Did the PRR ever have any RS3’s? If so, do you know what numbers they were?
Thank you for the information.
Did PRR have RS3s? Yes! Lots of them! And,there are lots of books on the subject, ranging from the detailed roster books from Withers to Pennsy Power 2 and3 from Alvin Staufer, to Pennsy Diesels from Hundman. The fleet was pretty much straight vanilla, except for the units that were in road service, with the PRRs inductive train phone antennas. The oddest of the group was 8445, a"Hammerhead" unit that was equipped with a steam generator and dynamic braking gear. Since the “normal” RS3 short hood could hold only one option or another, the “hammerhead” high short hood was the answer for PRR and Western Maryland, too. C&NW topped both of them buying a hammerhead RSD5! Now 8445, after re-numbering to 5569, it became a noble member of the Lehigh Valley’s roster as their 211:2! It still exists, albeit re-powered with a 12/567BC,from an E unit rated @ 1200 hp. It could be on any Genesee Valley Transportation line, I do not know where, right now however.
Thanks for that info. That will narrow my search down on books for the topic. That id interesting that you mentioned the Genesee Valley line, because I was just reading a back issue of TRAINS and saw they purchased the last operating C636. This will help me find multiple RS3’s for my Garden RR and then I will renumber them. Thank you again, PBenham
8443-8445, 8471-8484, 8837-8856, 8903, 8905, 8910-8913, 8915, 8916 all with the PRR trainphone antennas on the roof.
Thanks for the numbers. Now I have to figure out where to get custom number boards for the RS3’s I plan to purchase. Again, thank you for the numbers ndbprr.
Are you going to put the Trainphone on your models ?
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/prr/prr8473s.jpg
[(-D] I like that look! If you had a bucket of clothespins, you could do the laundy.
That is pretty weird looking. That a pre-radio something?
Why not?? A little soap, some water and perhaps a hatch with the tools put to one side and yer in the laundry business.
yes the PRR system predated radios and was largely ineffective. It was an induction system that used the power lines alongside the tracks to carry a signal. weather changes often made it impractical and it was abandned when radios became cost effective.
Well, I decided that I am going to add the trainphone to my RS3’s. Now you are talking about 2 different types of trainphone antenna that the PRR experimented with. What version is the one that is pictured here? And is there another picture of the other version?
Thank you so much for all the help guys, I know where I will come when I need info for anything RR related whether modern, or classic.
There are more photos here-
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/prr/prr-diesel.html
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/prr/prr.html
What scale do you model ?
http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Rosters/trainphone.html
Thanks for those photos. I model G scale, as well as O gauge. The ones I will put the antennas on will be the G scale models.