Pennrail Paint Schemes

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This page contains some details of the different paint schemes of Pennrail.  It started with some photos of cars as actually modeled, both in PSMRRC days and the Bedford Division revival, and eventually expand to the conceptualized schemes that were never painted.  It will also contain a short snippet written by Mark S. Wurst detailing how the locomotive scheme was born, augmented by some recollections by Frank C. Mellott.

There is an alternate draft page showing the modeled freight car roster here.

 

Actual images (to be linked soon):

Locomotives:

PR 238 (GP38-2)

PR 836 (SD45)

 

Freight cars (see also freight roster):

Boxcars:

PR 25400  (50’ boxcar)

PR 25401 (50’ boxcar)

PR 25416 (50’ boxcar – 2006 Accurail run, their 5600 series Ex. Post car – series 25416-25485 – 25420, 25424, 25427, 25428, 25430, 25431, 25432, 25434, 25437, 25439, 25441, 25444, 25445, 25448, 25449, 25452, 25454, 25455, 25456, 25458, 25459, 25460, 25463, 25465, 25467, 25469, 25471, 25473, 25475, 25477 and 25479)

PR 25000 (50’ boxcar – 2006 using Accurail data-only ext. post car - number corrected to 25000 on August 8, 2007)

PR 25042, 25044, 25051 , 25060 , 25077, 25103 , and 25117 (50’ Accurail Welded data-only base – Marks applied 2007)

UPE 28927 (50’ boxcar) (John Balogh photo)

SCW 36198 (50’ boxcar)

PR 21027 (60’ boxcar) (Con-cor data only as base car – numbers applied 2008)

PR 21067 (60’ boxcar) (Con-cor data only as base car – numbers applied 2006, marks 2007)

PR 2xxxx (40’ boxcar) (Accurail data only base)

 

Covered Hoppers

PR 88246 (AC&F Covered Hopper – all gray with black letters)

PR 88301 (AC&F Covered Hopper – all gray with black letters)

PR 88300, 88309, 88311, 88313, 88320, 88322, 88326, 88332, 88337, 88344, 88345, 88349 (ACF 4600cuft three-bay covered hoppers)

PR 87503 (Pullman-Standard PS2CD)

PR 87614 (Pullman-Standard PS2CD)

PR 87113 (UP&E with PR reporting marks – PS2CD)*

PR 87xxx (PR with PR Keystone Herald)*

PR 87xxx (PR with PR route arrow herald)*

PRLX 17085 (PRLX with hand-painted route arrow herald on one side)

Hoppers

PR 81027 (Greenville 100T 15 panel hopper) (John Balogh photo)

PR 81134 (Greenville 100T 15 panel hopper) (lettered 2008)

PR 81137 (Greenville 100T 15 panel hopper) (lettered 2006)

PR 81188 (Greenville 100T 15 panel hopper) (lettered 2008)

PR 81190 (Greenville 100T 15 panel hopper) (lettered 2006)

 

 

(Asterisks represent cars never finished but only partially painted – final coats were never applied. Cars likely to be attempted again with a newer source car than the 1995 vintage ones.  Car numbers were assigned, but need to be looked up by the author as to what they were – the two 87xxx cars themselves have since been slated to become Nickel City Line as its CEO’s time permits)

 

Other freight cars

PR 65735  (flat car w/stakes) (John Balogh photo)

 

Non-revenue cars:

Cabooses

       PR 4547: Wide Vision Caboose (Atlas 1900 series base car, painted by PWMRC member Lynn K.)

       PR 4552, 4562, 4571 and 4580: Wide Vision Caboose (Atlas 1900 series base car, painted in 2008 with a scheme devised PWMRC member Lynn K. in 2006)

MOW Equipment

       Crane

       Flat Car (partnered with Crane)

       Coach (PR Solid Gray)

 

Although the PSMRRC did its own custom run in the late 1980s of Roundhouse boxcars, and sold these through the mid 1990s, many of this run did not turn out very well.  The 2006 run of 60 cars through Accurail is the first known commissioned run outside of that early run done by members themselves. Over half of the 2006 run will remain in the hands of Rob McKeever, being individually renumbered using Accurail’s renumber decals. A few of them have been spoken for by others. A select few are available, inquire by email to pennrail at gmail dot com.

 

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Last updated January 31, 2008.