Let's See YOUR Pennsy Train Collection!

Wow!  Impressive Pennsylvania Railroad collection for a UP fan.

Lots of Pennsy, but it's all mixed up with the others right now.  Half of them are also still in boxes, gotta' get more shelves up!

Who doesn't like UP steam?

Great shelf John...  you have some UP in there!

Lots of UP and Pennsy, and I'm working on the Reading.

I actually have more Pennsy than UP.

I was planning a rebalance...

John...  i love that PRR transfer locomotive you have...  i want one someday...

They are a cool locomotive, I wish I had seen the prototype, must have been fairly impressive.  That sucker is a smokin' fool it has two smoke units, a real fog choker.

I edited the post to attach the pictures so they expand a bit, makes it easier to see stuff.

Plus various rolling stock

Dave...  love it...  your pw turbines look really nice...

Great pix!  What a colorful, visual catalogue of decades of excellence.

Anyone have models of PRR Q1 or Q2 to share?  I love the Qs...

A few duplicates and none of the HO or N, but you get the general idea. 

Now your talking John...  i just saved your GG1 lineup as my desktop picture...  that is SO cool!  

Bring on the PENNSY!

These are the ones I have out.  When I get the engine yard done I should be able to have them all out.

I took them in a hurry, but still don't know why the focus is off.  May have to retake them.

Awesome Ron!!!

Yeah - really nice.  This thread went really well.  Lifetime bronze castings - you have seen them before.  All O Scale or 17/64:

Boy, if I start posting the PRR passenger and freight cars, I'll need a larger picture!

GG1 4877 posted:

 

This is the coolest thing i have seen in a long time!  Makes me want to get more scale GG1s and do something like this...

Army Navy football game...  by train.  I always loved this picture.

FrankRazz posted:

 

Really nice mail/express train

FrankRazz posted:

Wow... 

"Old Rivets" is nice, but this thing... 

Mark in Oregon

When I think of the PRR three locomotives to mind:

• PRR T1
• PRR GG1
• PRR K4

One of these days, I’ll learn to take better pictures... but here is some of my Pennsy fleet.

These MPC GP9’s were my first foot fall on a lifelong journey down the slippery slope..

The monster S1(have a T1 also, but it is packed away somewhere!!!)

Two JLC GG-1’s

A VisionLine GG-1 with 21” Broadway Limited passenger cars

Pennsy Baldwin Sharks

A pair of Pennsy PA’s

A pair of MPC era F3’s

The matching set of MPC era aluminum passenger cars on the lower shelf

And finally, an entry from Menards!!!

My first engine was a 671 so Pennsy is sort of special even though I had never seen a real one on the tracks.  I am more of a Santa Fe or UP fan.  Anyway here goes:

Some of my PRR by Lionel collection.

TM Terry posted:

When I think of the PRR three locomotives to mind:

• PRR T1
• PRR GG1
• PRR K4

Got those covered.

Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff...  

Mark (with only 2) in Oregon

Johnsgg1 posted:

Some of my PRR by Lionel collection.

I showed this to my wife and said...  see i'm totally normal!

Great collection!  

Strummer posted:

Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff...  

Mark (with only 2) in Oregon

He who dies with the most toys wins...

That first emperor of China was buried with a HUGE collection.  They havent unearthed it all yet!  Terracotta soldiers etc...

Xian's Tomb...

Just picture a train collection this big!

Although one could say "You can't take it with you"  ; not making any value judgements, just an observation.

H*ll, I've been to entire train shows that didn't have THAT much stuff!!! 

Mark in Oregon

All I have is a 671, a Williams scale GG1 and a Lionel scale switcher. I have work to do. And my Challenger is a Denver and Rio Grande, not UP.

Strummer posted:

Although one could say "You can't take it with you"  ; not making any value judgements, just an observation.

H*ll, I've been to entire train shows that didn't have THAT much stuff!!! 

Mark in Oregon

While it is true that you cannot take it with you, there is some degree of satisfaction knowing that you have given the kids something to do for the next several years.

petrifiedagg posted:

All I have is a 671, a Williams scale GG1 and a Lionel scale switcher. I have work to do. And my Challenger is a Denver and Rio Grande, not UP.

We all start with one (or two).

Johnsgg1 posted:

Some of my PRR by Lionel collection.

Awesome!

Norm Charbonneau posted:

 

 

 

 

Norm, very impressive. 

Seacoast posted:

Johnsgg1 posted:

Some of my PRR by Lionel collection.

Awesome!

Johnsgg1...  tell me...  is the UP collection on the other wall?  You are my hero!

btw, that looks like a really nice layout too!

Thanks very much for posting your collection...  love all the GG1s...

Strummer posted:

Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff...  

Mark (with only 2) in Oregon

I think it's safe to say that the current champ is Johnsgg1, that's an amazing collection!

Here are a few of my PRR pieces. Most are still packed away still. 

Good evening here is a few Pennsy Power from my layout.

L1, M1,I1 and a K4 all MTH engines.

I'm seeing a lot of impressive Pennsylvania collections. My entire collection isn't that big, but almost half of it is all Pennsy, and some of it is postwar!

First I have a Lionel Pennsylvania passenger car set from the mid-seventies, with the dining car released as an add-on car, and this train is lead by a 1946 Lionel 2020 PRR turbine with my own fictional livery meant to match the passenger cars, complete with an incorrect keystone on the boiler front that I printed on card stock. (Before you cringe, the original paint was gone when I found the engine, otherwise I would have kept it original.)

I believe being from the seventies these cars are from the MPC(?) era, or at least they were made under General Mills? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Next I have a 1947-48 Lionel 2025. I bought it at the same time as the passenger car set for a Christmas village I was building one year.

I also have PRR porthole caboose, (an essential part of a PRR collection in my opinion) which I believe is early 50's, and lastly, I have a 1946 Lionel x2758 tin boxcar which includes the box, improperly numbered 2458, that was commonly found with this car.

I hope to add a GG1 to this lineup someday...

Wes97 posted:

I'm seeing a lot of impressive Pennsylvania collections. My entire collection isn't that big, but almost half of it is all Pennsy, and some of it is postwar!

 

Thats different paint on that turbine!

Wes97 posted:

I'm seeing a lot of impressive Pennsylvania collections. My entire collection isn't that big, but almost half of it is all Pennsy, and some of it is postwar!

First I have a Lionel Pennsylvania passenger car set from the mid-seventies, with the dining car released as an add-on car, and this train is lead by a 1946 Lionel 2020 PRR turbine with my own fictional livery meant to match the passenger cars, complete with an incorrect keystone on the boiler front that I printed on card stock. (Before you cringe, the original paint was gone when I found the engine, otherwise I would have kept it original.)

I believe being from the seventies these cars are from the MPC(?) era, or at least they were made under General Mills? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I hope to add a GG1 to this lineup someday...

Wes;

Nice collection. Very interesting paint scheme on the 2020 - blends nicely with the passenger cars (and yes, they are MPC from the early/mid 70’s - they were my first set of passenger cars and I still have them). 

And every Pennsy fan has to have AT LEAST one GG1  

corsair29 posted:

Very impressive collection, Steve. If you will forgive me, I think your railroad is in bad need of an engine cleaning facility    Just kidding - incredible realism.

You know, I look at all these beautiful models and realize I don't even notice the 3rd rail anymore...and when I do, it doesn't look "wrong".

Good grief, I really am slipping away! 

Mark in Oregon

Strummer posted:

You know, I look at all these beautiful models and realize I don't even notice the 3rd rail anymore...and when I do, it doesn't look "wrong".

Good grief, I really am slipping away! 

Mark in Oregon

“Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away”

Here's a few more from other manufacturers

American Flyer from 1926

Bing ca 1920

SMR D-6

....and cars

MTH Aerotrain

Super O Bob posted:

Strummer posted:

Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff...  

Mark (with only 2) in Oregon

He who dies with the most toys wins...

That first emperor of China was buried with a HUGE collection.  They havent unearthed it all yet!  Terracotta soldiers etc...

Xian's Tomb...

Just picture a train collection this big!

Just wait till they get to the train room!

Nice collections everyone. Here's a few of my prewar switchers and a recently acquired PRR padlock. 

Tom

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Super O Bob posted:

Strummer posted:

Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff...  

Mark (with only 2) in Oregon

He who dies with the most toys wins...

That first emperor of China was buried with a HUGE collection.  They havent unearthed it all yet!  Terracotta soldiers etc...

Xian's Tomb...

Just picture a train collection this big!

Just wait till they get to the train room!

Hell yea!

Here is a selection of my Pennsy power.  My theme is the Elmira Branch.

This is without a doubt the best book on railroading (and the Pennsy) ever! 

I got it off Amazon a few years back, and am sure I've mentioned it before.

Although it's almost 400(!) pages long it's an easy read, and so interesting that you'll read it again and again.

Okay, back to trains...

Mark in Oregon

All from the Pennsy.

Wonderful Joe!

Strummer posted:

This is without a doubt the best book on railroading (and the Pennsy) ever! 

I got it off Amazon a few years back, and am sure I've mentioned it before.

Although it's almost 400(!) pages long it's an easy read, and so interesting that you'll read it again and again.

Okay, back to trains...

Mark in Oregon

 

I loved this book when I read it. My Grandfather was a conductor on the Elmira Branch and I hoped with each turn of the page that I might see a reference to my Grandfather. I have his pocket watch he used to keep the trains on time. 

Outstanding guys!! Love the Pennsy!!

johngg1 "just some of my PRR". Your collection is amazing!!

Norm. Positively, absolutely amazing modeling. The last video you posted with the truss bridge!! I had to really study the scene. The realism is second to none.

Mark

Mike CT posted:

That's quite a fleet you have;   ...who made these?

Mark in Oregon

Strummer posted:

Mike CT posted:

That's quite a fleet you have;   ...who made these?

Mark in Oregon

Thank you.  Top shelf is a  Sunset Thirdrail Pennsy I1 decapod.  Bottom shelf is a Weaver Pennsy M1b with long haul tender.   Both have EOB electronics upgrades. 

Love the PRR

"Jeez...some of you guys have a LOT of stuff..."

I just knew with this posted topic, it would likely blow out the server! 

Hello Mark, I have read SetUp and Running several times on long flights.

Amazing story of a extraordinary individual's commitment to the PRR.

PRR Joe posted:

Love the PRR

Really nice joe!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Lots of Pennsy, but it's all mixed up with the others right now.  Half of them are also still in boxes, gotta' get more shelves up!

Who doesn't like UP steam?

That UP Challenger a Railking? 

I got a few.

there are a few more in a display cabinet, a few GG1's,  a T1 and some others. sorry for the out of focus shots.

Strummer posted:

This is without a doubt the best book on railroading (and the Pennsy) ever! 

I got it off Amazon a few years back, and am sure I've mentioned it before.

Although it's almost 400(!) pages long it's an easy read, and so interesting that you'll read it again and again.

Okay, back to trains...

Mark in Oregon

 

Yes, my favorite.  I love the part where the engineer and fireman steal coal from a train parked on the next track, and even the conductor helped, so they could skip a coaling stop and beat the other trains to their destination.

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

I got a few.

 

 

there are a few more in a display cabinet, a few GG1's,  a T1 and some others. sorry for the out of focus shots.

A FEW, John??? A few shelves, maybe (and that’s being very generous)...

Great display of a great collection.

Hey Bob - How about some photos and an update on your layout please?

c.sam posted:

Hey Bob - How about some photos and an update on your layout please?

SAM... Great Pennsy...

I started a layout in my new house, but horses and responsibilities of elderly parents and the kid just made last 7 years difficult.

I am cleaning up and redesigning what i have now and hope to show something by April.  I have alot of work ahead, but looks like finally some time to do it...

Thanks for remembering!

Trainlover9943 posted:

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Who doesn't like UP steam?

That UP Challenger a Railking? 

It's the early Premier, and it was converted from PS/1 to ERR TMCC with my Super-Chuffer, etc.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Trainlover9943 posted:

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Who doesn't like UP steam?

That UP Challenger a Railking? 

It's the early Premier, and it was converted from PS/1 to ERR TMCC with my Super-Chuffer, etc.

Cool. 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Brian...  what kind of silver mustang do you have?  Nice PRR.

Here are a some of my Pennsy engines.

Since no one has yet shown an O1a...

Not much but here's mine.

Nice Trumptrain!

More pictures.

My PRR Electric Collection

Dave, now THAT'S a picture!

I'm guessing he configured this consist without any help, love the mix.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Dave, now THAT'S a picture!

I'm guessing he configured this consist without any help, love the mix.

He had a little help from Pap Pap! 

lee drennen posted:

Is the trailer an amt kit or a repainted Weaver models trailer?

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

lee drennen posted:

Is the trailer an amt kit or a repainted Weaver models trailer?

It’s a undecorated weaver I painted with Custom decals I made.

Good evening, Mark from Oregon, not to get of the subject of this topic but I thought what was interesting  in the book Setup and Running was when OP (the gentlemen the story is about) got the manilia envelope from the engineering department and gave him orders on shaking down a new steam locomotive out on road.

After his run or several runs he told the PRR engineers what he thought was wrong  or what was right with their latest design. 

He had to be highly respected among the PRR management to have such position.

Here is mine!

I see why your have your forum name of MIDNIGHTWRECKING, looks like you were busy before the picture posted!

MarkStrittmatter posted:

Good evening, Mark from Oregon, not to get of the subject of this topic but I thought what was interesting  in the book Setup and Running was when OP (the gentlemen the story is about) got the manilia envelope from the engineering department and gave him orders on shaking down a new steam locomotive out on road.

After his run or several runs he told the PRR engineers what he thought was wrong  or what was right with their latest design. 

He had to be highly respected among the PRR management to have such position.

Hello Mark in PA.

I never know if anything I post on these forums will be of interest to anyone, so I'm glad you saw my comment and are familiar with the book.  

Indeed, that was one of many interesting stories told, which is why I recommend it to everyone.

FWIW, one my my favorite bits was when he (OP) went out on a fast passenger run and observed "bank firing" firsthand. Also, the stories of (trying to) clear the line of deep snow with the I1...

Mark (this one) in Oregon

Here’s some more PRR this is all o have so far 

https://youtu.be/Pyl8GDNqeSQ

Tried to come up with some PRR items that have not been already shown. Here are three, I believe. The first is Lionel's Legacy Lindbergh Special E6, No. 460,  the second is a Lionel-American Flyer Y3a, and the third is a Lionel-American Flyer ES44AC in the NS PRR heritage scheme. My E6 was shot on friend Norm's "old" layout, while the pictures of the AF Y3a and ES44AC were taken on my (otherwise) pure postwar Gilbert AF layout. Gotta get a bit of AF S gauge in somewhere. 

Bob

There’s more just need to take more pics lol 

Sweet Pennsy guys...

Strummer posted:

MarkStrittmatter posted:

Good evening, Mark from Oregon, not to get of the subject of this topic but I thought what was interesting  in the book Setup and Running was when OP (the gentlemen the story is about) got the manilia envelope from the engineering department and gave him orders on shaking down a new steam locomotive out on road.

After his run or several runs he told the PRR engineers what he thought was wrong  or what was right with their latest design. 

He had to be highly respected among the PRR management to have such position.

Hello Mark in PA.

I never know if anything I post on these forums will be of interest to anyone, so I'm glad you saw my comment and are familiar with the book.  

Indeed, that was one of many interesting stories told, which is why I recommend it to everyone.

FWIW, one my my favorite bits was when he (OP) went out on a fast passenger run and observed "bank firing" firsthand. Also, the stories of (trying to) clear the line of deep snow with the I1...

Mark (this one) in Oregon

 

Yes, same here, I really enjoyed that book Setup Running!! 

Old thread I know, but hey, PRR! L=>R Williams streamlined K4, Prewar K4, L1, and MTH Premier K4 from 1995, all alive and well but pushing me to an ERR/Railsounds/S-Chuffer upgrade for each...

some of my models