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Thanks for posting the PRR Steam!
Great loco action. I have a question on the ID of the locos double headed at 1:29 on the video. The lead loco has a tank in front of the engine which confused me at first because I recalled M1a's and Mikados having a single tank laterally located in front but the locos at that part of the video are neither. After looking at some images on line, I believe the locos are earlier versions of Consolidations but not H8, 9 or 10. Current models of those do not have a tank positioned in front. I don't plan to modify my Lionel Consolidation but the location of the tank in front is kind of neat.
The locomotive at 1:29 in the video is a G5 4-6-0, as is the locomotive trailing behind it. Some G5's had the horizontal front air tank, some did not. In frontal photos one G5 spotting feature is the triangular shape of the ends of the pilot beam. K4s and E6s pilot beam ends had a slightly different shape.
Ed Rappe
Thanks for the Sandusky Line, 210F84B slab sider J1....helping the road engine to Lewis Center.
Ah! I stand corrected. I could not see the drivers clearly to count them. Thanks for the info Ed.
H6 consolidations as modernized did have tanks on the pilot decks. Sunset did a very beautiful model in both 2 and 3 rail back about 10 years. It still turns up on tables at shows regularly and on EBAY
I believe this became H6sb and they piston valves and "modern" walcherts valve gear. They lasted until the end of steam because their lighter axle loading was fine for some branches.
they are much smaller than the H8/9/10 series and I think have 56 inch drivers instead of the later 62 inch "standard" freight driver.
Great video, thanks for posting!
Weaver Model G5
Weaver H10
I believe Pennsy had more I1 Decapods than any other locomotive.
Originally Posted by Keystoned Ed:
The locomotive at 1:29 in the video is a G5 4-6-0, as is the locomotive trailing behind it. Some G5's had the horizontal front air tank, some did not. In frontal photos one G5 spotting feature is the triangular shape of the ends of the pilot beam. K4s and E6s pilot beam ends had a slightly different shape.
Ed Rappe
5471 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania sports the horizontal air tank.
The LIRR had G5s both with and without the front mounted tank. I've found pics of numbers 21 and 23 with the tank while others, like the two extant engines 35 and 39, did not have them.
I think the Long Island G5s were ordered/delivered with bigger tenders than the Pennsy ones. I think the LI used a tender similar to, if not the same as a PRR K4 tender.
Another annoying thought for the detail conscious!
