[PRR-talk] Blue Line PRR Engines

[Steve Hoxie]

Hi Chuck--What you didn't mention is that the configuration you describe is 
the way the F7 looked in the 60's.  I looked thru Withers Vol. Six and found 
that the earliest dated photo of an F7 looking like this is 1963. It also 
requires that the skirts be removed to be accurate for that timeframe.

Steve Hoxie
Pensacola FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Friedlein" <cfriedlein at wi.rr.com>
To: <prrfan1 at frontiernet.net>; <prr-talk at dsop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [PRR-talk] Blue Line PRR Engines


> Bob,
>
> Sorry, I can't answer your question regarding the Blue Line locos, but I 
> can
> tell you the new Proto 2000 PRR F7s from Walthers.
>
> You may have to wait a couple of months until they're available, but the
> wait will be worth it as they will not only have the trainphone antennas,
> but also, the two MU receptacles (dynamic brake and control MUs) on either
> side of the headlight, the large lifting lugs just above the anti-climber
> and the pilot MU hoses (4 hoses--just clip off those that don't match your
> specific number when comparing to photos) and the correct horn (and horn
> tone.in those equipped with QSI sound/DCC).  Besides the above, the
> windshield has been retooled from what was done on the first ones that are
> currently on the street so it is correctly recessed, not to mention the 
> new
> 14:1 helical gears and high torque, high efficiency, high horsepower motor
> and diecast metal knuckle couplers (the old plastic P2K couplers are a 
> thing
> of the past).  Oh, I forgot to mention they'll have all the grabirons and
> ladder standoffs in the correct positions as well as the correct 
> windshield
> "eyebrow" grabirons--note some are attached at the top of the roof and 
> some
> are attached on the sloped part of the windshield area.  Everything has 
> been
> applied as per photographs of the road number printed on the loco.
>
> Chuck
>