I have two n scale Kato (I believe) RS-11 locomotives that carry the badge of LVR. Does anyone know what railroad this is? Possibilities are Lehigh Valley and Lassen Valley, but I don't see any full size locomotives pictured with the large letters LVR on the locomotive.
The closest I can find is the Lehigh Valley. What color is your loco?
Google Lehigh Valley Railroad, and look at the images, and see if yours matches anything there.
Maybe a previous owner lettered it for a fictional railroad, as you don't mention where you got it.
Mike.
My You Tube
A quick search yielded THIS. Lehigh Valley was LV.
Wayne
I'm leaning towards this:
Lamoille Valley Railroad
Ed
7j43k I'm leaning towards this: Lamoille Valley Railroad Ed
The ones I have are all red with a large LVR midrange on the locomotive. They do have gray trucks, but Lamoille Valley does look the closest I have seen yet. I bought these used on ebay many years ago. They are great little locomotives, but I see by the year that they don't likely have any cabooses that ran with LVR.
Lamoille Valley Railroad Co used LVRC. Their roster lists RS-3's and RS-11's in a predominently yellow with green colors. Its predecessor St Johnsbury & Lamoille County (aka St J and Lake Champlain) appears to have had some GP locos.
What I found,
Richard
Here it is exactly so Lamoille Valley Railroad was correct. Thanks.
http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=232692
One of the popular photo sites has a number of views of 5308 in this scheme, circa 2008. They indicate it was the LAST paint scheme applied to RS11s; the green and yellow with very large "LV" (no 'R') being years earlier.