Bob: Thanks.
I made up the name Allegheny Western Railway to take the place of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, over which B&O had trackage rights since the 1930's. By using a ficticious name, I can utilize rolling stock that is available in S scale. The American Models coach is a good example -- it is about 1 actual inch too short for a B&O coach, and the AM casting has single windows vs. paired windows on B&O coaches. So, although neither B&O nor P&LE every had a coach like the American Models casting, the Allegheny Western did!! I find this kind of prototype freelancing very useful in S scale, where coming up with exact models for a specific prototype can be expensive and time-consuming. I have also used the Allegheny Western fiction to slightly rearrange trackage in the Pittsburgh area, to make my layout function better during operating sessions. It's only fiction if you don't believe it is true! Dan Vandermause Ellicott City, MD --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Dan, > > The name for your RR is very interesting--I recently stripped the > lettering off an entire passenger train lettered for the Allegheny and > Northern! Through several detours/owners I obtained a 5 car passenger > train of Kinsman wooden passenger cars plus Hood's milk reefer. The > entire train and several more in-progress cars were built by a Ron Koch > from up your way someplace! It's too bad he apparently got out this > part of the hobby because you two could have run some kind of > interchange traffic. > > Very good looking stuff--the hopper looks convincing. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > Well. I hit send before I had finished the message, so here is the > > entire message: > > A few weeks ago I shared photos my my first passenger equipment > > lettered for the Allegheny Western (see my website at > > www.AlleghenyWesternSub.com <http://www.AlleghenyWesternSub.com> for > > background on the ficticious history of the Allegheny Western Railway). > > Attached is another photo showing the Allegheny Western freight > > scheme, applied to an S Helper USRA hopper. > > One additional photo shows some American Models GP-35's that were just > > placed in service. These units were purchased from the original S > > Helper Service offering, I think about 20 years ago!! After I had > > switched to DCC, these units just sat in their boxes, because I was > > not yet ready to do a full redetailing job on them. > > This year, I decided that it was crazy to just let these units sit in > > the boxes, so I got them up and running with a minimal upgrade > > program: I painted the trucks and fuel tanks an off-black color, > > painted the handrails the correct colors, added Don's numberboard > > decals, installed Tsunami sound decoders and LED headlights. Later, I > > will add light weathering, and possible add MU hoses if I can find an > > appropriate HO part for this. > > They look much better running on the layout than sitting in their boxes. > > Dan Vandermause > > Ellicott City, MD > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
