Passenger locomotives

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Wow! Nice stuff everyone! I'll humbly add my contributions. There isn't much passenger service on the Kings Port Division. This Proto 1000 RDC takes care of most of it for commuter runs. I put a couple of PC logos on it a while ago but am thinking of making it a KP&W unit....maybe just with an orange stripe and the company name. The real PC RDCs had that complicated red, white, and black chevron that doesn't seem to be readily available in decal form. Besides, this Proto 1000 is an RDC-3 baggage/ post office combo and not the typical RDC-1 I most often see in photos of NYC or PC commuter runs.

Well, i know atleast one of the NYC RDCs was an RDC3, NYC M-499 (later PC 99) became SEPTA 9168. It was rebuilt into an RDC1 in 1978. Many rosters only had one or two RDC3s. Most of the PC RDCs that i can think of are all New Haven.

I knew a guy who made those stripes by airbrushing the ends white, then using red trim film to make the "red" stripes, and then regular black decal striping for the rest. he made little marks so that the stripes were positioned about right, and then would straighten them out as he went. Still insane, and probably took hours, but hey, you do what you gotta do!

The other passenger equipment was a bit of bashing fun I did to create a PC Metro FL9 using a couple of Tyco F9 shells and an Athearn SD9 frame. The prototype paint scheme was actually blue and yellow but plenty of proto photos show the yellow nose and PC logo often faded to white, looking much like the model. its a dummy but I can run it in front of the powered RDC above by removing the RDC's shell and replacing it with a full size PC passenger car body. I don't really run it that often but it was fun to try making.

Very Nice! you might be able to get a working frame from Branford Hobbies in Connecticut if you ever feel the need to power it. they sell Resin RTR FL9s, EP5s and other New Haven prototypes, but they also sell the parts separate.

The best link I can come up with is "Larry's Truck and Electric: A New Look At an Old Industry" in RMC in late 2003 (I think). My name is John Bruce.

By the way, that FL9, it seems to me, is what having fun with the hobby is about.

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after looking that place, up, i might just have to look into that article. They painted a geep back into Penn Central with the Red C! an interesting choice for a paint job to say the least. I've seen it before in pictures to, apparently they had a good chunk of Conrail's GP15-1 fleet that had been retired by Norfolk Southern.