any New Haven fans ....

For some reason the New Haven never really caught my fancy until the last 6 months or so.   I saw a number of NH rolling stock that really looked nice.  The cars that I saw that got my attention were all weathered NH and they just looked great and made me a fan. So my wish list has been updated putting some New Haven in the top spot.

Thanks,

Ed

I have been a NH fan as far back as i can remember. I grew up just outside the small yard in Putnam back in the waning days of the NH . my grandfather and my next door neighbor worked on the track crew in the steam era. A favorite passtime was walking along the tracks  with them,listening to the stories they would tell about the good ole days when just about everything came by train and every little village had its own station.

Major New Haven fan here. I have 4 NH trains right now on the layout headed by Lionel RS-11, Atlas RS-1 and RS-3. And the Merchants Limited headed by a 3rd rail FL-9..I live about 2 miles from the NH main in Harrison/Mamaroneck and about 1 mile from the White Plains sta of the Harlem line.

I have a New Haven H16 and RS11 from Lionel.

Love my FL9

Lionel RS-11

Brian,

This is a great subject. Thanks for starting it.

As a resident of Connecticut for 37 years, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad has become a subject of considerable study, great interest, and the focus of my O-gauge model railroading. My under-construction 10-by-5 layout is just an oval but represents a New England branch line and operates almost exclusively with New Haven power and rolling stock. I believe that I have purchased every scale-sized O-gauge New Haven locomotive and piece of rolling stock that has been produced during the past twenty years. Photos of a few below.

MELGAR

Funny. I am not a "New Haven fan", or a diesel guy, or one who likes bright colors usually, but I think that the NH had the most attractive and elegant and strange diesel and electric paint schemes of any RR. I live nowhere near that part of the US, have never been to New England (to Manhattan a couple of times - the closest to it), but whoever was in charge of that for the NH must have had a lot of masking tape and a lot of paint in inventory.

The "strange" scheme would have to be the McGinnis, of course - but I like it anyway.

I have one of MTH's big streamlined EP-3 (or EP-4; I forget the number) units in the dark-ish green with the almost 19th Century-looking striping in Dulux gold.

The locos with the thin horizontal pin stripe scheme are my favorites, especially the DL-109's.

Even the NH switchers were entertaining to see.

When I got in to O-gauge, a NH EP-5 was at the top of my must have list.

MELGAR posted:

Brian,

This is a great subject. Thanks for starting it.

As a resident of Connecticut for 37 years, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad has become a subject of considerable study, great interest, and the focus of my O-gauge model railroading. My under-construction 10-by-5 layout is just an oval but represents a New England branch line and operates almost exclusively with New Haven power and rolling stock. I believe that I have purchased every scale-sized O-gauge New Haven locomotive and piece of rolling stock that has been produced during the past twenty years. Photos of a few below.

MELGAR

Love the layout and the NH pics!

Peter

Putnam Div - 

Yeah - that orange/black/striped DL-109. 

Anyone have a list of the New Haven locos and rolling stock made during the last 20-60 years?  O gauge three rail of course!

One of my videos:

Peter

Here are another two:

All these videos were taken on the River City 3 Railers Modular Layout. Enjoy!

Peter

New Haven is a "guilty pleasure" for me:

Rusty

My favorite.  Converted to PS-3.

The NYNH&H RR is one of the four railroads that make up my Not-So-Great Eastern RR. The attached photos are of my "Merchants Ltd." which is pulled by a single RK Alco PA. It's only a short 6 car train. In my "to do" drawer i hope to build an EP3 on a Kline GG1 chassis - time will tell. Meanwhile i should probably sell the RK dummy PA.

I reckon I'm a periodic New Haven fan.  I'll have New Haven weeks on my layout every couple of months and will also pull out a New Haven video and several NH books to kind of add to the mood.

Growing up in PA I had minimal exposure to the New Haven.  My only memories of the railroad are all associated with trips to my aunt and uncle's house in Buzzards Bay, MA.

Curt

My NH freight ...

I had a nice uncle in NYC I visited from time to time. I took the PRR clocker up to Penn station,  while getting off one day I noticed the GG1 that was pulling the train I was on uncoupled from the train and took off....hhmmmm.. I asked one of the RR guys why was the engine taken off and he said, we change motors with the NH. I said when will the other engine come for the train which he replied any minute.

After a few minutes I was rewarded to see a New Haven EP-5 Jet back up and couple to the train. wow how great is this. yet another reason to go see my uncle and catch a ball game.

I grew up in Maine, but my grandparents were in CT where my Dad grew up. I'd like the New Haven even if orange wasn't my favorite color.

Just added some U-boats to the fleet recently. What I really want are FAs with the correct McGinnis color scheme.

I enjoy the New Haven.  I'd like to track down a K-Line EP5 someday, but for now this is my only New Haven Motive power.  I have a powered and a dummy set as they did test on portions of the NY&LB.  I wish I could have afforded the Weaver Osgood-Bradley coaches prior to Atlas bumping the price when they got the tooling. 

I have asked the guys from Lionel about doing a legacy EP-5. I has never been done in legacy. And with Lionel now producing the Hancock air whistle, it could be done right. K-Line made them with TMCC about 10 years ago. The could even do the Penn Central black with they were made into freight motors..I can't be the only one who wants a Jet in legacy!!

I would like to see the Pullman Bradley (aka American Flyer) cars made in 60 foot cars. Atlas is making the old Weaver 85 footers and hopefully will do a shorter version. 

How about real New Haven steam, like engine #3016 used in the movie It Happened to Jane (1959) renumbered as old #97!!

As you may have noticed, i made my own.

I am a fan of the New Haven, but not exclusively. There are way too many New Haven trains in the McGinis paint scheme. My preference is for pre-McGinis livery. On my wish list of locomotives are an EP1, EP2 or EP3 Electric and an I-5 Hudson, but they must be Rail King with PS2 or PS3. I guess I am in for a long long wait for MTH to offer these locomotives.

I LOVE my New Haven Alco S-S from MTH

here it is doing some switching duties on the NLOE Club Layout.

Bobby Ogage, I totally agree about the pre-Mcginis paint schemes. I think it will be a long long wait before we see any Rail King locos on our wish lists. It's why i built my own Pullman Bradley coaches and a cafe car, and ma giving thought to building and EP3 on a GG1 chassis.

My grandparents lived in Fairfield, CT.  I was fortunate to spend many summers with them.  They took me to ball games, plays, etc., to New York on the New Haven trains.  The NH became my favorite railroad although I live in CA.  Here are a few photos of a NH pumpkin express on the G&O taken during the club's halloween show.  The NH colors are perfect for halloween trains.  NH Joe

I grew up in New Jersey and livery from the PRR and CNJ literally ran across the back yards of the houses across the street from ours (along New York and Long Branch RR trackage).  I didn't visit New England until I went to college there.

Even when I was a kid, however, the sight of a Lionel EP-5 in New Haven colors, and the 6464 NH cars would get my juices flowing every time -- and they still do.  Either of the postwar blue and yellow Virginians have the same effect.

Now that I have moved to New England, I research the history of the NH line and collect photos, just as if I had grown up here.  

When my layout is finished, I'll treat myself to a NH EP-5, a few choice cars for the consist, and I'll be in heaven.  Photos to come...

Steven J. Serenska

These are the first trains to run on the G&O.

Williams SD45 and caboose:

G Gauge SW:

NH Joe

Putnam Division posted:

Love the layout and the NH pics!

Peter

Peter,

Thanks for your appreciation of the layout. Small as it is, it has been my avocation since retiring three years ago. Now about 80% complete.

Below is a picture of my MTH Premier New Haven ALCO DL-109 #0722, "The Cranberry," which ran on Cape Cod during the early 1950s. During the steam-to-diesel transition years, New Haven prefixed their diesel locomotive numbers with "zero," which signified that the locomotive was "other than steam."

MELGAR

I attended the 2009 NMRA convention in Hartford, CT  and took a NH station tour.  This is the restored New Haven Station as it looked in 2009.

Photo or painting(?) of the original station that is on display:

Exterior:

Interior:

Ceiling

Close up of lights:

Train board:

Some trains:

Marty Fitzhenry posted:

My favorite.  Converted to PS-3.

Who shrank the SP GS and converted it to Coal?

No love for the EF-4?

Watch the K-Line EP.  It has fake 3rd rail shoes on the trucks.  Could rub on O22 switch machines.

Love for the Lionel postwar #209 New Haven Alcos.......

New Haven steam engines - MELGAR.

Weaver Brass New Haven ALCO I4 Pacific #1389.

Weaver Brass New Haven Baldwin I5 #1403.

New Haven electric motors - MELGAR

MTH EF4 #303.

MTH EP3 #0350.

MTH EF3 #0159.

MTH diesel locomotive ALCO DL-109 (DER-1) #0719 - MELGAR.

Wow, what a great stable of motive power on what looks like an impressive pike.Wow.

Tom,

Thanks. Glad you like the locomotives and the layout.

MELGAR

My uncle was an engineer for New Haven.  One visit he took me to work and let me go in the cab of an NH EP-5.   I was about 10.  Almost peed my pants.   Will never forget that day.  Of course my layout has NH engines on it.   Lionel 209 and 2350's

No railroad in America had the mystique or romance of the Shore Line in its heyday. 

Tom McGriel posted:

No railroad in America had the mystique or romance of the Shore Line in its heyday. 

Tom,

I couldn't agree more.

The New Haven served New York, the nation's biggest city and business capital - and Boston, one of the country's oldest cities. Passenger service on the shore line was unmatched and frequent, even compared to New York to Washington, DC. There were many famous named trains: The Merchants Limited; The Yankee Clipper; The Federal; The Gilt Edge; The Knickerbocker; The Owl; The Bay State; The Bostonian; The Forty-Second Street; The Hell Gate Express; The Murray Hill; The New Yorker; The Shoreliner; and many others. The New Haven pioneered long distance electrified operation between New York City and Stamford in 1907 and extended it to New Haven in 1914. And, there were extensive commuter operations in the New York City and Boston areas. It was a small railroad but an important one. Riding Metro-North today, one still sees much that was built by the New Haven

MELGAR

Melgar, And don't forget the heavy freight out of Cedar Hill to Maybrook with the L  class 2-10-2s. A fascinating system overall. I'm just sorry I was born to late to see an I-5 at speed. It must have been a thrill.  Cheers, Tom

MELGAR posted:

Tom McGriel posted:

No railroad in America had the mystique or romance of the Shore Line in its heyday. 

Riding Metro-North today, one still sees much that was built by the New Haven

MELGAR

The last 7 years I was working, I regularly took the Metro-North Harlem line from Goldens Bridge into Manhattan and loved it when I saw or rode behind one of these. Interestingly enough, the one Metro-North line this engine didn't run on was the New Haven line since that needed pantograph power. MNR also did up a few older diesels in the McGinnis livery.

MELGAR posted:

The New Haven pioneered long distance electrified operation between New York City and Stamford in 1907 and extended it to New Haven in 1914. And, there were extensive commuter operations in the New York City and Boston areas. It was a small railroad but an important one. Riding Metro-North today, one still sees much that was built by the New Haven

MELGAR

MELGAR:

Not to put too fine a point on this, but not only can you still see much that was built by the New Haven, you can still see what was actually built by the New Haven.

My lady friend who is very good about indulging my foaming-at-the-mouth-bordering-on-Aspbergers fanaticism for trains, was interested to join my pastime of identifying the original 1907 stanchions that support the catenary between Stamford and NYC and contrasting them to those that have been replaced.  I'd say anecdotally that 33% of the originals remain ... 110 years later.  We do this every time we take the train down to NYC for business or pleasure.

One of life's simple pleasures to sit on the water side of the first NYC-bound train of the morning train and watch the sun rise up over the water between Westerly, Rhode Island and Stonington, Mystic, and Niantic Connecticut.

Steven J. Serenska

Serenska posted:

MELGAR posted:

The New Haven pioneered long distance electrified operation between New York City and Stamford in 1907 and extended it to New Haven in 1914. And, there were extensive commuter operations in the New York City and Boston areas. It was a small railroad but an important one. Riding Metro-North today, one still sees much that was built by the New Haven

MELGAR

MELGAR:

Not to put too fine a point on this, but not only can you still see much that was built by the New Haven, you can still see what was actually built by the New Haven.

My lady friend who is very good about indulging my foaming-at-the-mouth-bordering-on-Aspbergers fanaticism for trains, was interested to join my pastime of identifying the original 1907 stanchions that support the catenary between Stamford and NYC and contrasting them to those that have been replaced.  I'd say anecdotally that 33% of the originals remain ... 110 years later.  We do this every time we take the train down to NYC for business or pleasure.

One of life's simple pleasures to sit on the water side of the first NYC-bound train of the morning train and watch the sun rise up over the water between Westerly, Rhode Island and Stonington, Mystic, and Niantic Connecticut.

Steven J. Serenska

Steven,

On the Metro-North New Haven Division, one can still see original New Haven "signal stations" (control towers), station buildings, catenary towers. stone abutments and railroad bridges. Large movable bridges cross the Connecticut River (at Old Saybrook, built 1907), the Housatonic River (at Stratford), the Pequonnock River (at Bridgeport), the Saugatuck River (at Westport), the Norwalk River (at Norwalk), and the Mianus River (at Cos Cob), to name just a few of the larger ones - and there are many smaller ones.

And, the shoreline route through the entire state of Connecticut (from Stonington to Greenwich) is very scenic.

MELGAR

New Haven SS71 - Devon Junction.

Waterbury, CT Station.

Here are some more photos taken at the 2009 NMRA convention in Hartford, CT during layout tours.

One fellow had what amounted to a NH museum in his basement.  I believe that he worked for the NH and rescued much of his collection from the trash.

This is NH dinning car china and silverware.  I believe that the table and seat are also from the NH.

The 379 front and headlight are from an EP-5.  The Merchants Limited sign is the actual sign used on the train.

The is the actual Westport interlocking.

I also visited the Stamford Model Railroad Club.  This is one of the oldest O gauge 2-rail club's in the country.  It is located in the basement of a church in downtown Stamford.  (I have forgotten the church's name.)  I highly recommend that all NH fans visit this club if possible.

Here is a freight passing through Stamford.

The layout was controlled from a central panel in 2009.  It was built long before DCC.  It is probably still straight DC with block control.

This is the main town.  I believe it was called Van Ness.

A GG-1 powered train arrives at Stamford.

AWESOME !!!!

21st Century NH ES44AC...................

Regards, 

Swafford

Although I am more of a Pennsylvania and NYC fan, I do like some of the colorful McGinnis scheme.

From the PW era...

The 2350 and 6464-425 I inherited from my Aunt (they allegedly belonged to my cousin!!!). The 6468-25 was my brother's - he is the Gomez Addams of the family, so I took it for safekeeping.

From the modern era...

a Lionel C-420 (6-28507):

a Lionel Alco PA A-A Set (6-14596):

and finally, one of my few MTH pieces, a Metro North Genesis:

While I was going through my Aunt's trains, most still in their boxes from the 50's, I saw this on a few of the boxes... didn't have to worry about shipping schedules in those days   

Great pictures..

Its about all I collect now.. not as much high end as the pictures and most of its in boxes now. But the BPT stands for Bridgeport. When I was a kid my dad would bring me to softball games at "Went" field, four or five nights a week, next to  elevated wall   when they ran a lot of freight through the area.I would count cars...

I wish I could find a good digital picture of the Old BPT station.

bptbill 

Apples55 posted:

Although I am more of a Pennsylvania and NYC fan, I do like some of the colorful McGinnis scheme.

From the PW era...

The 2350 and 6464-425 I inherited from my Aunt (they allegedly belonged to my cousin!!!). The 6468-25 was my brother's - he is the Gomez Addams of the family, so I took it for safekeeping.

From the modern era...

a Lionel C-420 (6-28507):

a Lionel Alco PA A-A Set (6-14596):

and finally, one of my few MTH pieces, a Metro North Genesis:

While I was going through my Aunt's trains, most still in their boxes from the 50's, I saw this on a few of the boxes... didn't have to worry about shipping schedules in those days   

Great collection of New Haven equipment!

My one and only.....

I'm still waiting for a Legacy fairy to deliver an I-5 Hudson. 

Sigh!

And a railking imperial too!

gandydancer1950 posted:

My one and only.....

Nice, Gandydancer. Sweet layout as well. There was a boxed set of Alco PA's in with my Aunt's trains... I'll have to take a look and see what they are.

Great stuff in this thread from PUTNAM_DIVISION, BPTBILL, JOHNACTON, NEW_HAVEN_JOE, TOM_MCGRIEL, SERENSKA and all the rest. Thanks.

I regularly hang out at the new Bridgeport station which now serves Metro-North Railroad. The classic old station, built by the New Haven Railroad when the tracks were elevated through Bridgeport in 1905, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on March 20, 1979.

Attached are pictures of my two favorite model locomotives - MTH New Haven EP3 #353 and Weaver Brass ALCO I-4 Pacific #1389. If I had to sell my entire model collection, these are the two locomotives that I would keep!

MELGAR

Here is some of my NH stuff. I have others at the club.

On an unrelated -- but somehow quite related -- note, a person made a comment on another trains forum that I check in on that if MARC (the Maryland area commuter line) would only extend its reach another 35 miles up to Wilmington, Delaware, it would be possible to ride commuter trains from New London to Washington, DC and beyond.

The trip would be:

• Shoreline East from New London to New Haven
• Metro North from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal, NYC
• Subway from to GCT to Penn Station, NYC
• NJ Transit from Penn Station, NYC to Trenton, NJ
• SEPTA from to Trenton, NJ to Philadelphia, PA
• SEPTA from Philadelphia, PA to Wilmington, DE
• (if they would just build it, ) MARC from Wilmington, DE to all other MARC points, including DC.

I thought it was a fun observation.

Steven J. Serenska

Great stuff, Steve!

Here is an essential piece of equipment for New Haven fans:

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

Great stuff, Steve!

Here is an essential piece of equipment for New Haven fans:

Peter

Right you are, Peter! I have spent a lot of time reading that book!

MELGAR

Dominic, that is the one and only I-5 Hudson.    Good comment.  Always fun to throw in a bit of humor.  This engine was the last run Weaver with all the toys.   It had a fan driven smoke unit (single element) that I converted to a dual element unit.  The engine has sprung drivers and tender pickups.  These were used before for the sound in the tender.  I coupled these with the engine rollers and power loss will never happen.  This is my only brass engine and the only way I could get an I-5.    This was not an easy conversion dealing with the 10 pin connector.  I am doing one for Gerry Morlitz as soon as the kits are back in stock.  

Want to do my I5 Marty?

Do not have any New Haven but recall pondering them in the mid- 50's Lionel catalogs.  

Do have these images from the 2014 Spencer NCTM Streamliners Event of the FL9 #2019.

OH,one of my Oncologist is a Dr. McGinnis.  Ironically his grandfather did work for a railroad but not the NH.

PRRronbh posted:

Do not have any New Haven but recall pondering them in the mid- 50's Lionel catalogs.  

Do have these images from the 2014 Spencer NCTM Streamliners Event of the FL9 #2019.

OH,one of my Oncologist is a Dr. McGinnis.  Ironically his grandfather did work for a railroad but not the NH.

Love that McGinnis paint scheme. I think of all the great paint schemes throughout railroad history.....this is my favorite.

I model Pennsy but will forever have good memories of the NH. I grew up in very close proximity to the New Havens Worcester branch. This was in the 1950's and grimy FA's were dragging freights up and down that line all about 300 ft. away from my families home. I would run down to watch trackside any time I could without getting in trouble....I was just a child, and had to cross one busy avenue to get to the tracks. In spite of my fathers warning, I was fearless and did so a lot. Great memories.

Bob

Don, the one for Gerry wil be my last.

Marty, You have to use your considerable influence, call in all your chips and lean on Mike Wolf to offer an I-5. Selfishly, I hope it's an RK Imp, primarily due to budgetary restraints on the railroad. Judging from the response to this thread it would sell out faster than the Merchant's Limited highballing down the Shore Line.

flanger posted:

I model Pennsy but will forever have good memories of the NH. I grew up in very close proximity to the New Havens Worcester branch. This was in the 1950's and grimy FA's were dragging freights up and down that line all about 300 ft. away from my families home. I would run down to watch trackside any time I could without getting in trouble....I was just a child, and had to cross one busy avenue to get to the tracks. In spite of my fathers warning, I was fearless and did so a lot. Great memories.

Bob

I used to do the same thing, mostly to watch NYC covered wagons headed to the Collinwood yard.

The Lionel PostWar New Haven sets......7 O gauge sets from 5 catalogs.

1956, 2 sets

1957, one set

1958, 2 sets

1959, one set

1962, one set

2 HO sets.....1958 and 1959

Peter

Peter, the bottom consist in the 1956 catalog was my first train set. 

Putnam Division posted:

The Lionel PostWar New Haven sets......7 O gauge sets from 5 catalogs.

1956, 2 sets

1957, one set

1958, 2 sets

1959, one set

1962, one set

2 HO sets.....1958 and 1959

Peter

Peter, thank you SO much for posting this images the 50's catalogs.  It takes me me back the/a Time when!.

Tom,  that subject comes up with Mike and myself almost weekly.  When he posted it, he stated he did not have enough orders.   I stay on him but Mike is a guy that has his mind set.  I offered him my Weaver with PS3 to show.  I am still pitching as I do not give up that easy.  Many of us are still alive that have seen the I-5 run.   I will keep doing my best.  It should be an easy do as it is a Hudson.  A body, wheels, and other I-5 parts should help it along.

Marty

DMASSO posted:

Peter, the bottom consist in the 1956 catalog was my first train set. 

Don......a great memory for you, I am sure.......my 1st set was the F3 set from 58.

I am fortunate to have acquired the other EP-5 set from 56.

I bought the LCCA remake of the 58 027 Alco passenger set.

I also am fortunate to have acquired this set from 62....

Peter

.

If not already mentioned, they're some nice scenes showing New Haven equipment in the Hitchcock movie, "Strangers on A Train".

One of the favorites in my NH fleet is the "but Ed, they never made it" Lionel SD70 ACE.

(just noticed... the conductor on the train platform was so overwhelmed by the look of this loco, he passed out!)

DMASSO posted:

Peter, the bottom consist in the 1956 catalog was my first train set. 

I have the two New Haven Alco sets which I treasue very much. Both are a little hard to find.....

Realized that I do have a couple of NH box cars.  This is an image made earlier this year with intent of posting on for sale forum.

Ending selling some at the NCTM (Spencer Shops) train show.  The CR box and tank cars and NYC Early Bird refer now on consignment at local toy train shop.

Decided to keep the rest including the two NH box cars to make up a fallen flag consist.  Also have a Weaver NH Black w/Orange door box car, so do have something NH.

EddieM, I also have that one.  I love the fantasy scheme.   That was first generation Legacy with modular boards.  If you ever have a sound issue, get hold of me.

This is a photo of a "heavyweight", 6-wheel truck NH passenger car outside of Providence, Rhode Island in 1957:

Steven J.  Serenska

Putnam Division posted:

The Lionel PostWar New Haven sets......

 

Peter

Peter:

Thanks for posting these.  Does anyone else find it odd that Lionel did not issue an O Gauge NH caboose in the postwar era?  I'm going to "need" to get one of the various modern NH cabooses to go with the 2350 that I "need" to purchase...

Steven J. Serenska

Steven,

Here is a picture of a "modern" Atlas O New Haven NE-6 caboose of the type that you will certainly "need" to go with that Lionel 2350 postwar set...

MELGAR

Thanks Marty, Hopefully, someday he'll see the light. It seems odd that MTH would release other streamliners like the 49er, for instance , and not an I-5.

briansilvermustang posted:

Where is this at?

do not know, just a random picture i ran across.....sorry....

I saw that engine when I worked in Stamford, CT. It is possible that it is used on the Shore Line route.

The tall building in the picture below, at 54 Meadow Street in New Haven, was built in 1946 and served as the general offices of the New Haven Railroad.

MELGAR

PRRronbh posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

Where is this at?

This picture was taken in Seymour, Connecticut at the Metro-North station on the single-track Waterbury branch. The train runs between Bridgeport and Waterbury, CT. It is a very picturesque ride along the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers. The branch was originally built by the Naugatuck Railroad in 1849 and acquired by the New Haven in 1906.

MELGAR

21st Century NH Trinity 5161 Hoppers...............

Regards, 

Swafford

I want an I-5, too.

Scrappy

I like this thread!  I am a big NH fan having grown up in Rhode Island.  I used to walk across the NH tracks (now P&W) to get to school.  That was back in the time when it was okay for kids to do that.

Anyway, here are some pics of me running NH stuff at the SD3R layout.  Granted this was 10+ years ago, and I have since converted the Williams NH passenger cars to LEDs.

Metro-North Railroad has six BL20GH locomotives, some of which are painted in a New Haven Railroad McGinnis era color scheme. This photo shows Metro-North #128 at milepost 27, the north end of the Waterbury branch, 87 miles from Grand Central Terminal. The BL20GH is a 2250 horsepower low-emission locomotive used by Metro-North on the Danbury and Waterbury branches in Connecticut.

MELGAR

A book to consider for any NH fan.

Next week hope to post pictures of a fantastic find for me off of eBay.

Pictured below is my New Haven Railroad ALCO RS-1 diesel locomotive model made by Atlas O. The New Haven purchased 12 of these locomotives in 1948 and designated them DERS-1b. They had 1000 horsepower and developed 60,750 pounds of tractive effort. The RS-1s initially saw service on secondary passenger runs but soon were assigned to local freights.

MELGAR

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Motor #370, the first of the EP-5's.

PRRronbh posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Motor #370, the first of the EP-5's.

Yes, the later ones had the rare orange "N" and black "H".  

Love this tread!

Roger, great looking layout.

I would love to see an "O" scale HH660. I believe Weaver made one many years ago. Would love to see one of the big three make one. (New Haven of course)

This should take you back to the 50's.

Wrapping paper & all.

PRRronbh posted:

A book to consider for any NH fan.

Next week hope to post pictures of a fantastic find for me off of eBay.

Yes....an excellent book!

Peter

Captain John posted:

This should take you back to the 50's.

Wrapping paper & all.

My favorite Lionel Alco....

Brian.....this is a great pic!

These engines were the "steal of the century" for the New Haven. The Virginian bought about 12 of them for about $267K each....they were acquired by the N&W in the merger with the Virginian and then all were sold to the New Haven for $200K, including spare parts.....

This allowed the cash-strapped New Haven to revamp their electric freight service (they had similar guts as the EP-5s). Some of these engines got PC black and lasted to get Conrail blue.

Peter

briansilvermustang posted:

                                                                   ???????????

Brian,

Photo shows the diesel-hydraulic locomotives (EDER-6, #3000 and 3001) of the Dan’l Webster train that arrived on the New Haven in October 1956. They powered a 9-car train of lightweight passenger cars made by Pullman Standard. The locomotives were built by Baldwin Lima Hamilton and each had a German 1,000 HP Maybach V-12 4-cycle engine which drove 36-inch wheels on the lead truck through a hydraulic transmission. The 28-inch wheels on the rear truck were unpowered. The Dan’l  Webster was one of three unsuccessful lightweight trains ordered by the McGinnis Administration – this one costing about $1.5 million – and was retired in 1958.

MELGAR

oops.....wrong page.....

These pictures show New Haven Railroad’s Budd RDC #32, as photographed at the Danbury Railway Museum in 2017, and my Sunset/3^rd Rail model of RDC #21. The New Haven acquired 40 RDCs in 1952 and ‘53 and referred to them as “Shoreliners.” They were powered by two 275 HP General Motors diesel engines mounted below the floor and could accommodate 89 passengers. At the time, the New Haven was the country’s largest user of RDCs, running them mostly on branch lines and in commuter service. Many of these cars lasted until the New Haven was absorbed into the Penn Central in 1969.

MELGAR

Melgar,  where did you get the New Haven car that is on your layout, that is a very nice looking car...

briansilvermustang posted:

Melgar,  where did you get the New Haven car that is on your layout, that is a very nice looking car...

Thanks Brian,

It is a beautiful scale model made by 3rd Rail Division of Sunset Models (http://www.3rdrail.com/). They made models of the RDC-1 and RDC-2 about two years ago. According to the website, some models are still available.

MELGAR

Melgar, thank you for the info, and again, that is a very nice looking model, and looks great on your layout, thanks, Brian

Well, I'm still rummaging around my hard drive and I came up with two more photos of NH Budd cars.  Like the photos above, these were also taken on the Providence, Warren & Bristol RR right of way.

I could write about the PWBRR all day long, but I'll keep my comments brief.  A few interesting things about the PWBRR was that it was one of the first lines on which overhead electrification was deployed.  As part of this process, the New Haven dug a 1-mile long tunnel underneath the city of Providence, RI to enable the trains to pass under "College Hill" in Providence.

The first photo below shows another railfan excusion with a NH Budd car either emerging from or going in to the tunnel.  The photo is undated, but it must again be during the 1960s.  I read somewhere that these excursions were run about twice a year around this time.

[Sorry; image removed to avoid potential copyright issues.  Contact me offline if you'd like a private copy.]

The next photo shows another excursion from around the same time.  The bridge in the photo is over the Seekonk River just to the east of Providence, RI.  You can see the catenary, formerly used for the electrified system over the RDCs.

[Sorry; image removed to avoid potential copyright issues.  Contact me offline if you'd like a private copy.]

The Old Colony RR leased the PWBRR for 99 years beginning in 1891.  In 1893, the New Haven leased the entire Old Colony system, including the PWBRR, for 99 years.

Passenger service ended to Bristol, RI as of the 1938 hurricane.  Freight service ended to Bristol in 1973.  The entire line was abandoned in 1983 and is now a bike path.  Many vestiges of the railroad can still be seen.

Steven J. Serenska

Great pictures, Mr. Serenska! I like the Rhode Island stuff!

MELGAR

briansilvermustang posted:

 The last and most unique of the F units, the FL9 was a custom fit for the unique commuter services in and out of Grand Central Terminal. Able to operate as a conventional diesel electric or pick up electricity from a third rail, the locomotives could operate safely in and out of the long tunnel into New York. 

The FL9 had a unique 5 axle design and were longer than the typical F. They marked the end of F unit production in 1960 and were among the last in regular service in the US, securing their place in history and preservation.

Love the photos!

During the 1950s, the New Haven sought to cut costs by reducing electric operations in the electrified zone between New Haven and New York City. Although diesels could be used elsewhere, electric operation was required in the Park Avenue Tunnels leading to Grand Central Terminal. Therefore, the dual-power FL-9 locomotive (electric and diesel-electric), which could operate as a conventional diesel-electric or as a straight electric on the 650 volt DC third-rail in the tunnels, was designed specifically for the New Haven by EMD. EMD lengthened the FP-9 locomotive by four feet and substituted a 3-axle Flexicoil rear truck to meet axle load restrictions on the Park Avenue Viaduct leading to the tunnels. The first thirty FL-9s were delivered to the New Haven in 1957 with 1750 HP EMD 567 diesel engines. Thirty additional were delivered in 1960 with 1800 HP. They lasted to the end of the New Haven.

In 2017, four FL-9s remain parked in the Metro-North Lamberton Street Yard in New Haven.

Photo shows my Sunset/3^rd Rail model of New Haven EMD FL-9 #2043.

MELGAR

thanks for the photo of your Sunset/3^rd Rail model of New Haven EMD FL-9 #2043, and more info on these engines, I just learned of them this morning, I think they are very neat locomotives....like your model of it.

One of my FL9s started smoking. I did not open it but I guess the board is fried.

For anyone interested, here is a pre-production image of the 3rd Rail FL9s from way back when we worked on these.  2012 I think?  Maybe early 2013.  I'll have to go back and look!  It was a fun project.  The New Haven version was especially satisfying as we got an actual color sample of the original correct color for Phase II FL9s which as a shade different than the Phase I FL9s.  That doesn't happen often in the modeling work. 

GG1 4877 posted:

For anyone interested, here is a pre-production image of the 3rd Rail FL9s from way back when we worked on these.  2012 I think?  Maybe early 2013.  I'll have to go back and look!  It was a fun project.  The New Haven version was especially satisfying as we got an actual color sample of the original correct color for Phase II FL9s which as a shade different than the Phase I FL9s.  That doesn't happen often in the modeling work. 

FL-9s were made only for the New Haven Railroad and only in the McGinnis paint scheme. All the rest of these liveries were applied to ex-New Haven locomotives by their subsequent owners.

MELGAR

Great stuff!

Peter

MELGAR posted:

GG1 4877 posted:

For anyone interested, here is a pre-production image of the 3rd Rail FL9s from way back when we worked on these.  2012 I think?  Maybe early 2013.  I'll have to go back and look!  It was a fun project.  The New Haven version was especially satisfying as we got an actual color sample of the original correct color for Phase II FL9s which as a shade different than the Phase I FL9s.  That doesn't happen often in the modeling work. 

FL-9s were made only for the New Haven Railroad and only in the McGinnis paint scheme. All the rest of these liveries were applied to ex-New Haven locomotives by their subsequent owners.

MELGAR

Completely understand that.  However, New Haven had two variations on the FL9 known as Phase I and Phase II based on order dates.  There were 30 of each (2000-2029 in 1956 and 1957 and 2030-2059 in 1960) for a total of 60 units.  When Penn Central assumed control in 1968 they were simply renumbered into the 5000 series, retaining their last two digits.  Amtrak purchased 12 from Conrail and Maine Eastern had two that were purchased from Amtrak.  The balance went to MTA and 10 to CDOT.  Two of MTA's were painted in a "heritage" scheme for New York Central.  The only paint schemes not done were Penn Central and Conrail Blue/Yellow.  I always found that attractive personally even if the yellow faded to white fairly quickly.

The 3rd Rail model represents, the Phase II variation (or the later order) of that locomotive regardless of original ownership.  Outside of the Overland brass 2 rail model, these are the only FL9s ever done in O scale.

Sunset/3rd Rail is to be commended for having offered its 1:48 New Haven FL-9 and Budd RDC-1/-2 models. I'm eagerly awaiting the New Haven ALCO PA model I have on order.

MELGAR

Love dem fl-9s....

GG1 4877 posted:  The only paint schemes not done were Penn Central and Conrail Blue/Yellow.  I always found that attractive personally even if the yellow faded to white fairly quickly.

 

Jonathan,

Was the blue/yellow variation offered and not enough reservations received, or was it just not an option?

Two New Haven FL-9 locomotives at Danbury (CT) Railway Museum. The 2006 is in the original McGinnis paint scheme. The 2013 has been repainted in New York Central lightning stripes although the Central never owned an FL-9.

MELGAR

Serenska posted:

Well, I'm still rummaging around my hard drive and I came up with two more photos of NH Budd cars.  Like the photos above, these were also taken on the Providence, Warren & Bristol RR right of way.

I could write about the PWBRR all day long, but I'll keep my comments brief.  A few interesting things about the PWBRR was that it was one of the first lines on which overhead electrification was deployed.  As part of this process, the New Haven dug a 1-mile long tunnel underneath the city of Providence, RI to enable the trains to pass under "College Hill" in Providence.

The first photo below shows another railfan excusion with a NH Budd car either emerging from or going in to the tunnel.  The photo is undated, but it must again be during the 1960s.  I read somewhere that these excursions were run about twice a year around this time.

The next photo shows another excursion from around the same time.  The bridge in the photo is over the Seekonk River just to the east of Providence, RI.  You can see the catenary, formerly used for the electrified system over the RDCs.

The Old Colony RR leased the PWBRR for 99 years beginning in 1891.  In 1893, the New Haven leased the entire Old Colony system, including the PWBRR, for 99 years.

Passenger service ended to Bristol, RI as of the 1938 hurricane.  Freight service ended to Bristol in 1973.  The entire line was abandoned in 1983 and is now a bike path.  Many vestiges of the railroad can still be seen.

Steven J. Serenska

One of the apartments I lived in in college was located above the portal of the other end of this tunnel on Benifit Street in Providence. At that time the tracks were not in use and a door welded over the end but I have walked through it a few times. The lift bridge over the Seeconk still exists but is locked in the up position. I have ridden the bike path many times. Thank you for posting the pics. 

Post-Christmas of '58, I came within a few dozen cases of Pilsner of getting him to spring for an unsold #2350 EP5 in a #2259 set from '57. The beer won (out as it did several times a day), but I always had my eye on the McGinnis scheme, even if I was just a kid from the Canadian prairie province of Alberta. Now I live on the coast and enjoy all the fallen flags and buy what I want and need. NH is still big in my house. I've got two regular #2350's, two NH shells (one I've restored) and maybe my treasure is a so-called 'salesman's sample' LIONEL NH shell that was decorated by Elliot Welz, but has an immense missing piece on one front. Elliot just used the good side to show. Pix 2-4 show my attempt at a strip and repaint of a damaged shell (not Elliot's). Reason for bad pix on the Elliot Welz Lionel salesman's copy is the unit is packed for now, so only had pix of 3 "tiff"'s... The NH is still big for many!

In the most recent copies of "Classic Trains" and "Passenger Train Journal" the R&LHS is advertising a 32-page booklet "The wreck of The Federal Washington, D.C. ,January 15, 1953. The picture in the ad is of PRR GG1 motor #4876 laying over with a NH coach apparently still coupled to it and another NH coach standing beside them.  The placards on the coaches are the era "New York, New Haven and Hartford."

Earlier spoke to as a kid in the later 50's admiration  for the Lionel catalog image of the EP-5.

Well mind arrived August 2 with one of the pilots snapped off.

Fixed it literally.

Added some cars

Will run with consist extended with a couple of Pennsy ribbed cars (very prototypical) and end with say the Adophus or JOMAR business cars.