Originally formed in 1901 from several narrow gauge lines, the now standard
gauge Maryland & Pennsylvania RR railroad (Ma & Pa to its fans) traced a
meandering seventy-seven mile route to connect Baltimore Md. and York
Pennsylvania, two cities only forty-five highway miles apart. The line’s
surveyors could hardly have chosen a more picturesque route and was often
referred to as the “model railroad built to the scale of 12 inches to the foot”.
The Ma & Pa like many railroads began to dieselize it line with the purchase of
an EMDSW1 #70 and 2 EMD
NW2 Switchers #80 and 81. The switchers
suited the Ma & Pa’s tight curves well and served for many years. In 1997 NW2
#81 was donated to the The Railroad Museum of
Pennsylvania and is the subject of my latest Train MOC.
Nice work Cale. The extra detail of the engine really sets it off, probably because of the contrast between black and grey. It has more than likely been answered here many times before but how did you make the decals? (16 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
(...) Cale, I love it. Lots of delicious detail. I really like the grill work on the front of the hood. Thanks for the associated history of the switcher. It helps bring this MOC into life. -Jeramy (16 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
(...) Okay, so I was just scrolling down through the images and thinking to myself, "hum, nice interpretation of an nw/sw switcher" until I saw what you have under the hood. Wow! It is hard enough getting the right detail on the outside of a 4-8 (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
