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Post by smr on Mar 4, 2018 3:06:54 GMT -5
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Post by smr on Mar 3, 2018 4:17:59 GMT -5
I am looking forward to the newly released EMD GP 30 Kodachrome!! Will post pictures here........... In the meanwhile, SF 5960 is on its own Best, Sven
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Post by smr on Mar 2, 2018 17:12:54 GMT -5
My pleasure, Deb !!!! The long and winding road ......... (Beatles)
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Post by smr on Mar 2, 2018 11:40:11 GMT -5
I love the Kodachrome locos !!! Will order!! Best, Sven
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Post by smr on Feb 27, 2018 7:57:37 GMT -5
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Post by smr on Feb 27, 2018 3:46:13 GMT -5
One more for you, the mist is getting thicker............ Best, Sven
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Post by smr on Feb 27, 2018 3:41:54 GMT -5
That is a very handsome locomotive. Yes, indeed !!! Best, Sven
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Post by smr on Feb 24, 2018 17:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by smr on Feb 24, 2018 17:01:16 GMT -5
Is the Aspenmodels Pacific a RTR model ? With its full rod and valve gear ? Or is it a kit /customised model ? Dom Hi Dom, Yes it is the RTR model. It is a brass model. I think long time ago it was also available as a kit. Best, Sven
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 17:18:14 GMT -5
Feb 20, 2017 10:39:01 GMT 1 smr said: Thank you, Rob A, ...... I will try to get hold of a PS4 Pacific from Aspenmodel and will turn a set into two-tone-green. I will show then the pics here. ....... Best, Sven Time is fleeting....., we are meanwhile already in Feb 2018, but here are some first pics; - to be continued -
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 17:06:09 GMT -5
AZL wrote in Feb 2017: " AZL is excited to announce an all new road name in their heavyweight passenger car line. We bring you Southern, in addition to a single cars, we have a very special Crescent Limited passenger set. We recommend our Southern E8 series to pull this set. They are the 62607 series. Four road number for the E8s are still available." Great looking engine!!! Feb 20, 2017 5:20:12 GMT 1 Rob Albritton said: The Southern Crescent The Southern Railway took great pride in it’s flagship “All Pullman” Crescent between Washington, D.C., Atlanta and New Orleans. The train had a reputation for being clean, opulent, and on-time. The route of the Crescent pre-dates the Southern Railway: in 1891 the Richmond & Danville’s Washington & Southwestern Vestibuled Limited connected Washington and New Orleans via the Atlanta & West Point and Louisville & Nashville. In 1925 the train was re-named the Crescent Limited, and a year later Southern’s iconic Ps4 Pacific in Virginia Green with Gold and Silver trim took over as signature motive power. Our AZL 50004 Southern 2-8-2 steam locomotive has a similar livery. At the height of the roaring 20’s the Crescent Limited received all new Pullman equipment with a special two tone green livery and gold lettering. This new “train of luxury” did not last long as the Great Depression hit. In 1934 the Crescent Limited was shortened to the Crescent, and its two tone green coaches gave way to a simpler all green livery. The Depression’s hard times required savings, and the all green cars could be easily interchanged with other trains such as The Pelican. In 1941, the Crescent upgraded to EMD E6 diesel locomotives, also in Virginia Green, and then to EMD E8 units in 1951. Our AZL 62607 is a good match for the diesels of this era. The Crescent was not upgraded to lightweight equipment until 1950. Our Southern Crescent set represents the Heavyweight era for the train between 1934 and 1949. Each car in the set has unique names and road numbers that are not available separately. Simple version: Southern Crescent LIMITED = two tone green cars (1929 to 1934) Southern CRESCENT = all green cars. (1934 to 1949) We made the CRESCENT - not the crescent LIMITED (and yes, there were some oddballs that kept the two tone green past 1934, but not many, and not for long) PS: I think the confusion may have been on my end - I did not emphasize with Rob Kluz that this was the Crescent - NOT the Crescent LIMITED. He wrote down Crescent LIMITED on the new items release, and I did not catch it until now. The re-naming is confusing to non-Southern fans. Read more: azlforum.com/thread/852/azl-february-2017-new-items#ixzz57au82wxRBest, Sven PS: I have to keep a promise........
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 12:30:02 GMT -5
Sven, whose track system did you use & are your turnouts electric? We work with all kind of track systems, but mainly Märklin. Thus, also Rokuhan, König, Atlas, and only once with MTL. All turnouts are electric. More about Gerd's newest ALCO PA-2 creation? Here: azlforum.com/post/13351/threadEnjoy! Best, Sven PS: More Southern Beauties soon.........
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 10:54:57 GMT -5
While Alco’s PA was unpopular with most railroads it gained instant celebrity status with the railfan community. A big reason for the model’s popularity, besides its good looks was the fact that it went extinct. After the last PA ended its career with the Delaware & Hudson (whose PAs were originally owned by the Santa Fe) in 1978 and left for Mexico none remained on U.S. soil for nearly 25 years until two PAs made their way back in 2002; one was acquired by the Smithsonian for restoration and the other went to renowned locomotive restorer Doyle McCormack which is nearing fully operational (it was started up for the first time during October of 2013) into Nickel Plate Road #190 adorned in the NKP's "Bluebird" passenger livery. Source: www.american-rails.com/alco-pa.htmlAZL ALCO PA Roster: AZL # Model Production Road Name Road Number 1829 PA1 2001 | 40 Produced NYC 4200, 4201 1821 PA1 2001 | 40 Produced SP 204, 205 1823 PA1 2001 | 12 Produced DH 16,17, 18, 19 1827-2 PA1 2001 | 18 Produced PRR | Brunswick Green 5756, 5757, 5758 1828 PA1 2001 | 50 Produced D&RGW 6011, 6013 1824 PA1 2001 | 60 Produced UP 604, 607 1827 PA1 2001 | 50 Produced PRR 5752, 5755 1825 PA1 2001 | 60 Produced ATSF 52, 53 1826 PA1 2001 | 16 Produced LV 1826 3827-2 PB1 2001 | 10 Produced PRR | Brunswick Green 5750B, 5756B 3828 PB1 2001 | 24 Produced D&RGW 6002, 6012 3829 PB1 2001 | 12 Produced NYC 4302, 4303 3827 PB1 2001 | 20 Produced PRR 5752B, 5754B 3821 PB1 2001 | 18 Produced SP 6005B, 6010B 3824 PB1 2001 | 16 Produced UP 604B, 605B, 607B 3825 PB1 2001 | 40 Produced ATSF 51A, 52A, 62A 3828P PB1 | Powered 2002 | 3 Produced D&RGW 6002, 6012 3824P PB1 | Powered 2002 | 1 Produced UP 604B 3825P PB1 | Powered 2002 | 4 Produced ATSF 51A, 52A, 62A 2847 PA-PB-PA Set 2002 | 8 Produced PRR | Brunswick Green 5756 -5756B - 5758 & Gerd's ALCO PA Roster: - please fill in -
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 10:50:03 GMT -5
The Alco PA-1 could produce 2,000 horsepower and provide 30,500 pound of continuous tractive effort using an A1A-A1A truck design (two outside powered axles with an unpowered center axle). The locomotive was 65 feet, 8 inches long and its most stunning feature was its sweeping, streamlined nose and raked front windshields (the PA was nearly 10 feet longer than its FA counterpart). As problems mounted with the PA-1 Alco rushed to correct the problem building an entirely new prime mover in the process, the model 251. This new engine proved much more reliable but was not available in time for the PA series. After witnessing initial sales of 170 units with its first PA-1 design the later PA-2 and PA-3 upgraded models sold a combined total of 77 units by the time production had officially ended in December of 1953. These numbers were a mere fraction when compared to EMD's E and F series, which together sold thousands by the time the models were no longer cataloged in the 1950s and early 1960s. - continued -
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Post by smr on Feb 19, 2018 10:35:39 GMT -5
In June of1946 the PA began testing on the Lehigh Valley clad in a beautiful demonstrator livery of maroon with silver trim with the combined GE/Alco livery adorned on the nose and carbody (the units were numbered 9077 and 9078).
The Santa Fe was immediately pleased with the new model and ordered twenty-eight PA-1s and sixteen PB-1s between September of 1946 and December of 1948. Other railroads soon followed and Alco would eventually sell 170 total PA-1s and PB-1s.
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