Weaver LIRR Bradley Coaches

Nevermind...found a pic. It looks like they will be in the World's Fair & blue/white colors. Those will look right at home behind my RS-1.

Ron

Assuming you have the MTH Railking in sweep colors. The Bradleys in worlds fair colors would be most prototypical although in the 1960's when the Centuries arrived, RS-1s generally were assigned to freight duty.

I think they are 70 footers, a bit too long for me. 

their website says 21"

LIRR never had 'em. 

They did have them.

Anything over 60' = 15" looks odd in O to me unless you have a layout like the NJ Hi Railers.

Sure did

http://www.trainsarefun.com/li...r1970s/lirr1970s.htm

it looks like they got them second hand.

i am going to buy two or three...they are huge cars, 21".

i agree that 60 footers look great in O, but these look too awesome to pass on.

LIRR 7526 is at the Railroad Museum of Long Island in Riverhead. It came from the Boston & Maine in 1958-59. Its first paint scheme on the LIRR was the Goodfellow Gray and it had the LI in a circle herald on it at one end of the car. The cars subsequently wore the Worlds fair colors and both MTA gray schemes one with the Blue Widow band and one with the blue band below the windows.

7526 was retained for work service by the LIRR being used as an Alcohol spray car for third rail de-icing. It carried the number W-85 for the years it was used in this capacity. It could be seen at Morris Park for many years next to the coaling tower as we see it in the photo that follows.

have you written a book on the LIRR? If not, you should. You are a terrific resource.

LIRR Steamer

Great information. Thanks.

So are both of the color schemes being made by Weaver prototypical for that style car? You seemed to imply in an earlier post that the Worlds Fair colors were "more prototypical". Could you elaborate.

Also, you mentioned these cars being pulled by C420's. Is that the blue/whites or the worlds fair colors or both.

I'm trying to decide which of these cars to get and then what I would pull them with.

Thanks

John

Gene

Think you will have to look elsewhere for a shorty Bradley coach.

WEAVER historically produces "scale" dimensioned rail cars 

Hi John

The colors that Weaver is doing the Bradleys are prototypical for the car while it was on the LIRR. They  received the Worlds fair Orange and Grey scheme in 1963-64 . When the MTA took over, they went to work to eliminate all colors that were LIRR and repaint equipment in what were called MTA colors, Passenger cars that were retained from the fleet including the Bradleys were repainted into the MTA Light Gray and Blue probably about 1970 or so.

Yanks Pride is planning to use these with the Railking RS-1 which is in the Worlds fair Orange and Gray sweep scheme. These colors were first used on the RS-1 and RS-3 locos about 1963-64. The LIRR at this time also received  fleet of 22 Alco Century C-420s which were delivered in the sweep scheme as well. These were 2000 hp ratings as opposed to the RS-1's 1000 HP rating. So most passenger trains were generally handled by the C-420s and the 10 RS-3s on the system. In the 1960's, RS-1's may have handled some passenger assignments on the Oyster Bay Branch. The Rail Road used them more for Freight assignments at that time .

When the MTA was repainting everything, the RS-1s ,RS-3's C-420s received a yellow and Blue MTA scheme and passenger cars at that time were repainted into the lt gray and Blue scheme.The MTA continued an order for 8 additional Alco C-420s but these were delivered in the Blue and Yellow colors. The C-420s were repainted into the Blue and White wave during the 1970s when the GP-38s were on the system. The Bradleys were retired by this time.

so for Yanks Pride and anyone with any of these engines in the Orange and Grey sweep Scheme, using the Bradley cars in the Orange and Grey would be most prototypical.

Thanks for the info. Looks like it will be the orange and grey for me.

Great info LIRR Steamer...most appreciated.

you are quite welcome Ron. Glad the info is helpful.