A GE B40-8 locomotive pulls a train of Road Railers through Hillsdale as an Amtrak train rolls through. If the layout were still in the hobby shop, the Amtrak would have a station to stop at; however in my basement, the far side of the layout- where the station was- is now up against the wall. The locomotive shows off the AP&W's post-90' paint scheme, nick-named the 'Desert Storm' scheme due both to the colors as well as the timing of it's introduction. It was adapted to increase the visibility of the engines, especially at grade crossings.
AP&W 3054 was delivered in this scheme in 1991, one of 30 units delivered by GE (road #'s 5030-5059) for high-speed intermodal service, including Road Railer service where they can still be found today.
The locomotive is a DCC equipped Atlas model, the Road Railers are from Bowser, and the Amtrak train is comprised of Kato models.
Here a EMD SW1500 pulls a string of FGE reefers through town. AP&W 350 is also painted in the post-90' 'Desert Storm' scheme; this was one of the first units to be repainted into the new scheme. Delivered to predecessor road Appalachian RR in 1966, the unit originally was #150; a number it kept after the 1986 merger. When it was repainted in 1990, it was also renumbered to 350.
The train is all Athearn models.
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