We had a fellow in our old train group, up in Washington, DC, who was a good PRR modeler. He bought a Sunset I1 when they came out and super detailed it. He installed DCC and ran it around 50 inch radius curves on his layout for years. It was my favorite when I would go to his house for train night, once a quarter. Well, I obtained the engine on his passing and it sat in a box for a number of years. You can tell it had a lot of use if you look at the pilot truck wheels.
Well, I took it out during Covid and got it back in service. I cleaned and polished the wheels (here is the pilot truck now), I removed the DCC, installed new lighting and contacts. It had its gear system cleaned and re-lubed, missing screws replaced and generally tuned up.
Here it is now on my layout, with memories of Doug Jones every time it goes by. It was one of the first engines in the group to have Grabowski details like the main rods, pilot mounted air tanks and tender details.
It looks good going by and still runs smoothly.
It runs up the branch with no problem due to its ability to take a sharp radius.
It looks good on the main line also
It even negotiates temporary bridges with no problems!
Doug's handiwork rolls on into 2021.
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