The only online resource I know lists the hood width at 9'10" (and the cab at 10'0")! Who knows the actual prototype measurement or how wide the Bowser model is (dealing with perhaps fixing an Athearn model).
If hood width means what I think it does, the 9'10" dimension from https://www.thedieselshop.us/Data%20BLW-S12.HTML is way off.
See drawing and photos on this site:
http://yardlimit.railfan.net/baldwindiesels/guide/s-12/index.html
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Wikipedia list locomotive width as 9'11-1/4". No dimension for hood width.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Lower right of this image
has the dimensions. Might have to zoom in a bit to read it, but based on that, teh cab is 10' wide and the hood about 6'.
The Bowser/Stewart models are pretty accurate.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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And the Athearn are not. The S-12 is one of the last wide-bodies that Athearn did.
Also, the Athearn SW7 has an approximately correct hood width.
Ed
The Athearn Baldwin is also too short because they used the SW7 chassis.
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Michael Mornard
Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!
YOW! That's what throws the proportions off. Dieselshop says 22' truck centers on the EMDs and 30'8" on the Baldwin!!! RR's supplied drawings show 22'8".........
"Diesel Locomotives" says 22' for EMD and 25'-6" for Baldwin. Truck wheelbase the same, at 8'.
Still a significant difference.
I "sorta" liked the Athearn when it came out. Though it was, and is, definitely a pudge.
But Bowser make a REAL nice one.
Back in the day, I watched a GN Baldwin switching in Union Yard. I now have a Bowser copy; same paint scheme, same road number.
And it is, indeed, a beauty.
Yeah, when I superdetailed my Athearn Baldwin and put in a can motor, it was the Baldwin switcher we had, period.Still, it does look nice and with a simple TCS decoder and a can motor, it runs beautifully and lugs nicely.