Pennsy Railcar Restorations is going to restore a Lehigh Valley engine.

This little SW1 has been languishing in the hills of Tennessee for several years, its fate unknown. After the necessary interchange work, she will be brought to our shop in New Jersey for full restoration.

For pictures and additional details, please visit www.prrllc.com.

Scott Kwiatkowski

Scott -

Fantastic! I know you will do a terrific job in restoring LV #112.

Les

Scott,

Each time I look at your web page I am more impressed... You continually take on projects, and produce finished products.

Your page doesn't give any details about the organization, only the projects. Can you give us a bit about the behind the scenes. Is this just you and some friends? Do you work in the railroad industry and this is a side line? What kind of facilities do you have. Is there a goal beyond finding interesting cars (and now a loco) and saving and restoring them?

Woo! thanks Scott! :)
great news!

Scott also said he intends to restore the 112 to her original 1939 paint scheme! known as the "pre-war scheme" in LV-fan parlance:




That scheme was only worn by switchers.
Thats 112 in her original EMD 1939 builders photo.
I colorized it using photoshop.

112 is the oldest known surviving LVRR engine.
I have a build date of April 3, 1939.
She will be 70 years old in a little over a year.

Scot

A really great thing...

A reminder that sister loco 114 resides quite comfortably, in a somewhat similar paint scheme with different colors, at the Wilmington & Western RR in Delaware, having come via the Ocean City Western tourist line in southeastern Maryland:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... e114-1.jpg for a photo for anyone that cares to see........

Sister 119 is still in our dead line out behind the shop as well.

Scott,

You've done it again!

I tried to find this locomotive last year on a return trip from Nashville. Now it will end up about 40 miles from home. Excellent!

Keep up the great work!

Chris

I'm suprised in your quest for PRR equipment, that you didn't seek out former Octoraro Railway SW1 #55...which is a former PRR unit.

Unless it has been scrapped already.

Would be cool to see the 112 and the 114 run together.

What is the planned scope of work for this restoration ?

DPK

Folks,

After a busy week in the hills of Rockwood, Tennessee, Lehigh Valley SW1 #112 was ready for interchange.



It is an almost 800 mile ride back to home rails in New Jersey. I am not sure of the exact route, but it is a NS move all the way. Let me know if anyone happens to snap a photo while it is in transit. I installed Lat-Lon GPS tracking so I can watch 112's progress on my laptop.

For more details, photos, and a couple of videos of the truck swap, visit my website at http://www.prrllc.com (go to the LV 112 page and click on the truck swap button.)

Thanks,

Scott Kwiatkowski

Best of luck to you all! Please keep us posted with pictures and updates. It will be nice to see a diesel restoration on here since they are rare round these parts

Thanks for posting the current information on LV #112. You are most fortunate that Laura is very understanding. I am continuing to look for the builder's plate from #112 for you. I know that at least one of them has to be out there someplace. All you need is patience!!! Good luck with the move back to New Jersey!!

For anyone who might have interest in keeping an SW-1 running, I have received information that Johnson Rail Services will soon begin scrapping several SW-1's in Laurinburg, N.C. Also to be torched are several 70-ton GE units. I don't have contact info, but a call to the Laurinburg & Southern offices ought to yield a phone number.

To add to the information on #112s builders plate serial number should be #874 builders date April 1939 As Ron mentioned it is out there somewhere