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Eastern Railroad Discussion > A New York Central kind of dayDate: 09/21/14 14:04 A New York Central kind of day Author: rfprr1 The URHS (NJ) hosted an open house at their yard in Boonton, NJ today. Star of the show was newly painted NYC E8 4083.
Right next to it was NYC's 20th Century Limited obs car Hickory Creek. Kudos to the URHS for hosting such a fantastic event. rfprr   Date: 09/21/14 14:15 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: DrLoco First thought on the "Bluebird": YIPES! but, upon further review, it looks a lot happier than the NYC Black, and the fact that they managed to keep it running and give it a coat of hi-gloss means props for them!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/14 14:16 by DrLoco. Date: 09/21/14 14:51 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: dan x up?
Date: 09/21/14 14:56 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: NYC_L4a Mongo like. Mongo never cared for the "cigar band" scheme over black. Aqua looks so much better.
Date: 09/21/14 15:20 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: GPutz Nice; but what about this? Gerry
 Date: 09/21/14 16:32 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: wabash2800 That was an experimental scheme that never made it, probably faded, it looks horrible. I liked the cigar band, gray E units on mail trains in the PC days. They still had a few E7s running around in the Cigar Band logo.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/14 16:32 by wabash2800. Date: 09/21/14 20:08 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: P Was that engine previously at a Nashville, TN museum?
Date: 09/22/14 04:33 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: robj wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That was an experimental scheme that never made > it, probably faded, it looks horrible. I liked the > cigar band, gray E units on mail trains in the PC > days. They still had a few E7s running around in > the Cigar Band logo. That,s what I thought, a color that is going to look a lot worse when it gets dirty but obviously attracts attention in the rotating retro world. Bob Date: 09/22/14 04:37 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: PERichardson GPutz Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nice; but what about this? Gerry Too many portholes for one thing. Also the thin wires all over the unit...like Christmas light strings? Sheeesh! Date: 09/22/14 06:33 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: Lakota-rail Candidates for Streamliners at Spencer the Sequel.
Date: 09/22/14 07:20 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: ChrisCampi Both pieces beautifully done. Kudo's to those Responsible . That's a hell off a lot of work.
Chris Date: 09/22/14 07:57 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: PasadenaSub Very nice, is that the same shade of green that Penn Central used for some of its freight cars?
Rich Date: 09/22/14 08:59 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: boejoe Could all the thin wiring we see on #4097 be part of a security system? Where is this E-8 displayed?
Date: 09/22/14 09:16 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: krm152 "NYC#4097" was originally PRR#5762, next PC#4262, and finally MBTA #4262.
There is no rear truck on the unit. It is displayed in Duanesburg, NY. ALLEN Date: 09/22/14 09:16 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: railwaybaron I love it! If it had been at Spencer, I would have gone!
Date: 09/22/14 11:17 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: SD45X krm152 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > "NYC#4097" was originally PRR#5762, next PC#4262, > and finally MBTA #4262. > There is no rear truck on the unit. > It is displayed in Duanesburg, NY. > ALLEN And it has been shortened a little. Wiring Christmas lights. Posted from Android Date: 09/22/14 13:19 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: wabash2800 There's an E8 in Bellevue, Ohio that could be a donor for a truck...
krm152 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "NYC#4097" was originally PRR#5762, next PC#4262, > and finally MBTA #4262. > There is no rear truck on the unit. > It is displayed in Duanesburg, NY. > ALLEN Date: 09/22/14 13:22 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: wabash2800 If this color is correct, it's more of a jade green (than a PC Green) developed during NYC days. IIRC, someone from the engineering department (his wife) came up with the color.But perhaps some PC box cars had it.
PasadenaSub Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very nice, is that the same shade of green that > Penn Central used for some of its freight cars? > > Rich Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/14 18:26 by wabash2800. Date: 09/22/14 16:08 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: davew833 There are a handful of cab units already painted in NYC "lightning stripe" in various places. It's not bad to see something different.
Also, #4097 is owned by a private individual who displays it on his rural property. I believe he had aspirations to turn it into an ice cream parlor or something, which is why there are extra portholes and probably explains the Christmas lights as well. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/14 23:04 by davew833. Date: 09/24/14 10:24 Re: A New York Central kind of day Author: wabash2800 According to another source, this is the original NYC 4083 and yes it was tested in the jade green.
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