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I owe my love for railroading to the Penn Central. I was only 5 years old when my mother took me on my first trip out from 30th St. station to Paoli. I remember the smell of grease and creosote when I stepped onboard the MP-54. I remember the ear piercing whine of those electric motors as we slowly made our way towards the Main Line. I remember the faded worms on black locomotives blasting by as I waived at the engineers and passengers. I remember seeing trains bounce through the switches of Zoo Tower for hours as I watched from my Great Aunt's bedroom window. I knew nothing about the problems that plagued that railroad, and I didn't care. I loved what I saw, smelled, and felt, and it has had a lasting impression on me. I now model the PRR, but the hardest thing for me to do is identify with it. Photographs cannot proxy for the indelible memories of those days riding PC rails. The more I remember those times, the more I wi***o recreate them - the memories. The Penn Central is what it is. It certainly is not the greatest economic or business model to be found in railroading. However, they ran trains. Many people saw them run and were inspired to model them - to artistically re-create the feelings, sounds, sights, and even smells associated with their personal experience. Isn't that what this hobby is all about? If the PC happens to be the railroad that happened to inspire people to get into the hobby, then why knock it? I love all things trains thanks to that shabby railroad! [:D]
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