Trains.com

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Project to build an N Scale 80-ton Whitcombe

1117 views
4 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • 305,205 posts
Project to build an N Scale 80-ton Whitcombe
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:12 PM
I know officially anounce this project to the world. All the research is compleated.
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • 305,205 posts
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:08 AM
Quite sketchy on the details, but I'd like to see how this turns out--I'd like a critter or two for my railroad.
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • 305,205 posts
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 21, 2002 1:34 PM
It is not a ‘critter’; it is an 80DE7b, 45 ft long center cab that had two engines of the same type as in GE 44 tonners. My model is slightly longer than 4 cm in length. I have thus far completed a fram of styrene and the frame from a couple Life-Like SW-12000s. Obviously, I shall not power it, as the trucks are too small for me personaly to add gears. If one of these was made profesionally, it probably would have the ability to be powered, but I cannae wrok that small. I hope to model Beaufort and Morehead's #85. Here is a link to a photo of the real thing:
www.northeast.railfan.net/images/tr_bmrr85.jpg
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • 305,205 posts
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 21, 2002 8:38 PM
No offense intended, but I would use such a unit as a plant switcher instead of road power--hence the term critter.
  • Member since
    March 2002
  • From: Milwaukee WI (Fox Point)
  • 11,439 posts
Posted by dknelson on Monday, December 23, 2002 8:12 AM
Several railroads used locomotives of this general sort although perhaps not this exactly prototype. The Rock Island used a "critter" sort of thing at Bureau Jct where the main split off between the lines to Peoria and Rock Island. 80 ton is pretty big. by the way there are some European and Japanese prototypes in N that are pretty similar.
Dave Nelson

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Users Online

There are no community member online

Search the Community

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Model Railroader Newsletter See all
Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!