Tyco Collector's Forum -
Welcome to the forum.
Username:
Password:
Save Password


Register
Forgot your Password?
  Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Forum Admins & Mods   FAQ   Install Search Provider   Register
Active Topics | Active Polls | Newsletters | Member Map | Members | Online Users |
[ Active Members: 0 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 30 ]  [ Total: 30 ]  [ Newest Member: cobranut427 ] Select Skin:
 All Forums
 The Builders Depot
 Layouts - Construction and Operations
 Bill Kachel PRR Cosmopolitan Division
   All users can post NEW topics in this forum
   All users can reply to topics in this forum
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic: Garden State Model Railway club Topic Next Topic: Columbia & Susquehanna Railroad  

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:41:13 AM Link directly to this topic  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist



Philadelphia Division Member

Bill Kachel's Pennsylvania Railroad
Cosmopolitan Division HO scale private layout


PRR 1965 New York to Pittsburgh has diesel and electric as well as catenary on over half his layout.

Has operating coal loader and rotary coal dumpers steel mill ocean-going vessels with a harbor.

And let us not forget Horseshoe Curve.

His layout built to recreate the mighty PRR in its glory days.

Also includes the HellGate Bridge and the Zoo Interlocking in Philadelphia.

Around the wall with access areas Bill is noted in the area for having developed a reliable method for constructing catenary.

This layout is truly an amazing feat of model railroading engineering.

It is open to visitors during the November Model Railroad Open House schedule for PA, DE, MD and NJ.


http://www.phillynmra.org/archives/layout/bill-kachel-prr-ho
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator 

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:45:00 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist


Amazing HO scale layout recreates part of the Northeast Corridor.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:47:52 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist






 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:50:44 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist





Realistic overhead catenary.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:55:42 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist






 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  08:59:23 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist






 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  09:04:32 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist





 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 23 2024 :  09:12:09 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist



https://youtu.be/MKx5eMnH1pQ?si=dHsmqHXwhC36zqbN
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

Chops124
Big Boy





Penn Central Logo

Status: offline

 Posted - January 25 2024 :  11:43:17 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add Chops124 to Buddylist
Hard to wrap my brain around so much. The catenary is something else. I cannot imagine
the ingenuity and work that went into building such a monumental layout. Question: did
the GG1's ever get run in tandem like that? All the old railfan film I've ever seen is them
running solo.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 11195  ~  Member Since: December 09 2013  ~  Last Visit: April 28 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

wks
Big Boy



parrot2015

Status: offline

 Posted - January 26 2024 :  08:26:17 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add wks to Buddylist


I remember some photos showing 2 units. But I believe they were pulling freight cars.


Rare to find those pictures Jeff.

Yes his layout is awesome. The overhead wire is not live. Just for realism.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 5896  ~  Member Since: February 12 2014  ~  Last Visit: May 01 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page

el rojo grande
Big Six

BethlehemSteelAvatar

Status: offline

 Posted - January 27 2024 :  6:49:01 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add el rojo grande to Buddylist
PC, ConRail and Amtrak double-headed GG-1s, but Pennsy did not. I have a photo of double-headed PRR Gs but they were pulling an unusually long special consist for the Boy Scouts. I will post a photo if I can find it. I suspect that age and wear and tear had a lot to with that decision to pair them up.
 Country: USA  ~  Posts: 303  ~  Member Since: October 26 2015  ~  Last Visit: April 16 2024 Alert Moderator  Go To Top Of Page
  Previous Topic: Garden State Model Railway club Topic Next Topic: Columbia & Susquehanna Railroad  
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Tyco Collector's Forum - © Snitz Forums 2000 Go To Top Of Page...
 Image Forums 2001 This page was generated in 0.12 seconds. Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000