Weight Loss Spurt gives me the Lunch Counter / Lounge

I guess I just lost another 5 lbs so the lunch counter lounge car is now part of my passenger train. Little by little I am getting the train together.

One more and then I start filling in the extra cars. Like the 2 coach cars and the 2 extra sleeper cars.

The Dining Car is Mine Now

Well another 5 lbs down and I was able to add the dining car to my Pere Marquette passenger train. My next goal is the lunch counter lounge car. once I get it there will only be one more car to complete the set and that is the 10-6 sleeper car. After that I will be filling in with 2 more 52 seat coach cars and 2 more 10-6 sleepers.

10-6 sleeper car

Lunch counter / lounge car

All The Passenger Cars Are In

All of the passenger cars are in stock at Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan for the Pere Marquette Passenger Train. The next car I will be working on is the Dining Car # 1610. Originally, the real train had a few of the Coach cars were converted to Dining cars. I can't wait to add it to my model Passenger train.

5 more pounds

I did it - YEA - I've reached the third milestone in my weight loss effort. This makes 15 lbs so far my ultimate goal is another 35 lbs wish me luck. now I get the 52 seat coach car for the Pere Marquette passenger train.

If I keep this up I will get all the cars before spring. I must admit however, this is not getting any easier.

The New Deal

My wife Sandy and I struck a deal, If I loose 50 lbs, she will buy me the Pere Marquette passenger cars I have been waiting for. Our deal is to divide the 50 lbs by the number of cars I have on order to establish benchmarks for each car. When I reach the weight established for each car she will buy it for me. At first it will be easy but as the weight drops off the bench marks will get harder and harder to reach, but I think I can do it with a lot of hard work. As of today I have reached the first benchmark so I will be getting the RPO today I can't wait.

Pere Marquette Railroad Facts

Pere Marquette Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) operated in
the Great Lakes region of the United States and controlled the 
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), 
the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 
and planned to merge the four companies. However, the ICC 
did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringens eventually 
sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O, with which
it formally merged on June 6, 1947.

The C&O has since become part of CSX Transportation.
In 1984, Amtrak named its passenger train between 
Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago the Pere Marquette.

The 2004 film "The Polar Express" featured steam locomotive 
Pere Marquette 1225. The train in the movie (not the same train
in the popular children's book) was a model of the 1225 based on 
measurements and recordings of the 1225. It is the locomotive that 
Chris Van Allsberg claimed was the inspiration for the book,
which he visited as a child when it was on the MSU campus. 
The locomotive was scheduled to be at the premiere in 
Grand Rapids, where the writer of the book, Chris Van Allsberg, 
was born, but he canceled.

 It is housed and maintained at the Steam Railroading Institute
 in Owosso, Michigan.

Great News on the Pere Marquette Passenger Cars

At long last the first of the Pere Marquette passenger cars have come into Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. They are the RPO Baggage Car and the Standard Baggage Car. They have been a long time coming. Now I need to find a way to make the money for them.

The rest of the cars are due January 28th. The locomotives are due March 28th.

OH NO Not Again

Standard Baggage car

Well it looks like the delivery dates for the Pere Marquette train must have slipped again. The RPO and the Baggage cars were due to come in on or around December 28th 2012. So far nothing has been delivered to Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. I wounder what will happen to the January 28th date that was projected for the rest of the passenger cars?. Oh well I'm getting used to this.

I just checked the Walther's site and I now see that all the passenger cars are projected to arrive on January 28th 2013. we will see.

The RPO car

Attention Back On The Pere Marquette Passenger Train

I hope the dates don't slip again and the world doesn't end today. 85' ACF RPO-Baggage 920-9360 - December 28 2012	85' P-S Diner Coach 920-9364 - January 28 2013	Also Available with Factory-Installed Interior Lighting Factory-Installed LED Lighting for DC & DCC
72' P-S Baggage 920-9361 - December 28 2012	85' P-S Lunch Counter Lounge 920-9365 - January 28 2013
85' P-S 52-Seat Coach 920-9362 Fluted w/Skirts - January  28 2013 920-9363 Fluted No Skirts - January 28 2013	85' P-S 10-6 Sleeper Plan 4167 920-9366 - January 28 2013
PERE MARQUETTE EMD E7A DIESELS See-Through Air Intake Grilles Painted Metal Grab Irons, Handrails & Lift Rings Superb Paint & Lettering Matches these Cars Five-Pole, Skew-Wound, High-Torque, High-Efficiency Can Motor Helical Gears with 12:1 Ratio for Smooth, Ultra-Quiet Running Correct 36" Wheels Easy Multiple-Unit Operation Proto MAX™ Metal Knuckle Couplers
Tsunami® Sound & DCC 920-40997 #107- March 2013 920-40998 #108 - March 2013	Standard DC 199.98 920-47997 #103 - March 2013 920-47998 #105 - March 2013

End of November and still no Pere Marquette Rolling Stock

Well we are still waiting. Here it is the end of November. I should have most of the cars by now and not one single car has arrived at Mountain Town Hobbies. The only car that should be still outstanding is the 3 10-6 sleeper cars they are due the end of December. The Locomotives are due in March. As per a trusted source:

"The ship dates on Pere Marquette-theme C&O passenger cars have slipped again.

The Baggage and RPO-Bagage are now projected for Dec. 28, and the rest of the
cars are projected for Jan. 28. They're having the same problems getting stuff
from their suppliers in China as most other model RR manufacturers.

The samples Walthers showed at TrainFest earlier this month were very nice. The
coaches have the distinctive aluminum window frames painted on, which the
previous C&O coaches they ran didn't."

-Fritz Milhaupt
Modeling Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.
http://www.pmhistsoc.org

If all goes well I may have my Alco PA and PB locomotives by Chanukkah that would help with the pain of waiting for the Pere Marquette train. If I am lucky enough to get the PA-B units that would complete the New York Central passenger train I have been putting together over the past few years.

Happy Chanukkah to all

The Additional car coming in December and The Locomotives in March

December I am scheduled to receive the 10-6 Sleeper Car

I have 3 on order. considering the delays so far I am not sure when they will arrive. The story so far is there is a delay in manufacturing in China.

In March of 2013 the Locomotives are due to arrive.

God only knows when they will get here.

Stay tuned for the latest updates on the Pere Marquette passenger train by Walthers.

Late October and still no Pere Marquette Passenger Cars

The RPO and Baggage cars were due in late September and the 52 seat Coach car was due in late October. As of yet they have not arrived. Its probably a good thing as I am still saving up my money but I am anxious to possess the passenger train.

52 seat coach

Baggage Car

RPO

Late November, 2 more cars are due, the Dinning car

Dining Car

and the Lunch counter buffet lounge car.

Lunch counter buffet lounge car

Pere Marquette 52 seat coach

October 28 will bring the  85' Pullman-Standard 52-Seat Coach Fluted w/Skirts - Ready to Run -- Chesapeake & Ohio #1610-1668 Series - Pere Marquette another step closer to my completed Pere Marquette passenger train I have 3 of these cars on order.

85' Pullman-Standard 52-Seat Coach Fluted w/Skirts

New passenger cars on the way

September is the month that two of the Pere Marquette passenger are due to be delivered to Mountain Town Hobbies by Walthers. They are the baggage car and the RPO I am excitedly waiting for their arrival. My Pere Marquette passenger train is on its way.

  85' ACF RPO-Baggage - Ready to Run -- Pere Marquette

 73' Pullman-Standard Baggage - Ready to Run -- Pere Marquette