Another PRR Train...

In 1983 LGB offered the  # 20412PV train set including the 2060 Diesel loco and two container cars and more, see picture

Courtesy of trainz.com

The edition volume of this train set was 1,000. At the same time LGB also published and offered the 20401 RZ also known as "The Red Train" with an edition volume of 15,000 (!) It was made from 1983-1985.

Courtesy of Grootspor.com

Please keep this in mind when reading the following article by HJ Neumann from Summer 1986:

"Again we have spotted something special for you in America: Two Pennsylvania Rail Road specialty trains in green and brown. 

This is how they came to be: Out of the so-called "Phillips Trains from 1983 a huge part had obviously been delivered into the USA. Alas, they didn't sell not even with a price of about US$ 150.00. At one dealer these trains were gathering dust on the shelves for more than two years. So last winter he had the idea to repaint and relabel them to better match them to the taste of the American LGB fan.

The results are great. Two trains present themselves in green and reddish

-dark brown color. Thanks to the also very pretty labeling on the locos (even though you could have done numbering here as well) they don't need to hide next to the regular specialty trains.

The paint is without fault - even though we recommend to avoid scratching or rough handling. The container cars are even painted on the inside - somebody made them with great difficulty!

Two beautiful trains which will clearly be of interest for the local LGB fan who operates a layout American style."

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