A recent addition from Mr. Muffins. Never knew the New Haven had a line up to Poughkeepsie in NY...
@Apples55 posted:... Never knew the New Haven had a line up to Poughkeepsie in NY...
The New Haven Railroad's Maybrook Line was its primary route for shipment of freight into and out of New England. Trains departed westbound along the main line from New Haven and diverged to the north at Devon Junction, about 11 miles west of New Haven and 14 miles west of its large yard at Cedar Hill. The route ran through Derby, Newtown and Danbury, Connecticut and crossed 212 feet above the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge at Poughkeepsie. It terminated at the Maybrook Yard near Campbell Hall, New York. There was no interchange with the New York Central Railroad at Poughkeepsie due to the elevation of the gauntlet track as it crossed the bridge, on which the speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
MELGAR
I'm not a big New Haven fan (don't shoot me!), but I did just rescue these (along with 14 other lanterns) from an estate. To think, I was told that if they weren't bought by Thursday, they were going in the dumpster!
@CarGuyZM10 posted:I'm not a big New Haven fan (don't shoot me!), but I did just rescue these (along with 14 other lanterns) from an estate. To think, I was told that if they weren't bought by Thursday, they were going in the dumpster!
Nice grab Mike!!!
@CarGuyZM10 posted:I'm not a big New Haven fan (don't shoot me!), but I did just rescue these (along with 14 other lanterns) from an estate. To think, I was told that if they weren't bought by Thursday, they were going in the dumpster!
Mike, you can relax. We don’t shoot heretics... we burn them at the stake
So glad you could save those pieces of history from the scrap heap. They look to be in excellent condition. I particularly love that the glass appears to be original with the embossed RR name. Enjoy your haul!!!
@MELGAR posted:The New Haven Railroad's Maybrook Line was its primary route for shipment of freight into and out of New England. Trains departed westbound along the main line from New Haven and diverged to the north at Devon Junction, about 11 miles west of New Haven and 14 miles west of its large yard at Cedar Hill. The route ran through Derby, Newtown and Danbury, Connecticut and crossed 212 feet above the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge at Poughkeepsie. It terminated at the Maybrook Yard near Campbell Hall, New York. There was no interchange with the New York Central Railroad at Poughkeepsie due to the elevation of the gauntlet track as it crossed the bridge, on which the speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
MELGAR
Thanks for the history, Mel. I have heard of the Maybrook Line, just never associated it with Poughkeepsie. A couple of years ago, I went with a group of friends to the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park for lunch - we had to drive through Poughkeepsie, and we drove right under that bridge - it is quite high (I believe you can now walk over it)!!!
@Apples55 posted:Thanks for the history, Mel. I have heard of the Maybrook Line, just never associated it with Poughkeepsie. A couple of years ago, I went with a group of friends to the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park for lunch - we had to drive through Poughkeepsie, and we drove right under that bridge - it is quite high (I believe you can now walk over it)!!!
You are correct Paul. It's a river walk now. And yes, it is VERY high. I'm sure there were a few white knuckles on the engineer's as they went over.
And some Black and Orange for a gloomy Wednesday
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Glad this thread made an appearance again - nice save Michael, and nice models everyone. I just finished adding ERR command control and painting this Williams 44 Tonner.
Also weathered this Lionel boxcar to reperesent how it would have appeared in the late 60's early 70s - rust streaks, grunge, scratch marks from the doors, ACI tag, and (my favorite) the roof sections where the paint has peeled off exposing the underlying metal.
~C. Vigs
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Before the pandemic I used to ride throughout Connecticut on the former New Haven Railroad (Metro-North) almost every day. Now it’s been eight months since I’ve been able to do that. I’ve posted images of this train and its EP-5 electric motor #371 before. It’s an MTH Premier model with PS1 and a BCR that I’ve been running for twenty years. My PS1 engines have given outstanding service. This engine doesn’t have speed control but runs at steadier speed than one of my recent brand-new acquisitions from another manufacturer. The first video shows it at 35 miles-per-hour on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The second video is at 50 miles-per-hour.
MELGAR
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Finished GA-2 gondola number three, in the script herald scheme. This scheme was applied to gondolas and hoppers in the early 50s, just prior to the takeouver by the McGinnis administation and their flashy paint schemes. The script herald is a little small, but I have too many of them from in white from Microcale decal sets to not use them. I've also lightly weathered this one - heavier weathering will be added if I can find an appropraite prototype photo to work from. I decided that I am going to make at least two more, both in the McGinnis scheme. This one and a McGinnis scheme one will be semi-permanetly assigned to a work train.
I also needed a solution to Lionel's semi-fragile switch stands - I designed and had these New Haven style switch stands 3D printed. It is a two piece assembly - a gear and shaft as a single piece extends above the top of the black stand support, and the upper shaft and indicatiors are a single seperate piece. As per New Haven prototype, the through route is indicated by a green disc with white trim, while the diverging route is a red arrow pointing at the divergence.
~C.Vigs
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New Haven #793 (McGinnis paint scheme) is an MTH Premier PS-3 model of a Fairbanks-Morse CPA-24-5 C-Liner of which the railroad bought ten between 1950 and 1952. New Haven #0771 is a Sunset/3rd Rail model of an ALCo PA, one of seventeen delivered to the railroad in 1949.
MELGAR
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New Haven ALCo PA #0771 is a model by Sunset/3rd Rail shown on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The locomotive had a 2000 horsepower ALCo 244 engine and was delivered in 1949, initially geared for 80 miles-per-hour – later increased to 90.
MELGAR
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Just added this Lionel RS-11 # 1406 to the roster.
NH bought 14 RS-11's from ALCO in May- June 1956. All transferred to Conrail except one that went to Martin Marietta.
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New Haven Alco RS-3 #531 (model by Atlas O) is running on the O-36 inner loop of my 12'-by-8' layout. The video is taken from the rear of layout and gives a good view of the train as it crosses the bridge.
MELGAR
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I just finished this model of one of the New Haven's 40600 series boxcars. This was a series of 6 50' PS-1 Hydroframe boxcars purchased to capture traffic from the Continental Can Company, between Long Island and Malden, Massachusetts. The New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association has a short article in their publication The Shoreliner, Volume 32 Issue 2, that details correspondence among management and the railroad's bankruptcy trustees regarding the purchase of these cars. As the railroad was in bankruptcy, these ended up being the last boxcars purchased, arriving in January 1965.
I started with an Atlas 50' plug door PS-1 boxcar, and after stripping removed all the door detail except for the doors rollers and vertical posts. I rebuilt all the door detail with styrene strips. The orange body color is Scalecoat CN Orange-Red, which I found decently close to the New Haven's #409 Red-Orange. It was a little too bright, but that was toned down significantly with the weathering. As these cars were only with the New Haven for four years, weathering was light. I used chalks - some black on the roof, and the sides toned down with a dirty brown. Decals are from Highball Graphics.
Other side from the above photos:
~C.Vigs
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@biscuitag97 posted:
The New Haven R-2as are almost identical to the Central's L-2a mohawks. Here are two photos and compare them side by side these two locomotives are almost copies of one another (with the acception of a few road name specific modifications). I give props to Lionel for doing this, very excited about the new R-2a. Its never been made in any scale not even in brass so this is a first for the model train world. I'll be ordering it for sure!
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@Peter B posted:The New Haven R-2as are almost identical to the Central's L-2a mohawks. Here are two photos and compare them side by side these two locomotives are almost copies of one another (with the acception of a few road name specific modifications). I give props to Lionel for doing this, very excited about the new R-2a. Its never been made in any scale not even in brass so this is a first for the model train world. I'll be ordering it for sure!
Do you think the New Haven would be nice with a Vanderbilt tender?