OK everyone don’t faint. I am considering on purchasing one of these in Postwar livery. If anyone has one of these please post your experiences with it.
Thnx
LAO
Larry Otis said:Well, don't get offended here Mr Otis, but, as anyone who knows me will agree, I'm not one for these small-time east-coast ma & pa local railroads and their little locos [snigger], even when they are pretty cute in a 'pacific' sort of way. Each to his own, though - the love of my heart lives in a shed in Brooklyn Rail yard, Portland, Oregon, and she ain't the one wearing the fancy orange skirts, either ; )
OK everyone don't faint. I am considering on purchasing one of these in Postwar livery. If anyone has one of these please post your experiences with it. Thnx LAO
Back to the question. I don’t have one, but I know a man who does, and it’s a beauty to see and hear, with a six-seven car consist of those cute little Pennsy ‘heavyweights’ behind it. It runs like a watch, and the detail is astounding, and even though it isn’t a GN S2 or an SP&S A3, it certainly looks right to me. The latest-version of the Phoenix sound system installed by the owner is, he tells me, just right - it sounds good to me, but what do I know? I’m reliably informed that there ARE some faults - like the return crank should lie at a different angle on either side, but since, unlike the critic, I can’t actually SEE both sides of a 1/29th scale loco at the same time, I really could care less.
It’s just over a year old, and gets run quite a lot, as he has a pretty big layout by UK standards - about 880 feet of dual and quadruple track - like the actual Pennsy routes, he tells me - though I guess that won’t impress many of you guys with real-sized layouts.
My $0.02 is to go buy it, and remember to take ALL the little bits of plastic packing foam out from underneath the front pilot before you run it…don’t ask me how I know about this.
Go buy!
tac
Thnx Terry!
<way. Each to his own, though - the love of my heart lives in a shed in Brooklyn Rail yard, Portland, Oregon, and she ain’t the one wearing the fancy orange skirts, either ; ) >
And whom would that be?
I know the one with the fancy bloomers, and the big gnarly SP&S #700. Seen 'em both operating.
Is there another one?
I think they have an old PA there, too, buts that’s another dismal…
TOG
I have one and it is fantastic. Very powerful and Very Beautiful. I am partial to the Pre War version as it has the pilot marker lights also. They both are great running and looking engines. Nick Jr
And whom would that be? I know the one with the fancy bloomers, and the big gnarly SP&S #700. Seen 'em both operating.
Is there another one?
I think they have an old PA there, too, buts that’s another dismal…
TOG
SP&S #700 is MY ‘Lady of Portland’.
There is another loco there that isn’t a dismal…a pacific belonging to the OR&N, the Baldwin #197. It was built in 1905 by Baldwin Locomotive Works as a 4-6-2 “Pacific” type locomotive for the E. H. Harriman rail empire that later merged into the Union Pacific. At 79’ long and, with 200 psi boiler pressure and 76" diameter drivers, the loco is capable of sustained speeds of 80 mph - not that far off the figures for the Pennsy K4.
It arrived in Portland just in time for the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition, and went on to serve Portland commerce for over 50 years before retirement in the 1950s. Residing as only a display piece in Oaks Park like her sisters since 1958, in 1996 she was moved to the Brooklyn Roundhouse where she is undergoing restoration today
We’ll be there in the New Year, after we come back from New Year at Cannon Beach!!!
tac, ig & erl the lobster
Hi Larry,
What happened?
Did you buy the K4?
Jerry
Do tell.
tac
Supporter of the Cape Meares Lighthouse Restoration Fund [UK Branch]
I think he forgot about it. Later RJD
He converted to 1:29 diesel maybe?
Actually I purchased one and recently got a Pennsy 0-6-0 from AML as well.
Bye
So he bought one and also an 0-6-0. Guess he likes them. Later RJD