Broadway Limited Imports T1
I wanted to post this and see what feedback I received.Broadway Limited Imports will be releasing three HO scale Pennsy Steam engines, beginning with the M1a and M1b, scheduled in December. The other...
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Also note that the new pics posted of the T1 has the proper slight wrap around stripes on the back. The first shots show it ended prior to the curve to the back. Looks like details like that are being...
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OK, I've been researching this question since last week. Looks like you guys have been having way too much fun too. There is not much information on this subject matter thats for sure. I tried many...
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Dave Thanks for putting some research into this debate. But I think your missing something. First, don't believe everything you read on the net. Just because its there dosn't mean its true. Second....
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Very little of my research came from the web. Most came from well known and respected books, as well as other firm and reliable resources. I can say that BUFF was never mentioned with the exception of...
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Dave, Then you are telling me that the Official 1952 PRR Document that Al Buchan has shared with us about the color change from Gold Leaf to BUFF Enamel (take note, the document did not say Dulux) is...
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I think what may be happening here is the confusion with a color vs a brand name. In all of the research I've been doing, I rarely came across the use of BUFF. References were, in almost all cases, as...
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Dulux is a type of paint manufactured by duPont. Dulux Gold was duPont's name for the shade the PRR called Buff.See: heritage.dupont.com/float...ater.shtml for duPont's history of the paint.Garry Spear
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Dave, The "PRR Buff" you refer to on that website is (I believe anyway as I can't read PDF files properly with my webtv) part of a listing of Floquil Model Colors? Their Buff represents Building Color...
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The color on the chart is PRR BUFF and its spelled out on the chart as such. I've just returned from the hobby shop and all PRR BUFF paint I was able to find was a Dark Golden Color. There was also a...
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TOO much stuff to accurately skim. Don't know whether some one told that the interior of the stacks was PRR red! See pix in Don Ball's book
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WOW, I really seemed to have started something here!The Point that I was trying to make was : "If most all T1's were out of Service in 1952, or scheduled to be retired starting in 1949, why then would...
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Greg, Re the PRR Oxide Color in the T1 Stacks. Yes the evidence is there that the PRR did do this. But I would assume those pics that show this evidence are newly shopped locos waiting in the Storage...
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Gary,I really wanted to avoid doing that. I am assuming that the paint finish on the BLI T1 will be a Flat Light ( Weathered) Brunswick green. To attempt to Decal a Flat surface, with professional...
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erict1961 said " All the talk about 50's T1's seems obsurd to me. Every book that I have read on PRR Staem, indicates that the Retirement began in 1949, and by 1952 most ALL T1's were out of service....
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There will be a piece in the December TKM on the gold leaf - buff lettering question. Interesting discussion, but in a nutshell it appears the T1 most likely all went under the torch with gold leaf...
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erict1361 said " All the talk about 50's T1's seems obsurd to me. Every book that I have read on PRR Staem, indicates that the Retirement began in 1949, and by 1952 most ALL T1's were out of service....
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The locomotives carried in the M.P.229 (monthly) Assignment of Locomotives up until December 1, 1955, (5542, 5544, 5546, 5548, 5543, 5545, 5547, and 5549), were dropped from the equipment records on...
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All, Tony at BLI has answered my inquiry in regards to the color of their T1 Lettering and Stripe color. Tony assures me that the color wll be Gold Leaf. He explained that the colors seen in the...
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The M1's have slipped on BLI's schedule to January......but the T1's have been moved up to December!
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