This is one merger I didn't care to see, but then I modeled it in "N" scale because of the PC snake like emblem. It was one big layout housed in a building 20 by 50. Had lots of fun until the roof collapsed one winter from a heavy snow storm. The next spring took the layout out and burned it but saved most of the rolling stock.
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The shedding paint looks to be the least of the Penn E8's worries. Is that a gaping hole in its nose?
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Patrick, that "gaping hole" is an open sand-loading hatch. This image certainlydoes show the differencce in maintenance practices between the two merger partners. Being in Beacon Park Yard I believe these units would have been power for mail & express trains rather than in passenger service.
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OOPS, SORRY, I was mistaken ! That open hatch on the PRR unit is actually for a nose-to-nose MU connection. Some PRRS Es had it on one side, others on both sides, and some did not have them at all. The NYC unit has the hatch on the Fireman's side, however it is in the "closed" position. Think about it, IF these two units were nose-to-nose the connections would be on the same side.
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