Sorry for the blurry image. I saw this on eBay.
I like this little center cab fantasy kitbash. It looks like an Alco cab with two cut-down long hoods from a GP7/9.
I wish there were better pictures. I have a soft spot for center-cab locomotives, and center-cupola cabooses.
This is a center-cab locomotive kitbash I have been working on (for 20 years).
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 This is a center-cab locomotive kitbash I have been working on (for 20 years).
Rich
Alton Junction
richhotrainLOL. Surely you jest. 20 years?
No, completely serious.
It was originally designed for a pair of NWSL underfloor drives, a speaker, and a DCC sound decoder. This was never completed, and I lost interest in converting to DCC. This was supposed to be the "only" locomotive for my master bedroom layout.
When I decided to go to traditional drive, the Athearn underframe would not fit beneath the modified hoods.
I recently (finally) obtained an Overland Models brass drive for an SW-7, and it has very short gear towers, and will fit. However, I need to remove a lot of the fuel tank to make it fit.
Yes, 20+ years, and still not done.
Amazing!
Keep us posted.
Looks like two Athearn Hustlers.
I have some unfinished projects that were started 50 years ago.
Looks a lot like my #10, which is HOn3.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
mlehmanLooks a lot like my #10
Mike, I love that locomotive of yours.
It has lots of features that appeal to me.
SeeYou190 mlehman Looks a lot like my #10 Mike, I love that locomotive of yours. It has lots of features that appeal to me. -Kevin
mlehman Looks a lot like my #10
Looks like a Diesel operated by the Austrian Federal Railways.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
richhotrainHmm, maybe so, but the design looks ugly to me
That is OK. I love center-cab diesels even though they were unusual on North American railroads. I have kitbashed a couple, and will do more.
SeeYou190 richhotrain Hmm, maybe so, but the design looks ugly to me That is OK. I love center-cab diesels even though they were unusual on North American railroads. I have kitbashed a couple, and will do more. -Kevin
richhotrain Hmm, maybe so, but the design looks ugly to me
SeeYou190 Kevin, Thanks, didn't realize it can still be controversial to like diesels in NG naw, everyone has there own opinion. I like homely, which covers both sides of the argument. It has an old style Athearn metal SW chassis as they are easy to narrow-gauge. The shells might be Hustler-based, been a long time. mlehman Looks a lot like my #10 Mike, I love that locomotive of yours. It has lots of features that appeal to me. -Kevin
Kevin,
Thanks, didn't realize it can still be controversial to like diesels in NG naw, everyone has there own opinion. I like homely, which covers both sides of the argument.
It has an old style Athearn metal SW chassis as they are easy to narrow-gauge. The shells might be Hustler-based, been a long time.
Pardon the funky iPad formatting...
Mike
Hey, Kevin, I really like the looks of your "ugly" little locomotive. I'm yet another modeller who likes the unusual, especially home shops looking locos, but they have to be believable. With the matching fans and mufflers, I can see the internals resembling the GE and other centercabs.
And I can see why the model would be hard to power! Stay with it. The 4-4-0 I posted in your "treasures" thread only took me about 32 years to finish satisfactorily. Almost Dan
Centercab Diesels were quite popular in East and West Germany in the 1960s up until a few years ago. In both parts of the then divided Germany, they replaced the steam engines on secondary lines.
West Germany:
East Germany:
Both types of locomotives had the centercab raised above the level of the hood for improved visibility.
There is even a narrow gauge version of the East German engine:
The brutish standard gauge Diesel riding on narrow gauge trucks sure looks odd!
The switcher on ebay is actually two Athearn Hustlers spliced together on an SW7 chassis. There was an article in a 70's Railroad Modeler magazine about making one of these. I have actually made two of them for my railroad. Click on that little box after the word actually to see a photo......
Chuck
Modeling the Motor City
barrokThe switcher on ebay is actually two Athearn Hustlers spliced together on an SW7 chassis.
Chuck, here is your picture without needing to be clicked:
Very nice job on the Athearn Hustler conversion work. Your locomotives looks great.
That is close. The fans on the example I posted look more like they are from a GP7 or GP9.
I have built two center cabs on Athearn SW chassis, both incomplete.
One used two Plymouth switcher hoods, and one used two shortened SW hoods and a Cannon & Company cab.
Thanks, Kevin! I have to figure out how to post a pic that shows up without using photobucket....
Kevin, I really like that center cab and the handrails ..
On another note.. Detroit Connecting was my first freelance switching railroad powered by 6 Alco Models RS-1s painted black with yellow frames and pilots with yellow lettering and numbers.. My decals came from Champ's private road name decals. This was in '67..
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
The behemoths of center cab diesels were the Baldwin DT-6-6-20s, Santa Fe had 6, EJ&E had 25, Cotton Belt had 1. PRR had its own version, the RT-624 (24 units)
azrailThe behemoths of center cab diesels were the Baldwin DT-6-6-20s, Santa Fe had 6, EJ&E had 25, Cotton Belt had 1. PRR had its own version, the RT-624 (24 units)
Thiose things are massive. I saw one in brass at a train show for $250.00, but I did not move fast enough to get it.
Good thing, I really do not need a locomotive that big.
I did not realize so many had been built. I would have thought 5-10 tops.
azrail The behemoths of center cab diesels were the Baldwin DT-6-6-20s, Santa Fe had 6, EJ&E had 25, Cotton Belt had 1. PRR had its own version, the RT-624 (24 units)
The MN&S (Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern) had 5. They were still running by my high school in the '80s.
Gary