A New FANTASY Large Steam Engine to the O Scale Train Room

A new steamer has been built for the Lionel and MTH O scale train room! What could it be??
A Penn Central T1 Duplex!
This was originally an MTH Protosound 1 engine offered in 1999. It’s has been customized and updated with a Protosound 3 upgrade, and paintwork.
Don’t forget to check out Roundhouse South Trains for all your O gauge needs!
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[@LawsonRailway]

Zach way i look at things is if its something you like and will enjoy and something you wanted then i wouldnt pay no attention to what others say about it long as your happy thats all that matters in my book

[@wolf_among_sheep7875]

Great DIY job Zach, looks great!

[@BlamesmokeBuffaloNy]

This hobby is about what makes you happy not others. Looks cool bud enjoy!

[@katherinemorey6517]

I agree. It's just the owner's choice. No one can tell you what to do with your own engines, rolling stock, scenery, or any other thing. They can only tell you what they think about it. Cory Mears

[@donpeck4347]

Very nice, you're now an official rattle can Rembrandt.

[@katherinemorey6517]

Rembrandt? What does that mean? Cory Mears

[@randallellison6421]

That locomotive looks amazing! And don't worry about the haters, if you're happy with it, thats all that matters, this hobby is supposed to be fun!

[@katherinemorey6517]

Yes it is definitely supposed to be fun. Otherwise what's the point?

[@nathanosland1179]

Engine looks awesome.

[@daivdwalker2374]

Very nice paint job Zach it looks really good

[@kennymcgowan2880]

Nice find on e-bay country bunker trains😊😊😊

[@jeffbaker2897]

That’s neat looking Zack.👍👋😎🛤🚂

[@ericoxner326]

There's is a group building a real locomotive PRR T1.My feeling you brought it have fun.

[@jamessneed8789]

That's fantastic. To see the T-1 done in Penn Central blows me away. New subscriber 😊

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thanks James!! Welcome aboard! Glad to hear you joined us!

[@rexxumus]

Wonderful project, and a great video!

[@ronaldjoyce7374]

You get a handful of thumbs up for this one, great job, Zach!!! It looks beautiful.

[@AuntJemimaPancakes]

Wow, it's been 2 years since I've watched this channel. The post-war layout was still up. Bunk grew a beard and has a engine house! Awesome!🤘🚂🤘

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Where you been!?!? 😂🤣 thanks!

[@AuntJemimaPancakes]

@CountryBunkersTrains Workin. I got a lot of catching up to do. See you on the next one Bunk!

[@rogerstrate5727]

Very nice Zach, you've done a fantastic job. This is a gorgeous color for the locomotive and it has great sounds.

[@prrshawn]

Turned out great, the green makes it look really sharp. Nicely done!

[@SOU6900]

I was having a halfway decent week until my truck decided to start smoking the alternator.... again. Needed this video to try and get my mind on something different.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Shoot! Sorry to hear that!

[@katherinemorey6517]

Yeah, that's a bummer. Cory Mears

[@joegennari395]

Beautiful!!!

[@ganrailroad]

Watch, Lionel will release these t-1's next year with a Penn central fantasy scheme. They will probably copy yours.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

I did think of that. I doubt it, but who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️ Lionel - hit me up! 😂🤣

[@lucasquintanilla1673]

@@CountryBunkersTrains locomotive looks great, but this made me realize some thing. I NEED a Amtrak version of this! There are so many other potential ways something like this could go to. we could see a Conrail, New York, Central Niagara, a Burlington, northern 484 Northern Amtrak Milwaukee Rd., Hiawatha or a American freedom, train version of the Dryfess Hudson! There are so many non-Proto, typical post steam era, road names that would look awesome if they got this treatment!

[@Ace_6.7]

They’ll up the ante and make it a conrail one 😂

[@neilbender828]

great paint job. kudos for being brave enough to take on that project.

[@MarkWick]

I have never, and never will make changes to a brand new, perfectly good locomotive, or car for that matter, but it is yours and you did a great job. I am happy you are happy. I do have a locomotive that has three identical quadruplets, that I am going to completely strip and modify before giving it a great new, but prototypical look.

[@GinoACosta]

You should submit this and have MTH create this for general sale --- build quality and all - don't weather it looks too good the way it is

[@TheTrainboard]

While I do think it's an abomination, I will say, you did an excellent job. I really like the mint green accents. Well done, Zach! - Ryan

[@Coreyt1976]

That’s a nice looking engine Zac

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Awesome locomotive! Very exotic paint job on a T-1!

[@PhilBender612]

Those rattle can enamels don't always get along. I have found the same thing.

[@tomrogers5516]

What a great job you've done, Zach. The T1 looks amazing! I must agree with another of your fans that the original paint scheme really was super, but since you feel a real personal attachment to the Penn Central, it's an appropriate make over for your layout. Very skillfully done and it'll be a special model in your train room from now on!

[@phantombrakeman4983]

Wow. You are a gutsy guy. Repainting a pricey locomotive like this. But doing what you want with your trains is what the hobby is all about. You did a great job. it is quite the show piece on your layout. It would have been easy to panic when the paint started coming up. I had that problem cleaning a 614-switcher frame. Just stop and think through what it will take to fix it.

[@181suydam]

That's pretty neat! Nicely done! I too have soft soft spot for the Penn Central. Look, if Lionel could do a Conrail T1 steam engine, then you can do a Penn Central T1 Duplex Engine. Also I would leave the engine "as is" without weathering, it's beautiful! But then again it's your choice, no one will fault you for doing what you want. It's what you like, not what "they" like. Enjoy!

[@pointstrains]

Impressive project sir. She looks great!

[@rgoscale]

Paint work turned out really nice! Great job!

[@Glenn_Mead]

Very cool. I think blackening the linkages would add to the look. Nicely done 👍

[@zechariahfrink3707]

This is such a cool project! I’ve been talking with TommyZ and I mentioned you shouted him out in this video. He was elated and told me to tell you he sends his kindest regards! Thanks for sharing as always and looking forward to see the changes you’re planning for your layout!

[@TJsModelTrains]

Man, what a project and what an amazing outcome! Funny what a simple joke of “look at this shit” turned into such a sweet unique item. I have to agree, it would be cool with a bassy legacy set up but you can’t deny that’s a perfect pennsy whistle! Maybe more “fantasy” PC needs to make an appearance

[@carlschenck9165]

It looks great the blue on the scents really set it off.

[@RobertHalle]

The engine looks great, Zach. Personally, I prefer the Pennsylvania paint scheme better, but it came out wonderfully. Looks like a professional job.

[@katherinemorey6517]

I prefer the pensy paint scheme too. Cory Mears

[@Z-Scale5527]

Nicely done! I’m a fan - have a soft spot for the good ol’ Penn Central.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thank you!! The PC is so hated, and overlooked. Not that it’s not understandable, but still a piece of our history. I find it quite fascinating!

[@IanSonOfZues]

I like it. It looks good. I have always been a fan of PRR T1 steam locomotive even though it is smaller than my other favorites it is still in my top 5 steam locomotives.

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

You did an awesome job Zach! Love the Penn Central paint scheme! 💯👍

[@StephenCarlBaldwin]

I love the alternative universe you've created. The T1s -- instead of being scrapped way before their time, were maintained very well by the Pennsy, and later, by the super-profitable Penn Central, which upgraded them and extended their lives into the late 1960s and beyond. Thanks to the very smart decision to keep coal burning steam locomotives in service, the U.S. easily weathered the multiple Energy Crises of the 1970s. Even today, several T1s labor on in active passenger service on the PC, giving fans an incredible show!

[@brianbaird3]

I wish this was a model i could buy. FEC Locomotive #153 is a historic FEC 4-6-2 ALCO steam locomotive. The FEC #153 was one of seven 'Pacific' (4-6-2) steam locomotives. Since i already have a SD40-2 road number 714

[@johnnyhart340]

I’m just starting in the train world and it’s really daunting to be truthful. Just knowing what is worth spending money on and what to pass up. Even though I did not understand most of the tec stuff you mentioned this train is AWSOME great job. I will say from experience that you have to do your research on paint a lot of them don’t play well together. But it looks great.

[@joeystrains.9316]

It seems that many railroaders agree with you on the solid build of PS1 Locomotives. They're not cheap anymore because they're bought and upgraded PS3 and last longer. Awesome locomotive big Zach, looks great.

[@genemanno1533]

Love the sound clip from Christmas story. Yes, Buick port holes are cool.

[@andrewaugustyniak2765]

It's or trainset you can do whatever makes you happy

[@TomzTrainzandAccessories]

Hey Zach!! That’s badass cool!! Who cares what anyone says. Prototypical or not, it’s what YOU like, and quite honestly, these what ifs really let your imagination run wild. And that’s what this hobby is all about, isn’t it? Our imagination is in our hobby. Tom

[@randallellison6421]

I couldn't agree more!

[@bigtrainhawaii]

Awesome video and engine Zac. Why not haha just do it, Great transformation of this model, love the idea and story behind it. Phenomenal Job and sounds great!

[@darrenhenricks5472]

I think it’s cool what you are doing Zack I butcher kits too to get what they don’t make which makes it custom I guess Nice work

[@thefuriousgamer2553]

There is a lot of southern pacific fantasy locomotives I wanna do along with polar express/polar railroad

[@Tonystrains]

I’m a huge fan of both the Chicago and north western and Santa Fe and my dad loves the rock island everyone has their favorite railroad

[@randydobson1863]

hello Zach it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool Thanks Zach Friends Randy

[@mattboylan8718]

I think your issue was the rustoleum, I have never had good luck using that stuff for modeling and then decals and clear coat, same issue you had, clear goes on and ruins the finish. I have had really good luck lately with tru-colors brand model paint, it comes in rattle cans or air brush oil based, creates a factory looking finish, it’s quite nice

[@keithneal3253]

Awesome. Great looking result. I think renovating/ upgrading older versions of models is something that is rarely done/ seen/ discussed and I’m not sure why. Thoughts?

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Everyone wants to get the newest/next greatest thing, perhaps? 🤷🏻‍♂️there’s definitely several guys out there doing some cool work with these older models though.

[@teschvalleyrailroad]

Mr. Muffin has a Lionel Legacy Penn Central FA-2 custom run set available. :)

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

I did see those! He’s had em for a while. Cool engines, but not as cool as the price on em (IMO).. do have some of those atlas PC E8’s on order though. Looking forward to them eventually showing up!

[@Woodknotta]

Love it brother. Hoping Lionel will release these in the next catalog!!! I think they’ll do the wheel slip feature without the price tag of the triplex

[@katherinemorey6517]

Will it actually slip its wheels or will it just make the wheel slip sound without actually slipping? It's so pathetic when it makes the wheel slip sound without actually slipping. Cory Mears

[@TheBNSFengineer]

Should've gone the full mile and made it 6169 for the memes lmao

[@user-bb6nw2fr8p]

looks cool.....good job.....

[@kingjulian9496]

Next time painting, try duplicolor paint. I've had great results

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

I’ve had several bad experiences with Duplicolor in the past on other projects. I stay away from em. They may have changed though?

[@Jokers_Trains]

nailed it bro. You better watch saying you want to make you MTH engine a legacy engine 😂

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thanks man! I ain’t lying! Id install it if they offered it! 😂

[@garyruark9506]

It's fantastic Zac. Great. Protosound 1 engines are much less expensive to buy because like you said most people want cruise. My experience with Protosound 3 upgrades isn't good. It's not universal. Different engines require some special engineering. MTH used to have techs that could tell you what to do but I don't believe that service is available now. I got rid of all my Protosound 1 stuff and am buying Proto 2 or 3. If necessary I replace Proto 2 five and three volt boards with the MTH stacker boards. They work great. However MTH is out of them. I hope they restock them. Now I do try to by only Proto 3 but sometimes you can only find a Proto 2 version of a particular desirable engine. Another great video! One other comment. I started wearing white cotton gloves when I handle my expensive Premier steam engines. No finger prints.

[@johnandrus3901]

Excellent job on that T1. It makes a nice, fantasy scheme. Nobody should crab about repainting an MTH engine of that vintage. It isn't like you are repainting a 700E. No need to weather it, as it looks quite fine as it is, especially with the passenger cars. The crew talk is still goofy. The vernacular is not very prototypical and It makes us railroaders sound like Bozo's. They seem to put the same talk in all steam engines, no matter what. You don't grease roller bearing side rods, for example. That is my only real rant about all of the engines and cars with crew or passenger talk. As usual, you did a superb job. I'm always looking forward to your next video.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thanks! Yea, the MTH sounds are getting very dated… it’s a shame no new developments or improvements are being done for them..

[@RailRide]

I'm not even a 1:1 scale railroader and I l've long thought the dialogue was cringe, so I never use any of the crew-chatter features. And I say that having _performed_ a voiceover for a couple of MTH pieces in the past :D

[@ELWtrains]

Looks awesome 👍 you know I’m not much on steam I’m a modern guy , but that thing is ba Zach💪 paint job is awesome definitely better than the stripes great paint job for sure great project man you done a good job great purchase 👍 very detailed , cool horn ,great smoker, Mth top dog 👍 you got u something there bud 👍 don’t weather it’s beautiful the way it is

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thank you sir! 🥃🍻

[@katherinemorey6517]

What do you mean by ba? Cory Mears

[@ELWtrains]

@@katherinemorey6517 bad ass

[@VintageRenewed]

I don’t hate it In my opinion if we wanted to make a penn central steam engine i would have used a reading t1 northern instead of the Pennsylvania t1 But the idea of a Penn central steam engine I am totally ok with

[@RailRide]

Idea: Turn the URL of this video into a QR code, print it out and stick it inside the shell somewhere. Decades from now someone will acquire this locomotive and wonder how it came to be, Should KZbin still be around, they might just learn the story of it :D Opinion (something I rarely give out on YT): If PRR actually kept a T1 around long enough to make it into PC ownership and the preservation era, it would no doubt be treated as a corporate ambassador much like UP 4014, and be accorded similar treatment appearance-wise. It might be the _only_ clean-and-shiny PC loco, but it'd be plausible. In a similar vein, I also got myself a Proto-1 steamer at York (a year 2000 N&W Class-A) that I had upgraded to Proto-3 by an experienced tech. Despite the well-worn box interior, missing foam wrap and missing outer MTH box, he reported that the drivetrain looked pristine, and the finished result runs and smokes like mad. Between the loco, PS-3 upgrade and labor, I got this monster for around $725 :D

[@jakeclark6305]

Looks great! Would look better with a Bacardi bat or Strohs symbols!!! Trains look great!

[@HenrikSweden1]

wow that sure is something. If i am not wrong Marx trains did something like that in the 60s, painted a steam engine with the PC logo and a pc caboose in a set. With a wrecking crane ! great fun, but will this do something to the value of that great engine ? yes it is your world of trains. thanks for a nice video !

[@PGHJohnTrains]

Nice

[@huntercoleman460]

Incredible engine Zach. Bet it wasn’t cheap right?

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Thanks! Got a lil under a $1k in it.

[@GlennFresch]

Hey, if mainline steam lasted as long here as it did in Germany Conrail would have had steam engines. Lol. Why not.

[@Cyberjjc]

Looks good.

[@nathanosland1179]

Brother, do you do your own upgrades yourself? If so make a video of it. I have a MTH NW2 that needs to be reset with the kit. I found some in China and it went to the wrong place. So since I will never find any, I am going ps3 too. I am installing it myself. I just hope i can fit it all in there.

[@mattboylan8718]

Especially if the rustoleum has the anti rust formula, that seems to wrinkle things

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Yes was really odd. Especially since trying to use nothing but rustoleum brand products. You’d think there should be no issue 🤷🏻‍♂️ but that rustoleum clear just wrinkled everything! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mattboylan8718]

@@CountryBunkersTrains it’s happened to me more than enough times now, that’s why I ponied up and started spending the couple extra dollars on “model paint” try out that tru-color brand on your next project for color and clear, you’ll be very happy

[@cathrynm]

Protosound 1 is a little confusing. We have protosound1, and actually the sounds are good -- but I always forget how to do the controls.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

There’s a lot of button pressing and handle movement for sure!!

[@billythekid4793]

I like it

[@Burmn]

That thing is begging for Blunami

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

That could be interesting 🤔🤔

[@bobdutka1176]

Very nice! Well done. I like that version as well.. seems to have more character. WAIT!!...🤔...😲... I'm hearing a bunch of purists🧐 having a stroke. LOL😂 Well done!😄👍

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

😂🤣😂🤣 thanks!

[@MMID303]

It's crazy, it's disgusting...it's beautiful lol. Too bad it wasn't a major award.

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

Au contraire! It’s def a major award here! 😂

[@OGRDETROIT]

DO NOT WEATHER!!!

[@katherinemorey6517]

I agree. Cory Mears

[@daivdwalker2374]

Did lionel buy this tooling do you know would be sweet if Lionel would make this engine

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

I’m not sure. I doubt they would have, since they already have/had tooling of their own. I’m sure we’ll see this made again soon with all the rumbles on the T1 trust the past few years.

[@daivdwalker2374]

I hope they do and have all the bells and whistles with it if you will that would be super sweet

[@scpvrr]

Zach, you are seriously disturbed.

[@johnsadventures6783]

They are building a new one. Why not? 5550 will be the number. Once a guy pays the exorbitant price, it's his/hers to do as they like.

[@rabbitstrainroom6327]

Weather it. It would be awesome

[@pop-popstrainline6053]

Looks I would not weather it

[@joshdavis6252]

I did a proto 1 to proto 3 upgrade as well and the lights were not working properly for me either. I spent 3 weeks pulling my hair out. You need to upload the standard steam engine chain file. You CAN NOT use the the chain file with the ps3 sound file

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

I let my local shop download the sound files into it. Might have to get back with them on it then. I’ve never changed out or felt with em before. They definitely seem a little temperamental

[@joshdavis6252]

Ohh ok. If you wanted to try to do it on your own it’s really not that hard. I called all around and no one really knew why the lights were messed up. But the problem is the chain file that comes with the ps3 sound file is for the ps3 2 board setup. The upgrade is a single board so it needs a chain file for that. It’s a little confusing but I did figure it out and my lights function right.

[@MrDominick4950]

A shame to undo that PRR paint job!!!

[@CountryBunkersTrains]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3Sol6SgbtV3d6ssi=dEpPUksqkjW9Eqsu 😂🤣

[@davidkoehler136]

odd it reminds me of Batman

[@pauljohansson288]

First 0:44

[@jonathanmurray2186]

Should weather the hell out of it to make it more penn central