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Post by Joe Saggese on Jan 23, 2021 12:12:11 GMT
Anyone know anything about the PRR emblem on this boxcar?
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 23, 2021 12:49:27 GMT
“West Shore” was the name of a defunct mainly New York State railroad that at one time ran from New Jersey north along the Hudson and then west to Buffalo. According to a footnote in Wiki, the line eventually became part of Penn Central but had much earlier been taken over by the NYC.
That is certainly a keystone emblem and must indicate some connection with PRR but West Shore in railway terms seems only to relate to what’s described above. By the lettering on the car it might have a production date of 1984 but I’ve found no reference to it in the K-Line legacy catalog - otherwise it looks to me like a K-Line car. Do you know if it is a K-Line model?
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jan 23, 2021 12:55:14 GMT
The listing reads AHM
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 23, 2021 13:22:49 GMT
I only know AHM for HO models but I understand that they produced some O as well. As they went out of business in the mid-1980s this car must be pretty old. If the seller has the box available that might tell you something about what the car is intended to model. The emblem is intriguing but simply rings no bell with me.
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Post by rtraincollector on Jan 23, 2021 14:38:08 GMT
West Shore Railroad Corporation is a Pennsylvania Domestic Business Corporation filed on June 23, 1983. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 774122. The company's principal address is 2015 Market St Lewisburg, Union PA-17.
The company has 3 principals on record. The principals are Charles W Winslow from Lewisburg PA, Galen Reichley from Lewisburg PA, and Richard C Sanders from Lewisburg PA.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jan 23, 2021 14:39:49 GMT
West Shore Railroad Corporation is a Pennsylvania Domestic Business Corporation filed on June 23, 1983. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 774122. The company's principal address is 2015 Market St Lewisburg, Union PA-17. The company has 3 principals on record. The principals are Charles W Winslow from Lewisburg PA, Galen Reichley from Lewisburg PA, and Richard C Sanders from Lewisburg PA. Thank you. Makes sense now.
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Post by g3750 on Jan 23, 2021 15:59:43 GMT
Hmm. I wonder, could this railroad be a successor of the line built by the PRR to threaten Vanderbilt's NYC in the 1880's?
In that period, a group of investors led by Andrew Carnegie began construction of a (the South Penn) railroad to rival the PRR's route across the Commonwealth. The PRR reacted by beginning a line on the west shore of the Hudson River. Eventually, financier J.P. Morgan brokered a truce between the PRR and NYC. Under the terms of the truce, the West Shore was ceded to the NYC and the South Penn was sold to the PRR. Work on the South Penn immediately ceased and some 60 years later, its roadbed became rough guide for the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
George
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2021 16:06:40 GMT
Good research everyone. Interesting info.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 23, 2021 16:42:36 GMT
West Shore Railroad Corporation is a Pennsylvania Domestic Business Corporation filed on June 23, 1983. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 774122. The company's principal address is 2015 Market St Lewisburg, Union PA-17. The company has 3 principals on record. The principals are Charles W Winslow from Lewisburg PA, Galen Reichley from Lewisburg PA, and Richard C Sanders from Lewisburg PA. Thank you. Makes sense now.
The robber baron saga of the old "West Shore" railroad is still intriguing, however.
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Post by g3750 on Jan 23, 2021 16:49:19 GMT
Thank you. Makes sense now.
The robber baron saga of the old "West Shore" railroad is still intriguing, however. The early history of what would become the Pennsylvania Turnpike is a fascinating subject, in my opinion. In 2019 two friends (who have written 2 books on the PA Turnpike) led a tour of the abandoned turnpike section between Breezewood and the Sideling Hill rest area. The tour included a hike through Sideling Hill tunnel and a detour onto some of the remains of the old South Penn Railroad roadbed. That was one of the best days of my life!
George
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 23, 2021 23:33:27 GMT
The early history of what would become the Pennsylvania Turnpike is a fascinating subject, in my opinion. In 2019 two friends (who have written 2 books on the PA Turnpike) led a tour of the abandoned turnpike section between Breezewood and the Sideling Hill rest area. The tour included a hike through Sideling Hill tunnel and a detour onto some of the remains of the old South Penn Railroad roadbed. That was one of the best days of my life!
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