MOC: Pennsylvania Railroad Class BB1 Electric

[dr_spock]

My PRR B1 has reproduced itself into a PRR Class BB1. When PRR bought the first batch of the units, they came in BB1 configuration. The units were semi-permanently joined together. Only later on in life did PRR separated them into single B1 units and ordered further units as B1.

PRR Class BB1 by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

As a BB1 model, there is room to add Power Functions. An XL-motor can replace the M-motor if more power is needed.

I had to add tires to the drive wheels to give it more traction around curves. I find the 0-6-0 wheel configration fascinating in these electrics.

YouTube video:

More pics on my BrickShelf: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=539207

[greenmtvince]

Looks great! I remember seeing one of the B1s when I was at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum last summer.

[Doom2099]

This is great! Thanks for showing it off, and including the history lesson as to how it changed over time. And of course, it's great having double the space to fit in all the PF components.

[Commander Wolf]

I love these old boxcabs, especially the ones with big drivers... they are just so different from everything else now and then. I am personally planning on making a DD1 someday, but so much other stuff in the way!

[zephyr1934]

Wow, very nice, and definitely looks better as a pair. A couple of questions about the prototype (which you may or may not know the answers to), when they operated as a pair would they have had the same road number? Also, would they have had headlights on the semi-permanently coupled end? Meanwhile, back to your build, that is a great touch adding in the centenary line.

[Werlu Ulcur]

Awesome! I'm generally not a big fan of electric trains but your model looks stunning, congrats!

Edited January 29, 2014 by Werlu Ulcur

[dr_spock]

Looks great! I remember seeing one of the B1s when I was at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum last summer.

Thanks. I heard about the museum. Are you allowed to see the interior of the B1 and GG1?

This is great! Thanks for showing it off, and including the history lesson as to how it changed over time. And of course, it's great having double the space to fit in all the PF components.

Thanks.

I love these old boxcabs, especially the ones with big drivers... they are just so different from everything else now and then. I am personally planning on making a DD1 someday, but so much other stuff in the way!

I came across the old box cabs by accident looking into the railroads that became Amtrak. Box cabs with huge drivers are really different. I doubt box cabs will meet current FRA safety standards. I hope you see you do a DD1.

Wow, very nice, and definitely looks better as a pair. A couple of questions about the prototype (which you may or may not know the answers to), when they operated as a pair would they have had the same road number? Also, would they have had headlights on the semi-permanently coupled end? Meanwhile, back to your build, that is a great touch adding in the centenary line.

Thanks. Information is a bit hard to find on them. I found a Lionel O scale model that had different road numbers on the units.

Awesome! I'm generally not a big fan of electric trains but your model looks stunning, congrats!

Thanks.