The Pennsy Modeler
In order to portray Pennsylvania Railroad and interchange partners as accurately as possible, this blog contains articles which are essentially notes to myself, but are shared should the community desire the same information.
Articles are sorted by modification date, so if an existing article receives an update it will be presented at the top of the list again.
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In HO scale, the X38 box car is available as a resin kit from Funaro & Camerlengo. In addition to the decals in the kits, Mount Vernon Shops offers decals for the series. .
Additional References:
Fischer, Ian, "PRR Class X37 and X38 Box Cars", The Keystone, published by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, volume 14 number 4, Winter 1981.
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The X26 series were 40' World War I composite box cars based on an AAR design.
Due to a variety of door and ladder combinations within subclasses, photographs should be referenced for accurate road numbers. Photos of models cannot be trusted for legitimate road numbers, but photos of completed models are included for illustration purposes.
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Early Trailer Numbering -- 1954-1959
The trailer number was broken into three parts. The first two digits indicated the trailer length. These two digits were followed by an alphabet letter (C, E, or W). The sig-nificance of the letter is unknown. The letter was followed by numbers indicating the trailer number. Thus trailer 32E250 is a 32’ trailer numbered 250.
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| Rapido HO Scale #124051-124053 |
Pullman-Standard Lightweight Dining Car |
Bogus In fact, the road numbers being offered were all D78x heavyweight diners on the Pennsy! |
| Rapido HO Scale #100056-10060 100230-100234 |
Lightweight Coach, Plan 3979/3979A |
Bogus |
| Rapido HO Scale #101056-10160 101111-101115 |
4-8-4 Duplex Sleeper, Pullman Plan 4124 |
Bogus The Pennsy never owned any plan 4124 sleepers! |
| Rapido HO Scale #103145-103047 |
Cafe-Bar-Lounge | Bogus Car represents a generic rebuild. Road numbers used equate to PRR "Recreation Cars". |
| Rapido HO Scale #104068-104072 |
10-5 Sleeper, Pullman Plan 4186 | Bogus The Pennsy's 10-5's were plan 4130's. |
| Rapido HO Scale #104101-104103 |
10-5 Sleeper, Pullman Plan 4186 Missouri Pacific "Eagle" Livery  |
Bogus The Pennsy's 10-5's were plan 4130's. (An excellent stand-in, though!) |
| Rapido HO Scale #106067-106071 |
73' 6" Smooth Side Baggage-Express Car | |
| Rapido HO Scale #107147-107150 |
Steam Generator Car |
Bogus |
| Rapido HO Scale #115033-115038 |
Budd Coach - Congression Scheme |
Bogus Canadian prototype. |
| Rapido HO Scale #115039-115044 |
Budd Coach - Fleet of Modernism Scheme |
Bogus Canadian prototype. |
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Publicker-Ward Distilling Co. TIchy - Special run from the Susquehanna Division of the Mid Eastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association in 2017. |
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Modeling Maintenance of Way (MoW)
Bruce Smith
PRRT&HS, Camp Hill PA 2014
Different types of MoW trains:
Living Quarters (Camp Trains)
Section or work gangs
Moved with the work
Parked in a siding near the job
Providing riding, eating and sleeping functions
Might also have cars for tools and other supplies
Typically made up of retired revenue service cars (passenger or freight)
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Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum corporation, founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916, as the Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation by combining the assets of 11 small petroleum companies. Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976. The corporation's logo features the silhouette of a large green dinosaur. It is ranked on the list of US largest privately owned corporations. It owns and operates refineries, gas stations, hotels, a ski resort and a cattle ranch.
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While a student at the Pennsylvania State University in the 1980s, I became aware of the Bellefonte Central Railroad, an 18 mile shortline that ran between State College and Bellefonte, Pa. At Bellefonte, the BCR interchanged with the Pennsylvania Railroad and the outside world.
In 2007, Mike Bezilla and Jack Rudnicki published a book entitled "Rails to Penn State: The Story of the Bellefonte Central". The book was an amazing read, and I was particularly drawn to a chapter highlighting excursion trains over the line. One, in particular, occured when United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited his brother, Milton, who was president of the university at the same time.
"Ike" made several visits to Penn State, but only once by train. The accounting of the trip furthered my interest in not only this particular outing, but in POTUS (President Of The United States) trains in general.
The president arrived in State College by train on May 9, 1953. In addition to the presidential car Ferdinand Magellan, there were six additional cars on the POTUS special: four Pullmans (McKeefry, Holbein, Glenn Cliff, and Flotow), a lounge car (Afton Canyon), and PRR diner #7966. The train carried about 65 passengers.
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Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company. It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop.
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When planning to model the Pennsy during the post World War II era, there are certain parameters which you may or may not wish to consider when selecting a year (or years) to depict. Among them may be paint schemes, specific models of diesel locomotives, specific models of freight cars, etc.
The graph below illustrates when certain features of the Pennsy came into play, or faded into history.
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Freight Equipment
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Correct for 1950: ACF Type 27 Riveted 10,000 Gallon Tank Car Intermountain |
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