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PRR NW2

This is a stock out of the box PRR EMD NW2 made by S Helper Service. It has a stunning Soundtraxx EMD Tsunami factory installed. Check out a video of the NW2 with the Tsunami in action here:

Reading NW2 92

Added 2-16-20

Completed 7-17-20

B&O PA-1 18153

Completed 6-27-21

Norfolk Southern RP-E4D 9176

Added 7-4-23

PRR RS1

B&O Chessie RS3 189

Added 10-31-21

I don’t remember exactly when I bought this. It was an eBay win. I usually take photos when I get something new to me. For years I thought this is from the first S Helper Service run of the RS3 in 1991 but it is not. It is someone’s custom paint job. Chessie did not even have RS3 but it looks good anyway. I was lucky enough for someone to add wire handrails and numberboard decals. Otherwise it is stock out of the box.

Conrail RS3m 8481

Added 1-7-24

PRR RS3

Added 12-15-16

Reading RS3

Added 3-3-19

PRR RSD5

This RSD5 is a part of the run of the very first commercially produced S Brass locomotives in 1982. It was made by Alco Models/Samhongsa and was Alco Models only venture into S scale brass. A few various versions of the RS2 & RS3 were made as well. This run of locomotives has a problem in that the truck gearbox castings were diecast white metal that swelled, disintegrates and became brittle with age aka Zinc Pest. The swelling clamped down on the axles making running impossible. I am very lucky to have this locomotive runs at ALL let alone how well it does run. Further the real PRR RSD5 did NOT have antennas! This shell will be swapped to a RS3 drive as a part of a massive planned 5 unit RS3 & RSD5 project – also for some day. It is shown here on my layout on 7-30-12 – my 50^th birthday!

Conrail RS11 7651

Added 3-20-24

PRR RS11

Added 6-16-17

Completed 12-26-17

B&O Alco S2 524

Added 1-12-21

This is an Overland Alco S2 imported in August 1986 with other Alco S1 and S4 locos. 100 locos were made. While not shown in the Overland First 10 Years book this was custom painted by Overland. It is a very nice detailed loco but the drive is a very inefficient use of interior space. The motor is ¼” off of the frame. I could not use my favorite Railmaster DLG8 speaker as there as not enough room. I had to use a cell phone speaker at least for now.

Baldwin S12

Added 6-2-18

PRR EMD SD9

Added 8-25-20

Completed 9-15-20

Chessie SD40-2 7609

Added 11-13-23

Completed 2-22-24

Conrail SD40-2 6423

Added 3-4-23

Conrail SD40-2 6469

Added 9-10-16

Conrail SD40-2 6745

Added 1-10-23

Conrail SD40-2 6962

Added 12-9-23

Keweenaw Bay & River Raisin Railroad SD40-2 4028

Added 7-9-24

Southern SD40-2 3233

Added 7-24-19

Completed 4-23-20

Chessie SD50 8595

Added 3-4-23

Completed 10-15-23

Conrail SD60 6867

Added 11-24-16

CSX SD60 8704

Added 11-18-18

EMD SD60 EMD2

Demonstrator Scheme

Added 11-11-23

Completed 11-21-23

Norfolk Southern SD60 6598

Added 4-26-23

EMD SD70Ace

Added 7-8-24

EMD SW1

Added 7-4-16

Chessie SW1200 9619

Added 12-14-19

This is an Oriental Models brass SW1200 made in 1985. It was Oriental’s only S Scale project. Other SW locos like the SW1 above were made as well. It has a rather unconventional drive with a centered vertical shaft motor, but runs amazingly well. This model was painted by my friend the late Charlie Carangie for my other friend Don Thompson in the 1990s. Charlie would not turn down any paint job because of complexity. It was a surprise purchase by me on 12-14-19. B&O + Chessie+ For Sale = Get the hell out of my way! This model will be motor decoder only forever, not even headlights. There was no holes drilled for headlights, which needs to be done before paint. I am not risking bruising this wonderful paint job for installing headlights.

Reading Trainmaster 861, 865 & 867

Added 8-8-16

Conrail U33c 6573

Added 6-6-20

PRSL Doodlebug 400

Added 5-17-14

This is not really a diesel but I had to put it someplace!

This PRSL Doodlebug has a long interesting history. It was made by Scenery Unlimited as a Northern Pacific prototype. In the early 1990s I was asked to paint it for PRSL for a fellow South Jersey S Scalers member. I protested painting a foobie scheme but it got done. In April 2014 it appeared on eBay, in amazingly perfect condition and I WANTED it now! I sold an unused brass SD40-2 to finance the deal. I bid on it and LOST, but was still able to make a buy-trade deal happen with the winner through the eBay seller for an unpainted model which is what he really wanted anyway.

While the real PRSL 400 is significantly different the Northern Pacific car is similar in size and gives the same ancient machine look to it especially when compared to the “new” RDCs. As painted back in the 90s I did not install glass or a headlight. So it was a mini modernization project. I added all wheel pick up, an N Scale decoder, a headlight and headlight lens, an engineer figure and glass all around. Gaining access to the otherwise soldered in rear area meant permanent removal of a divider wall. Doing this work on a painted model was fun! It was a worthwhile effort getting the results I wanted.

PRSL RDC M-405 and M-410

Added 6-1-13

Updated 7-9-24