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Heavy Rail Electric Operations
Heavy Rail Electric Operations
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BR60103
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January 2001
From: Guelph, Ont.
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Posted by
BR60103
on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:17 PM
For fun, the Pacific Electric ran diesel switchers with trolley poles because the signals and crossing gates were operated by contacts on the overhead wire. I think they had cabooses with poles as well.
Whatever you do with your electric line, no one will have the courage to say "they never did that" (unless you run your GG1 on the Chicago elevated.)
--David
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 7, 2005 8:54 AM
lol, well ive started building but... its an interurban and not a heavy electric line.
Busy ***ising a streamlined freight motor out of two old Athearn F7As and got a couple of other units built and ready to roll.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, April 8, 2005 6:28 AM
Another possibility is to recreate the GE E2Bs using ALCO FAs as the starting point. Basically you need to remove the roof, install another roof lower than the top of the locomotive, remove most of the details on the side of the locomotive, and install the pantographs. GE made the E2Bs as demonstrators in the 1950s. They ran on the Great Northern, New Haven, Virginian, and Pennsylvania. The PRR purchased them to run long term comparisons to the Westinghouse E3C and E3B demonstrators which they also purchased.
The Westinghouse locomotive bodies might be made from Baldwin Sharknose bodies but the chassis would be a problem.
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West Coast S
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February 2005
From: Los Angeles
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Posted by
West Coast S
on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:52 PM
Good tip, look for commercial sideframe castings that can be adapted. I've got four box motors in the works that will be using modified GSC 6 wheel tender truck castings as a starting point, since these are in S scale, I intend to use readily available Athearn HO gear boxes along with some additional goodies from NWSL all mounted to a brass frame .
SP the way it was in S scale
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