In 1956, I found myself as an 18-year-old rail fan in Eastern PA. I was in a small-town coffee shop/ whatever store enjoying a morning cup of jo. when just 30 feet from the store was a PRR heavily used branch line. And then came a very loud barking sound from two I-1s on the point of a heavy coal train. The large plate glass window of the shop began to shake as did my coffee cup rattle on the saucer damn near falling on the floor. In many steam loco books there are captions under photos...."they shook the ground". Well, this is not an exaggeration as it was the huge energy from the sound causing the rattling and shaking. The many shots of the "Hippos" in this video remind me of that day. Oh, to go back in time.....just for a day!!!!
It must have been incredible to see those machines working in revenue service. I have seen many videos of your piermont division layout and wow. I would love to come and film videos of your layout some day!
Great memories of my layout. While nowhere near as nice as yours, I had a point-to-point layout That I would switch. I also modeled PRR, RDG, Erie and my college club's railroad. Period was steam.
Very nice. I plan on modeling the Pennsy in the postwar era, though I'm fairly certain that my layout won't be nearly as large or detailed as this. Additionally, given what I saw of the trains running, I'm guessing the inner two tracks on the main line are for passenger trains while the outer two are for freight service.
Absolutely stunning. Gorgeous trains and scenery
In 1956, I found myself as an 18-year-old rail fan in Eastern PA. I was in a small-town coffee shop/ whatever store enjoying a morning cup of jo. when just 30 feet from the store was a PRR heavily used branch line.
And then came a very loud barking sound from two I-1s on the point of a heavy coal train. The large plate glass window of the shop began to shake as did my coffee cup rattle on the saucer damn near falling on the floor. In many steam loco books there are captions under photos...."they shook the ground". Well, this is not an exaggeration as it was the huge energy from the sound causing the rattling and shaking. The many shots of the "Hippos" in this video remind me of that day. Oh, to go back in time.....just for a day!!!!
It must have been incredible to see those machines working in revenue service. I have seen many videos of your piermont division layout and wow. I would love to come and film videos of your layout some day!
Very nice! Some scenes based on vintage Pennsy footage 😎.
Great music too.....
Very nice. I'd love to see more of the layout.
Great memories of my layout. While nowhere near as nice as yours, I had a point-to-point layout That I would switch. I also modeled PRR, RDG, Erie and my college club's railroad. Period was steam.
Very nice. I plan on modeling the Pennsy in the postwar era, though I'm fairly certain that my layout won't be nearly as large or detailed as this. Additionally, given what I saw of the trains running, I'm guessing the inner two tracks on the main line are for passenger trains while the outer two are for freight service.
Great layout.......I am trying to same in O3r