nbrodar

Originally, the Penn Lake didn't have any rolling stock of it's own.   After I found Champ private name decals, that changed.   Being a coal hauler, most of the cars are hoppers, but there are a good number of flat cars, gondolas, and even a few passenger cars.

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Nick

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Penn Lake Freight Cars

Penn Lake Railway's freight cars:

100 ton coal hoppers, Bowser.

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70 ton stone hopper,  Accurail.

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70 ton ore hopper, MDC/Roundhouse.

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2 bay covered hopper, Bowser, patch outs.

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50' gondola, MDC/Roundhouse.

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Penn Lake Passenger cars

Penn Lake Railway passenger cars:

Heavyweight coach, Athearn.

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Heavyweight baggage car, Athearn.

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Lightweight coach, Athearn.

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Lightweight baggage car, Athearn.

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RDC-2, Proto 1000.

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Penn Lake Cabooses

Penn Lake Railway Cabooses:

Bay window, Athearn.

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Northeaster, Proto 2000.

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Northeastern, ex-LNE, Proto 2000.

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ferroequinologist1

Penn Lake

nbrodar: Very good job of decaling! Also I like your choice of a railroad name, as it sounds prototypical. Keep up the good work.

 

Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layoutl.

             

 

            

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52 Decals

Working on some more Penn Lake stone service hoppers. These are MDC/Roundhouse hoppers, with a combination of Champ and Highball decals.  Unfortunately, each cars requires 52 decals...

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Offset Side Rock Hopper

Another class of cars for rock service, Bowser Offset Side triple hopper, with billboard lettering.

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D&H Coil Cars (updated pic)

Yes these are total foobies...the Delaware & Hudson never had coil cars, but in my alternate universe they do.  In addition to these two Avon Blue ones, I have a pair of red ones in the works.

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More Coil Cars (updated pics)

More coil cars!

Another D&H foobie, this time red with yellow shields:
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And a Penn Lake car:
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More Penn Lake Hoppers

Weekend decalling project, six 2 bay hoppers + rock loads.  These guys still need clear coat and trucks.

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Yet More Penn Lake Hoppers & a Flat Car

I recently acquired some Athearn offset side two bay hoppers cheap.  These use the "older" style small lettering.  The cars still need the interiors painted, and some loads made.
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A better shot of the rib side hoppers from the previous post.  These are Walthers cars I picked up cheap.  They use the "newer" large lettering.  An empty showing the interior weathering, and a sand load.
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And finally, a Bowser flat car with a pipe load (source lost to memory):
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BN Covered Hoppers

I recently repainted my stock of BNSF covered hoppers to BN ones.  For the cost of a pack of decals, I got three "new" cars!
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Penn Lake Gondola

I also have a raft of Athearn 50' Penn Lake gondolas:
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Delaware & Hudson Hoppers

My treasure drove of cheap hoppers also yielded some Delaware & Hudson 2 bays:
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