of photos to contribute to this thread as I own a large # of D&H items.  Thanks again for starting it!

3 rail alco doctor posted:

Beautiful

That 'lashup' is terrific!

Here are a few shots of some D&H motive power to get things started...

Gaudy diesels aside, the D&H had some of the most interesting steam locos on US rails, ever, especially in the L.F. Loree days, but even later, when the Challengers and 4-8-4's showed up (yes, the D&H 4-8-4 "favored" the NYC Niagara, kind of, but was not at all the same design; it was instead a close relative of some RI and MILW 4-8-4's; the D&H Challengers were copied by the Clinchfield, before that road's ex-DRGW 4-6-6-4's showed up).

These D&H locos are seldom - ever? - modeled in 3RO, beyond a paint job or that 3rd Rail stab at the Challenger. Too bad.

They were very, ah, particular designs, to be sure, especially the big Loree 2-8-0's and experimentals, but many an odd duck has been offered in 3RO. I'd buy that 4-cylinder, high-pressure D&H 4-8-0 (Mastodon) in a flash.  

I'm holding out for a Challenger.