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who would like a set of these?

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who would like a set of these?
Posted by DAVID FORTNEY on Monday, January 11, 2016 12:50 PM
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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, January 11, 2016 1:05 PM

I'd go for a set, too... As long as they were based on the old Life-Like tooling. I have a bunch of the L-L PAs and they are great locomotives.

http://brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/030970/HO-Overland-ALCO-GE-PA-PB-2-Demo-Set

BLI has them in the works in N scale.

http://www.broadway-limited.com/3387alcopageexhibition8375agemorepowertoamericaparagon2sounddcdccn.aspx

It would be a pretty simple repaint job, I wonder if decals were ever available?

Go to 7:00 to see half of a GE switcher with the controls wired to a model railroad!

I wonder what happened to the cars from the train? They look like NYC or Santa Fe P-S coaches. They have REP (not HEP—it looks like there was a generator in the rear baggage car and power was jumpered through the train, much like Amtrak's HEP). The A-B PA-2s became NYC 4212 and 4308.

The Freedom Train would be a nice addition, too!

http://www.freedomtrain.org/freedom-train-consist-1-pa1-locomotive-1776.htm

Ed

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Posted by ricktrains4824 on Monday, January 11, 2016 4:12 PM

I will take the locomotive control stand for a model railroad.....  That would be cool! 

The PA units, however, I will pass on. Unless you make them as rebuilt excursion units. Then I might be interested. Otherwise, out of my modeling period. 

Ricky W.

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Posted by DAVID FORTNEY on Monday, January 11, 2016 4:24 PM

I don't care who makes them as long they are accurate as built. I think it would make a good project for Athearn Genesis. 

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Monday, January 11, 2016 6:02 PM

You missed them, about 18 years ago - Proto2000 did them.

The picture you posted is actually the Proto models.

Here are some that were recently for sale:

http://www.trainmaster.ch/Y-291.htm

Looks like Walthers did a run more recently, but they are sold out:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/920-40112

Sheldon

    

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