Does anyone know of a company that makes either locomotives or cars in HO scale lettered for Prince Edward Island Railway? Someday I want to make a layout that features that railway and I would like to know what resources I will have.
As obscure as the Prince Edward Island Railway was You will just have to paint and letter the equipment yourself. I don’t know that I have ever even seen decals for that particular subject.
Al - in - Stockton
Notattall…but I’d like to learn more about the PEI.
Mark
Easy enough to order custom decals, although that may be difficult with a teenager’s income. Bigger question: are the types of locomotives and rolling stock used by the PEI even available? Was the ferry service from the mainline so that much if not all of the railroad cars were “foreign”?
Mark
I know that CNR owned it, that it had its cars ferried to the shore but not usally the locamotives. I also know that it was originally narrow guage while the rest of Canada was standard. For a while it was both narrow and standard (with three rails) and by 1930 it was standard. I also know it was the first in Canada to completely diesilize.
Only pictures I recall seeing showed the equipment painted / lettered in regular CN paint and lettering. I don’t know if it ever had it’s own “identity” or was always just CN. I thought the narrow gauge lasted longer than 1930 - or am I thinking of Newfoundland railroading?? IIRC the Newfie lines were built to 42" gauge, not sure if that’s what PEI used??
Here’s a picture it is 42 gauge…i think
The railroad on PEI had rail ferry service to Nova Scotia and I think it was always CN. I’m not sure of guage. Newfoundland (an island is the size of California) was an independent country until 1946 when they voted to become a Canadian province. The 547 mile Newfie was 42" guage. They also had rail ferry service to Nova Scotia and standard guage cars were tranfered to 42" guage trucks similar to the East Broad Top. Their locomotives look to be export EMD GP and Alco units. All their equipment was lettered for CN and cars appear to be North American standard guage riding 42" guage trucks.
Hope this helps, Rob
Actually, Newfoundland and Labrador (the official name of the province) joined Confederation as Canada’s 10th province in 1949.
You’re right on the date. But while Labrador has always been a part of it, I think you’ll find that the name of the province wasn’t officially changed to “Newfoundland and Labrador” until 2001. It entered Confederation as simply Newfoundland.
Regards
Ed
It was originally 42", just like the Newfoundland Railway. It was CN from 1918 on. You can find a brief description here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island_Railway
It may be what you meant to say, but just as a clarification, the equipment was relettered for CN after Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949. CN taking over the Nfld Rwy was part of the agreement, (unfortunately in the eyes of many Nfld Rwy fans). Prior to that the equipment was lettered for the Newfoundland Railway.
Regards
Ed
I don’t think there was any ALCo’s to the Newfoundland rails. The CN did have GMDD G8’s, G12’s, NF-210’s, and NF-210’s.
The track guage for the Newfoundland area was 3 feet, 6 inches (1,067 mm). Most of the railroad’s equipment was standard guage, but converted to the narrow guage at the Port Aux Basques shop.
In 1979, Terra Transport was created to organize CN’s operations within Newfoundland. Much of the equipment did have the CN Morenci Orange #11, Grey #17 (it looks white, but take a closer look and you’ll see it’s a light grey) and Black. However, the Terra Transport’s logo appeared with the small ‘CN’ marking below it. Not all units recieved it.
I think Rail Graphics can custom make decals.
You could consider using TT gauge track (1:120 scale, 12mm gauge) as 42" track in HO scale. Tillig make flextrack and turnouts, and there a few North American companies that make TT materials.
No matter how you do it, it’s not going to be easy, but it will be very interesting.