10-23-2010, 05:40 AM
:hey: OK you history experts...here's you chance!
I've got both the Amtrak and Penn Central versions of the Kato GG-1 in Nscale ordered - as well as the Kato Penn Central E8 and matching PC passenger car set. So, I have been pouring over pictures online of exactly what passenger cars they historically pulled. (Now, I plan on running my GG-1's on an "excursion" train with an Amtrak P42 supplying the actual power requirements for both train and system needs of the passenger cars. So typical excursion trains will include the GG-1, E8, P42 and a mix of Amtrak and PC cars.) But looking at the old pictures for some guidance, what I've noticed is the staggering amount of names on those passenger cars the GG-1 had in tow from the 1960's to 1983! It seems to me, a PC or Amtrak GG-1 pulled just about anything and everything. This is just a few of the names I've seen in those pictures: Southern Railway, Santa Fe, PC, Amtrak Phase 1, repainted PRR and NYC, and NJDOT. There are probably more names I'm leaving out, only because the passenger car was so dirty, I couldn't make out the names.
My question to the mighty Northeast Corridor Experts now at their keyboards is this: Is there a listing of the various railroads supplying passenger cars that were wrapped into Penn Central then later Amtrak?
The reason is a simple one...my LHS owner has two Walthers passenger cars in Atlantic Coast Line silver body/black roof colors, and I've seen lots of pictures of silver sided/black roof passenger cars just like these Walthers cars being pulled by the PC and Amtrak GG-1's, but can't make out the name on the real-life car. So you could be helping me create a more accurate excursion train mix of cars, and helping the economy and my LHS owner by convincing me of the historical significance of those cars that I have to buy them.
Would I be accurate to add the ACL cars - as well as other Northeast (fallen flag) passenger cars - to a mix of Amtrak Phase 1 and PC cars to a GG-1 excursion train? Granted, I realize that running an excursion train gives me free reign to pull just about anything I wanted, but I'd still like to honor the historical significance of the railroad history with the choice of cars being pulled.
Thanks guys.
I've got both the Amtrak and Penn Central versions of the Kato GG-1 in Nscale ordered - as well as the Kato Penn Central E8 and matching PC passenger car set. So, I have been pouring over pictures online of exactly what passenger cars they historically pulled. (Now, I plan on running my GG-1's on an "excursion" train with an Amtrak P42 supplying the actual power requirements for both train and system needs of the passenger cars. So typical excursion trains will include the GG-1, E8, P42 and a mix of Amtrak and PC cars.) But looking at the old pictures for some guidance, what I've noticed is the staggering amount of names on those passenger cars the GG-1 had in tow from the 1960's to 1983! It seems to me, a PC or Amtrak GG-1 pulled just about anything and everything. This is just a few of the names I've seen in those pictures: Southern Railway, Santa Fe, PC, Amtrak Phase 1, repainted PRR and NYC, and NJDOT. There are probably more names I'm leaving out, only because the passenger car was so dirty, I couldn't make out the names.
My question to the mighty Northeast Corridor Experts now at their keyboards is this: Is there a listing of the various railroads supplying passenger cars that were wrapped into Penn Central then later Amtrak?
The reason is a simple one...my LHS owner has two Walthers passenger cars in Atlantic Coast Line silver body/black roof colors, and I've seen lots of pictures of silver sided/black roof passenger cars just like these Walthers cars being pulled by the PC and Amtrak GG-1's, but can't make out the name on the real-life car. So you could be helping me create a more accurate excursion train mix of cars, and helping the economy and my LHS owner by convincing me of the historical significance of those cars that I have to buy them.
Would I be accurate to add the ACL cars - as well as other Northeast (fallen flag) passenger cars - to a mix of Amtrak Phase 1 and PC cars to a GG-1 excursion train? Granted, I realize that running an excursion train gives me free reign to pull just about anything I wanted, but I'd still like to honor the historical significance of the railroad history with the choice of cars being pulled.
Thanks guys.
Mark
Citation Latitude Captain
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Lt Colonel, USAF (Retired)
Citation Latitude Captain
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Lt Colonel, USAF (Retired)