Alan Olson's 4.5t Mack Bash -> Update

[J. D. Gallaway]

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The following are artist's conception drawings of a modernized bash using the ideas from Alan Olson's 4.5t Mack bash featured a couple of months ago in GR.

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I just thought I'd show you all what my twisted imagination came up with.

The colored version represents an electric version used by the Freedom Central on the FCCorp.US subsidiary "Morrisville Road" in Morrisvile, PA.

The B&W version is the original diesel variant which has a single high-horsepower traction motor on one axle, with a diesel fuel tank 'well' in the space where the other two traction motors would have been. With only a single traction motor, the siderods were added to provide all-wheel traction.

Both versions utilize slug technology, although an electric slug is more accurately a booster since it doesn't draw its power from the mother's powerplant.

The US30-D9, or Universal Series - 30ton - DASH-9 based

 

The US30C-E, or Universal Series - 30ton - "C" 3-axles - Electric