Layout #4, Video #17, Unboxing the Broadway Limited Imports new HO scale PRR Sharknose

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

There was a time I had an old Proto 2000 Pennsylvania Railroad E8 with the old sound module and later on I was able to pair it with a slightly newer Broadway limited E7 one thing I remembered about the E8 was when stopped when you press the bell function before the bell turns on you have a realistic sound of the brakes releasing and the horn was the sound of a single E2 Webco horn it sounded good and it was a good runner and both engines were painted Tuscan red the coolest thing that fascinated me about the Pennsylvania Railroad was both on steam locomotives and diesels was their distinctive telephone radio antenna which ran the length of the roof of the diesels and on the deck of the tender on the steam locomotives

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

Thanks. I had not noticed their antennae. While I do like the details, I am not really into it enough to know the differences in antennae like that. I prefer the Tuscan red paint jobs, but my son prefers the DGLE so the HO we have are almost all DGLE. My N scale are almost all Tuscan red.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@Rothstein_Model_Trains I’m curious to ask what does DGLE stand for? Is that a special initial for the type of green paint they’re wearing I always thought that Brunswick Green was the preferred Green paint on the PRR two locomotives the examples that were Brunswick Green include the famous GG1 electric locomotives and the largest rigid frame locomotive the T1 duplex soon to return from the ashes exciting news from the T1 trust the locomotive frame is already started it was on display with four of the eight driving wheels installed on it but not permanently connected

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

When I first got into modeling, I thought Brunswick Green was the correct color also. I was corrected that PRR called it Dark Green Locomotive Enamel, DGLE. When I saw the GG1 in the museum in PA, I saw why it is not truly Brunswick green. The paint was so dark, it looked black until you got close enough to see there was a green tint to it. I like the green used in the models, but the few I have seen in museums were all that dark green that almost looks black or the Tuscan red..

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@Rothstein_Model_Trains I like both Tuscan red and Brunswick green Brunswick green looks good on the T1 duplex locomotives and here’s a fact it was Raymond Lowe’s favorite color he actually designed the T1 it’s design was designed by famous industrial designer Raymond Louie he also designed the GG1 and the streamlining for the K4 Pacific which was called the torpedo

[@williammummert645]

You have no idea, The rf-16 sharks were not passenger engines

[@robertchapman2368]

Tbh no one cares I feel it would be a beauty to pull passenger trains

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

Thanks for the correction. You are correct that I have do not know. I have only been into railroad modelling for a few years and these locomotives were out of production before I was born, so I have no firsthand knowledge. I look things up on the internet before I make the video and had found a source that said they had been intended for passengers first so I said it. I know that not everything I see on the internet is correct, but it is the best I have to go on.

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

Thanks. I agree that I would like to see them pulling passenger trains. They might on my son's layout since we go by the concept of his railroad, his rules.

[@vinnylovesretro]

I also have no idea as I wasn't alive when the Sharknose locos swam the rails, but it was my first HO scale engine at the age of 5 in the late 1970s so I have always had a soft spot for the old Baldwins whether they are pulling freight or passengers. Funny enough there are plenty of pictures online of RF-16s pulling passenger cars; perhaps these photos are just elaborate hoaxes intended to fool future generations of model railroaders ;-) Really love these videos and definitely makes me start scheming as my future retirement hobby!

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

Thanks. I am looking to get much more into this hobby when I retire in two years (well, 758 days but who's counting).