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Post by packer on Mar 7, 2024 8:39:18 GMT -8
No pics, just a rendering. Can't tell if the PRR unit has sunshade mounting holes like the U28C did. I'd wager they probably do
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Post by lvrr325 on Mar 7, 2024 9:09:16 GMT -8
as a bonus, Ford Fairmonts showed up.
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Post by wagnersteve on Mar 7, 2024 14:05:13 GMT -8
3/7/24, 5:04 p.m., EST
Gents, good to know. Thanks.
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Post by sauconyard on Mar 7, 2024 19:21:19 GMT -8
Hogtrainz invoiced me tonight as well from my preorder in 2021. Good news.
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Post by lvrr325 on Mar 7, 2024 22:45:04 GMT -8
I had to call to be sure but my little batch will be here Friday and if they don't sell at the two weekend shows on eBay by Tuesday. Maybe. The way it worked out I can do the Albany Polish Center show this year - first time in like 11 years - so I may hold off.
I wanted to do that show this year because I am thinking of doing their November show. I have been doing Hamburg (Buffalo) but there is a home Bills game that weekend so the hotel prices are about three times what they're worth; if I go to Albany instead I save close to $200 but I expect way less potential flip material. Plus maybe it cuts into my GTE sales. You don't learn unless you try I guess
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 8, 2024 17:46:21 GMT -8
Just got a shipping notice from Hogtrainz as well. It doesn’t list the contents, but fingers crossed I’ll get both Reading units I ordered. As I indicated in my original post, I ordered well after the pre-order deadline, and wasn’t sure what to expect.
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Post by riogrande on Mar 8, 2024 18:20:46 GMT -8
You never know with Hogz till you get the package.
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 8, 2024 20:10:14 GMT -8
Finally listed at lombard. Ordered a D&H with sound and RDG without.
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 9, 2024 11:22:39 GMT -8
Just got my PRR U30C from TrainWorld; on first review, it appears to have arrived undamaged. Here’s what I see vs. the earlier PRR U28C:
- DGLE handrails vs. black - Footboards - No yellow painted line for the pilot grab, but still no pilot grab - No mounting holes for non-existent sunshades - No “Radio Equipped” logo despite having an antenna - Red-painted class lights front and rear, kind of a neat touch for a PRR unit but maybe not to everyone’s liking - Side cab window frames not highlighted in silver (this is true on the U28C as well). Not sure if that’s a bad thing, but seems most models have this nowadays.
Overall an improvement, and it’s a nice-looking model. I’ll give it a test run this afternoon. My Reading units should be here early next week.
UPDATE: I did get the chance to run it, works flawlessly. Another difference I noticed is that the U30C has yellow step edges while the U28C doesn’t. Tough to tell from prototype photos, it’s possible both are correct.
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 9, 2024 15:54:05 GMT -8
Found a builder's photo of PRR 6537: no "Radio" decal.
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Post by Baikal on Mar 9, 2024 16:05:26 GMT -8
Just got my PRR U30C from TrainWorld; on first review, it appears to have arrived undamaged. Here’s what I see vs. the earlier PRR U28C: - Red-painted class lights front and rear, kind of a neat touch for a PRR unit but maybe not to everyone’s liking
Red = markers. White or green = class lights.
Or is the entire light fixture painted red?
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 9, 2024 19:45:07 GMT -8
Found a builder's photo of PRR 6537: no "Radio" decal. Does it have an antenna?
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 9, 2024 20:23:22 GMT -8
Found a builder's photo of PRR 6537: no "Radio" decal. Does it have an antenna? Yes, it has a Sinclair Skate type antenna over the engineer's side of the cab. 6536 and 6537 show NO RADIO sticker but 6538 and 6539 has one in the photos I saw. I just found another picture of 6539 without the sticker. I think maybe PRR applied the stickers later perhaps?
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Post by hudsonyard on Mar 9, 2024 20:24:52 GMT -8
Just got my PRR U30C from TrainWorld; on first review, it appears to have arrived undamaged. Here’s what I see vs. the earlier PRR U28C: - Red-painted class lights front and rear, kind of a neat touch for a PRR unit but maybe not to everyone’s liking
Red = markers. White or green = class lights.
Or is the entire light fixture painted red?
Markers. PRR eliminated sections from the standard code during WW2, so no need for class lights.
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 9, 2024 20:34:30 GMT -8
Yes, it has a Sinclair Skate type antenna over the engineer's side of the cab. 6536 and 6537 show NO RADIO sticker but 6538 and 6539 has one in the photos I saw. I just found another picture of 6539 without the sticker. I think maybe PRR applied the stickers later perhaps? In any event easier to add the decal than add the antenna for my purposes, so I appreciate they included the antenna.
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 9, 2024 20:35:43 GMT -8
Red = markers. White or green = class lights. Or is the entire light fixture painted red?
Markers. PRR eliminated sections from the standard code during WW2, so no need for class lights.
At any rate, the round doohickeys on the end of each hood are colored red.
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 9, 2024 21:10:40 GMT -8
Hard to see if 6537 has an antenna, pic is a bit of a low angle. But ... I found a high angle shot of 6500 at the factory and it has no antenna (but what looks like a mounting plate) or decal.
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 10, 2024 10:01:12 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 10, 2024 10:18:47 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 10, 2024 10:19:54 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 10, 2024 10:22:14 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 10, 2024 10:42:27 GMT -8
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Mar 10, 2024 10:45:09 GMT -8
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Post by wmrdgfan on Mar 10, 2024 11:09:53 GMT -8
Does any one have a photo of the PRR model? Would like to find out if the 3 vents are in the doors in front of the radiator area. The illustrations from atlas shows them there, but I cannot find any photos of them on the real ones.
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Post by JohnJ on Mar 10, 2024 14:16:31 GMT -8
Does any one have a photo of the PRR model? Would like to find out if the 3 vents are in the doors in front of the radiator area. The illustrations from atlas shows them there, but I cannot find any photos of them on the real ones. My PRR unit does not have the three vents in front of the radiator area. However, I took a picture of a Reading model at the Amherst show and it does have the three vents, which seems consistent with the RDG prototype. I have two RDG units on the way so I can confirm in the next day or two if that made it into the production models.
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Post by wmrdgfan on Mar 10, 2024 15:16:17 GMT -8
Does any one have a photo of the PRR model? Would like to find out if the 3 vents are in the doors in front of the radiator area. The illustrations from atlas shows them there, but I cannot find any photos of them on the real ones. My PRR unit does not have the three vents in front of the radiator area. However, I took a picture of a Reading model at the Amherst show and it does have the three vents, which seems consistent with the RDG prototype. I have two RDG units on the way so I can confirm in the next day or two if that made it into the production models. Thanks for the info. I didn't order the prr because of that. I sure wish they would show models instead of illustrations when they want you to pre order.
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Post by markfj on Mar 10, 2024 15:27:11 GMT -8
Still waiting on the invoice for the Reading unit I preorded through Brian at Overland Hobbies. This coming Tuesday will mark three years since I placed my preorder.
From the few photos I’ve seen, the Reading models look spectacular!
Thanks, Mark
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Post by ambluco on Mar 10, 2024 15:33:56 GMT -8
Saw it in person Saturday. It is great. Still waiting on the invoice for the Reading unit I preorded through Brian at Overland Hobbies. This coming Tuesday will mark three years since I placed my preorder. From the few photos I’ve seen, the Reading models look spectacular! Thanks, Mark
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Post by lhr on Mar 10, 2024 17:43:24 GMT -8
Seems Atlas dropped the ball on these GE's just like the U28's. No Dynamic brake resistance grids behind the side radiator grills. It's there on the parts diagram, but not on the model. The real grids are silver in color when on brand new locomotives, but still visible even after years of service. You can see them in some of those Pennsy shots. The ones from KV Models are incorrect. The real grid panels are equal sized squares in an up and down fashion of 5, 6 on the U25, early U28 series, 3 on the later U30, the RDG version, for example. I got a couple of undecorated U28C's from the first run and they are not included with the rest of the parts. After GE switched to the waffle style radiator grill for the side openings, the grids were impossible to see. Sometimes I gain faith in Atlas having stuff right, and other times I shrug my shoulders and ask why!
Greg
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Post by cpr4200 on Mar 10, 2024 19:34:00 GMT -8
Does any one have a photo of the PRR model? Would like to find out if the 3 vents are in the doors in front of the radiator area. The illustrations from atlas shows them there, but I cannot find any photos of them on the real ones. IIRC the Pennsy U30C's had the same carbody as the U28C's. NYC had 10 U30B's in the U28 body (2830-2839); Burlington, IC, and L&N also had these. The next iteration had the 3 vents and shorter radiator intake like the Reading U30C's (NYC 2840-2889, N&W 1930-1964, and some L&N). Then came the second D&H order and Soo Line's, with the little trim piece (fairing) in front of the radiator and the oil bath air intake up high, with the sides bumped out about 6" on under the radiators. The last version lost the fairing and most had paper air filters (low mounted) like BN's and the Detroit Edison units. Frisco and N&W had the U30B version.
I'm not real sure how this would shake out into phases. Somewhere we came up with Phase I, II, and III, but given the slight differences, I wonder if it actually could be Phase Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb?
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