Penn Central

[Green_Elite_Cab]

I'm going to keep doing some research and see what I can find. Until then, I'm still mulling over adding a black PC to the engine roster...and I'm open to persuasive arguments from all you Penn Central types who can come up with a good argument for me to add this diesel to our layout.

Thanks guys!

Penn Central E8s, either in full PC paint or Amtrak patches, pretty much went EVERYWHERE. If you model that time period, you can make an excuse. Unfortunately, pretty much NONE of the Penn Central E8s survived. Conrail retired ALL of the E8s it had, except 4022, which was a former Erie unit (Conrail would later buy former PRR/PC amtrak E8s for its OCS train). Some former PC units survived on Amtrak, but even those were quickly being phased out by the mid 1970s with F40PHs, P30CHs, and SDP40Fs. Many of those received either Amtrak Phase 1 or Phase II paints.


So basically, there is no realistic way to include one of these units unless you model that time period. However, it is YOUR railroad, and if you like it an have the money, go for it.