Barry's Model Railroad

This is an accounting of my attempts at model railroads N scale and HO or OO. I find it to be a lot of fun. I concentrate my efforts on The New York Central, Ann Arbor, Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio as it relates to the Pere Marquette, Michigan Central Railroads and my own Salt Creek Railroad. I am also interested in the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway, the Great Lakes Central Railroad, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and BNSF. You are welcome to give me advice.

Friday, July 27, 2012

New Diesel Locomotives to Pull Passenger Train

Up until now I have been pulling my passenger train with F unit locomotives. Those locomotives were built to pull freight trains and weren't geared for the speed necessary for passenger service.

I was reading the July issue of Model Railroader and I came across a review article for Alco PA1 and PB1 locomotives produced by MTH to be released sometime in the summer of 2012. The Alco PA and PB units were specifically built to pull passenger cars and were geared to run at the speed necessary for passenger service.

I have since placed an order through Mountain Town Hobbies in Mt. Pleasant Michigan for a PA PB set and an additional PA so I will have a PABA configuration.

Barry's Model Railroad