mnrr, what route is that? it looks really cool.
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mnrr, what route is that? it looks really cool.
Gary_Evans
Still plays with Trainz
Great Memorial, Bill
Thank you. It's a WIP that I've been working on and off for the past few weeks. To be honest I'm surprised the route has progressed this far.
montanawestren
meh..
pulling hard:
modeltrains
Whipped
luvintrainz
Point, Click Destruction!
wow Dan! That's amazing
brendansbiz
choo choo twain!
oooooo i wantyYes indeed! Wonderful shot!
cheers,
jacksonbarno
Alco Spoken Here
Some PRR winter action on the Ft. Wayne division.
First up, a PRR freight headed up by four new F3s.
As the caboose from the first freight passes by, another freight goes the other direction on track two. It's a rare occurrence that decapods make an appearance on the Ft. Wayne division. Christmas traffic and cold journal boxes necessitated double heading on many freights, which required some locomotives from the Pittsburgh and Middle division locomotive pools to head up trains on the Ft. Wayne division.
About five minutes later, the eastbound Admiral, led by a T1 runs by. The year is 1950, and the T1s don't have much time left.Even at this time, it is somewhat rare to see them on Blue Ribbon trains.
Shortly after, the General races eastward.
The three main trains on the New York - Chicago routing: The General, the Broadway, and the Trailblazer all depart thirty minutes apart, in that order. In the thirty minutes between the General and the Broadway, I caught a westbound crossing the dirt service road near the bridge.
About five minutes after the freight passed, the Broadway raced past on track two. Christmas traffic has swelled the train to fifteen cars, which is the maximum length that the PRR held the Broadway to. Any excess traffic would be handled by the General, which is also swelled to it's fifteen car capacity.
First up, a PRR freight headed up by four new F3s.
As the caboose from the first freight passes by, another freight goes the other direction on track two. It's a rare occurrence that decapods make an appearance on the Ft. Wayne division. Christmas traffic and cold journal boxes necessitated double heading on many freights, which required some locomotives from the Pittsburgh and Middle division locomotive pools to head up trains on the Ft. Wayne division.
About five minutes later, the eastbound Admiral, led by a T1 runs by. The year is 1950, and the T1s don't have much time left.Even at this time, it is somewhat rare to see them on Blue Ribbon trains.
Shortly after, the General races eastward.
The three main trains on the New York - Chicago routing: The General, the Broadway, and the Trailblazer all depart thirty minutes apart, in that order. In the thirty minutes between the General and the Broadway, I caught a westbound crossing the dirt service road near the bridge.
About five minutes after the freight passed, the Broadway raced past on track two. Christmas traffic has swelled the train to fifteen cars, which is the maximum length that the PRR held the Broadway to. Any excess traffic would be handled by the General, which is also swelled to it's fifteen car capacity.
jacksonbarno
Alco Spoken Here
Following closely behind the Broadway is a fast LCL freight spliced in between the passenger trains.
The Trail Blazer was hot on the LCL's heels, with another rare sight. Double headed K4s were as much a rarity at this time as anything, especially on one of the Pennsy's top trains!
After the Blazer, two more westbounds passed under the bridge.
The last train I caught that day was the westbound Liberty Limited. In a few years, this train would be combined with the Red Arrow eastbound east of Pittsburgh, and The Red Arrow would be combined with the Cincinnati Limited westbound east of Pittsburgh, causing the Cincinnati Limited and Liberty Limited to lose their observation cars. By 1960, all three trains would be gone.
The Trail Blazer was hot on the LCL's heels, with another rare sight. Double headed K4s were as much a rarity at this time as anything, especially on one of the Pennsy's top trains!
After the Blazer, two more westbounds passed under the bridge.
The last train I caught that day was the westbound Liberty Limited. In a few years, this train would be combined with the Red Arrow eastbound east of Pittsburgh, and The Red Arrow would be combined with the Cincinnati Limited westbound east of Pittsburgh, causing the Cincinnati Limited and Liberty Limited to lose their observation cars. By 1960, all three trains would be gone.
Railwoodman
Well-known member
Nice shots (jacksonbarno) like your work on the skins to
. Keep that PRR coming
. Keep that PRR comingjacksonbarno
Alco Spoken Here
Thanks! I wish N3V/Auran had given us a full set of FOM cars... They were used systemwide, and cars like 10-5s and 4-4-2s (pre war) were very common between railroads. The 18 roomette cars were pretty uncommon, with the NYC and PRR getting the most. The other roads that got them were SP (4 for the 1941 Lark), the IC (2 for the 1942 Panama Limited) SP/CNW/UP (1 for the 1937 City of San Francisco) and CNW/UP (1 for the 1937 City of Los Angeles).
applegathc
NoT tHe StAtUeS!
Screenies from my Paloma City Corridor wip project,
