So it seem like we have a tie for a vote with no one voting for the southern pacific daylight suprisingly? So ill be doing the hiawatha, 20th century and then the broadway.
Hey, quick note here from a native Philly foamer: The Penn Central didn't merge into Amtrak in 1971, but when Amtrak formed it took over the Penn Central's intercity passenger trains. (Commuter trains were instead subsidized and later operated by agencies like SEPTA, NJT, LIRR...) Rather, the Penn Central's demise came in 1976, when the entire Northeast rail network merged into Conrail.
Yeah i show have clarfied that a bit better. I know the passenger routes were taken over by amtrak. penn central got taken over by Conrail in 76. Totally my fault in not being clearer about that.
I gotta say that doing the GG1 was hard to do for a smallish video becuase i'm pretty sure i missed a fair few things and i'd like to come back to it in the future to properly cover it in its own dedicated video. I love the GG1 and i think it sounds incredible. As usual would love to hear some facts of things i missed or just fun information i should know about.
While standing next to the Northeast corridor tracks of the PRR it was exciting to experience the GG-1 speeding by. They were relatively quiet until they got up on you with a sudden surprise of a monster appearing from out of nowhere! And then as they passed you by, there was a tremendous feeling of power grinding on the tracks. They were scary and beautiful.
@@Reaper1770 I believe Broadway Limited makes the Boxcab version. So maybe you can try source a shell of a GG1 and cut it down or maybe 3D print a body to put on the chassis?
@@Reaper1770 for modelling our South African railways that is what makes it expensive. One needs to buy a Roco locomotive (has the correct wheel base for the one loco and spoked wheels) and then also a specialist made shell - so I understand completely about it being very expensive in an already expensive hobby lol, I feel your pain! :) Looking forward to your next video
It used to be like that for australian models but with auscision and SDS a majority of modern diesels are now covered. It just to be people would hack a proto 2000 or atlas model to convert it into a nsw 42 class. And thank you im tempted to maybe break up the electrics with a new video on passenger trains
This show is amazing, and You need to push it further to present the more interesting locomotives in even more details later once this series will be finished. Just one practical note, please try and read Your script 2-3 times before it will erase those pauses when You are not sure what will follow the line and it is audible in the video. Keep the work tho, it's great!
Yeah i've been making sure that im just clearing up those mistakes a bit better now. Its funny you never notice the little mistakes until you listen to it back. Its part of the plan to go back to redo a few of the locomotives especially the GG1 and a few of the more iconic locomotives. At the moment i'm working on a video about the twin cities Hiawatha. So i'm adding a bit more detail regarding consists so that a modeller might be able to reference when recreating the train for their layout
To be honest i'd fund a new GG1 with modern day control equipment. It would be so hard to fix the frame issues with the preserved ones but i think it wouldn't be too hard to get a GE or siemens to build the internals for a new GG1
Even in model form. Im amazed how big it is compared to some of my steam engines. It just wows me how big it is. I would have loved to see them running in person.
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So it seem like we have a tie for a vote with no one voting for the southern pacific daylight suprisingly? So ill be doing the hiawatha, 20th century and then the broadway.
Hey, quick note here from a native Philly foamer: The Penn Central didn't merge into Amtrak in 1971, but when Amtrak formed it took over the Penn Central's intercity passenger trains. (Commuter trains were instead subsidized and later operated by agencies like SEPTA, NJT, LIRR...) Rather, the Penn Central's demise came in 1976, when the entire Northeast rail network merged into Conrail.
Yeah i show have clarfied that a bit better. I know the passenger routes were taken over by amtrak. penn central got taken over by Conrail in 76. Totally my fault in not being clearer about that.
Excellent research and enjoyable history of the the East coast electric trains on the PRR!
Thank you. I feel like i missed out on so many things about the GG1, so i may come back and have a special video dedicated to the GG1
I gotta say that doing the GG1 was hard to do for a smallish video becuase i'm pretty sure i missed a fair few things and i'd like to come back to it in the future to properly cover it in its own dedicated video. I love the GG1 and i think it sounds incredible. As usual would love to hear some facts of things i missed or just fun information i should know about.
While standing next to the Northeast corridor tracks of the PRR it was exciting to experience the GG-1 speeding by. They were relatively quiet until they got up on you with a sudden surprise of a monster appearing from out of nowhere! And then as they passed you by, there was a tremendous feeling of power grinding on the tracks. They were scary and beautiful.
5:42 Newark side of Dock Bridge, with former Public Service Electric & Gas Dock Substation on left. 14:51 Baltimore Penn Station.
Hey thanks for that, wasn't too sure of the location of the bridge
Those Baby GG1s (P5a) and R1 is so cool looking!
Im hoping someone makes a model of the baby GG1 in Ho scale. Id love to put one next to my actual GG1
@@Reaper1770 I believe Broadway Limited makes the Boxcab version. So maybe you can try source a shell of a GG1 and cut it down or maybe 3D print a body to put on the chassis?
I have thought about that but paying 300 just to replace the shell.
@@Reaper1770 for modelling our South African railways that is what makes it expensive. One needs to buy a Roco locomotive (has the correct wheel base for the one loco and spoked wheels) and then also a specialist made shell - so I understand completely about it being very expensive in an already expensive hobby lol, I feel your pain! :) Looking forward to your next video
It used to be like that for australian models but with auscision and SDS a majority of modern diesels are now covered. It just to be people would hack a proto 2000 or atlas model to convert it into a nsw 42 class. And thank you im tempted to maybe break up the electrics with a new video on passenger trains
This show is amazing, and You need to push it further to present the more interesting locomotives in even more details later once this series will be finished. Just one practical note, please try and read Your script 2-3 times before it will erase those pauses when You are not sure what will follow the line and it is audible in the video. Keep the work tho, it's great!
Yeah i've been making sure that im just clearing up those mistakes a bit better now. Its funny you never notice the little mistakes until you listen to it back. Its part of the plan to go back to redo a few of the locomotives especially the GG1 and a few of the more iconic locomotives. At the moment i'm working on a video about the twin cities Hiawatha. So i'm adding a bit more detail regarding consists so that a modeller might be able to reference when recreating the train for their layout
what I would give to see a GG1 run
To be honest i'd fund a new GG1 with modern day control equipment. It would be so hard to fix the frame issues with the preserved ones but i think it wouldn't be too hard to get a GE or siemens to build the internals for a new GG1
I got to see the GG1's at LIC / Sunnyside Yard and at Pennsylvania Station as a little girl. They were enormous!
Even in model form. Im amazed how big it is compared to some of my steam engines. It just wows me how big it is. I would have loved to see them running in person.
I can't wait for the ep5s on nynh&h
I've got a model of an EP5 and they just look gorgeous especiallg in New Haven paint
Great video!
The design is really far out, especially before it got it's paint job.
I think the riveted body style just has so much character