 | | PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | (URL) Full gallery, including a year and a half's worth of progress photos, available (URL) HERE>. Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Duplex (4-4-4-4) Steam Engine #5544, one of the Sharks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The powerful PRR T1 steam engines were (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Benn Coifman
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| | | | | (...) snarky comment #1: What, no PF? snarky comment #2: aren't you just trapsing all over Cale's territory (first Erie, now PRR)? Seriously though, slick stuff! And that tender looks like a sheer exercise in brute force to make the skirting work. (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Cale Leiphart
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| | | | | | | (...) Erie I'm not so much into. But Mr. Sava is hitting close to home with the Pennsy. I guess my arch nemesis had to come east to find a real locomotive. ;) Cale (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | | (...) Mild mannered Mr. Sava by day, but by night he transforms into The Steamer! Dreaded nemesis of the goodie two-shoes Cale Lightheart, The Steamer uses his superior building ability to steal all of Lightheart's hopes and dreams for ever building (...) (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Cale Leiphart
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| | | | | | | | (...) While Mr. Sava builds show ponys, I build (URL) Work> (URL). ;) Hardy har har! Cale (15 years ago, 30-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | (...) I would have actually preferred to motorize this locomotive with Power Functions, and I still plan to, but unfortunately my funds are such that I cannot afford to buy the parts I need. The tender cannot accept a AA battery PF battery box, so (...) (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | | (...) Very nice Tony. lots of subtle details to enjoy, I only discovered when looking at the large image on flickr. The little scoop/cowcatcher under the front coupler. The side skirting on the trailing truck. And as already mentioned the (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks much! I ordered the wheels from you so very long ago, I began to think I'd have to use them for something else. I wish I could take credit for the yellow pinstripe below the cab door, but that's part of the prototype, but I agree it (...) (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | (...) Grumble grumble... 26 large blind drivers... --Tony (15 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | | | In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote: <snip> (...) Hi Tony - It's a very impressive line up and recap of your work. And thanks for all your business. In good faith, the train wheels for your next train are your free. Just send me an email with what (...) (15 years ago, 1-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PRR T1 #5544 —Anthony Sava
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| | | | (...) Here's a YouTube video of the T1 in action: (URL) Or, if you'd rather, here's the same video on Flickr: (URL) --Tony (15 years ago, 15-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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