In a previous entry, I mentioned the head of the New York Central System, Alfred E. Perlman. While making sure that I had his name spelled right, I found something very interesting:

Public Domain Theater Part II/IV (The Big Train)

This is a promotional film made by the Central in the 1950s; its content is unknown to me and I've never heard of it before. (Of course not; it's from the green team.) I'm downloading the film's two parts as we speak, and will post commentary in the near future. From what I understand, it follows the course of an Early Bird scheduled fast freight from Chicago to the City of New York. One source of mine indicates that the Central promised 29 hours from terminal to terminal and introduced the service in 1954; we shall see what the film says.

I've never really seen Perlman that much, nor have I ever heard his voice. This promises to be very interesting.

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Earlier posts have hinted about this in the past, but I might as well repeat it: I'm not much of a model railroad man, having not the time, space, skills, or budget for it. That being said, I like having the odd railcar to sit on a desk as a static display, inspired by a photograph of Stuart T. Saunders and Alfred E. Perlman wherein a model of a 50' boxcar is shown in the new jade green-and-black Penn Central livery.

I in fact bought an Athearn 50' Penn Central boxcar with that exact photograph in mind. It's a close enough match.

Anyways, I figured that it was about time to update the readership on the gradually growing fleet of railcars. All are in HO scale, which I find to be the best for display and low cost of acquisition.

Boxcars
PC 142772
DL&W 12022

Hoppers
NS 144711
PC 459755
N&W 12988
N&W 107579

Cabin Cars
PC 26403
N&W 557524

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I haven't yet laid out for any motive power, but I intend to, sooner or later, purchase an Alco C628 in Penn Central livery. I wouldn't mind having an N&W C630, especially in the Pevler Blue livery, but those don't seem to be as readily available for cheap.

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