Chesapeake Bay in 9 Modules, all in 1:220 // NEW MODULE

Perfect! How do I order two dozen?!? Lol

Aaron's question came up many times the last two years.
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Best,
Sven

Sven, whose track system did you use & are your turnouts electric?

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#ixzz57au82wxR


Best,
Sven

PS: I have to keep a promise........ 

Is the Aspenmodels Pacific a RTR model ? With its full rod and valve gear ? Or is it a kit /customised model ?

Dom

Gerd,
The link ist nicht gefunden.

Sven, a dozen trees are on their way. Thanks for the link to his work!
--Deb