Passenger locomotives

[Green_Elite_Cab]

I had an e-mail exchange with Frank and did ask him about his layout. He said he basically had a round-and-round crawl in the middle sort of layout for operation, but most of the photos with his articles were taken on two posing boards. The most interesting to me was the one with a PRR position light signal, where the track ran beside some water. It could have been the NY&LB or the Long Island. Unfortunately, this was just a photo prop sort of deal. I agree with you that his modeling philosophy had a lot going for it.

Yeah, i remember in the ALP46 Article he did, he had an E60CH and some Catenary going on in the back. I have the Comet IV, ALP46 (plan and kitbashing articles), GP40FH-2 and U34CH articles, though i thought the U34CH one could have been better.

I remember seeing Frank Cicero's passing and being pretty sad. I think that He was the only guy who managed to get published with any sort of modern commuter equipment. Model railroader occaisionally has a brief, pretty much empty article on commuter trains, and RMC has a few every once in a while (like the Winchester & Northern), but there really isn't much after that.

There are one or two other guys on this forum that model the electrified zones and some SEPTA, but thats about it. Welcome to the club of obscure model prototypes!

Speaking of Frank Cicero and the LIRR, here's a pair of Atlas RS-1s

Some of the LIRR lines, like the Oyster Bay branch, could easily be modeled on a small layout or a shelf.

I do like that 1964 Worlds Fair paint scheme.... Atlas, factory paint :


This one's a kitbash, and a really fun paint job :

Cool Alcos, I've always had to resist buying the Long Island stuff, since i know it just won't fit into my plans.