Hello all been while since I posted here I have just been busy doing thing. I had to go see my heart doctor few days ago,I had a pacemaker put in my chest in September 2018.Due to me passing out I am doing good the reason I had to see my heart doctor is.I have been having more rapid heart beats the normal I am doing good,But I had a blood test done Thursday I have been waiting for the results.Then on June.1st this year i see my heart doctor again to go ver my blood test results,Yes i am taking meds for my heart anyway I am working on making a Ho CP SD40-2F I would like to.Know the actual length of the Ho engine from the ends of the front a rear walkways.Also the width of the nose front and back of the engine,If anyone here has a Ho CP SD40-2F and can give me the dementions of it.That would be very helpful to me. I have gotten some photos online of an acual Ho CP SD40-2F,Anway wish me luck on my health and my project agai I am doing good I can get around just fine.Cheers to all my friends here your pal Tim.P.S Here is the link of where I got the photos from,https://www.trainmaster.ch/Y-937.htm
Best wishes for a healthy return to normal, Tim!
Regards, Ed
MetrolinkFan, I hope you can recover soon.
I have a Bowser SD40-2F and just meausred for you. The lengh of the loco 9 and 5/16" without coupler. The width of nose and the back is acutally the same, at 1 and 3/8". You can see a dent behind the cab. The depth is about 1/8" into the body at the end of the cab and smoothly goes to the outside at a distance of 1 and 7/8". Hopefully this can help.
Jerry
Thanks for the meaurements Jerry the frame I have is a Rail Power Products the farme measures,9 inches and 3/4".The width of the frame is 1 inch wondering what Ho CP SD40-2F will fit my frame? I will start on my project today wish me luck.
I had a pacemaker put in 4 years ago. Fortunately, a new cardiologist showed up last year who is also an electrphysiologist, so he is better able to deal with getting the pacemaker adjusted properly. Other than the blood thinner, I'm off all the heart meds they had me on.
Learn about you heart meds. In the long term, many of them have unpleasant side effects, so you should watch for them and keep your doctors informed.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I may need a little help here I printed the nose of the Ho CP SD40-2F I tried to narrow it down. On my printer I can change the paper size from full page photo.to wallet size But after I printe dthe photo the nose part came out 1 inch 7/8"s so that is too big.Jerry if you can scan the nose a rear end of the CP Ho SD40-2F to the size you said it was,In your reply to my topic.That would be helpful if you can get a front shot of the nose and window and the rear of the engine for me,Its hard trying to get the size just right to print.I get the photos to samll or to big.
Rats! I had one of those things go by right in front of me on the ex-IC a couple of days ago... and did not take pictures or video.
If I weren't on furosemide, I'd have gone west a couple of years ago... very nearly did before finally getting in to see a cardiologist. Had to have a witch-doctor ICD installed due to poor response to anesthesia -- it paces below 40bpm 'just in case' but it took 'em a little programming to keep from shocking me every couple of minutes if I got a bit too stressed. (That was no fun at all!) You're not alone, and many of us understand to be able to sympathize.
Model Railroaer, July 1998.
Scale drawings of SD40-2F.
Chris van der Heide
My Algoma Central Railway Modeling Blog
Sorry, i was quite busy during the week. I will try to see what I can do...
Sorry for being late. I was traveling last week.
I downloaded an image from Bowser and scaled the image to the dimension in powerpoint. In powerpoint, I choose the paper as US letter (in Design tab, slide size). To scale the image, I draw a horizontal line that is 1.375" long in powerpoint. I then rescale the image so that the width of the body matches this line. I printed from powerpoint (choose without fitting the paper). It was slightly larger so I reduced the size in powerpoint a little bit then printed again. It matched what what I measured now.
I can either send you the file I have (the image quality is not high though), or I can work with you.
Again, sorry for the delay. I will be traveling again next week...
My Health Update Got back from my heart doctor yesterday i have to be put on blood thinner pills cause my heart rhythm is not going down, I still have the swelling in my legs an feet, May prone to congestive heart failure, So on the 17th of June they will shock my heart back to its rhythm they hope have too, Take the blood thinner pills for 2-3 weeks before my heart rythm shock.After that I have to continue another 2-3 weeks for the blood thinner pills, I can of June I have fluid around my heart I am getting around ok moving good. Meaning I have a rapid heart beat still if it were serious I would be in a Hospital now, I am at home
Yes I am still interested in the photos you have of the Ho CP SD40F,If you can post some photos for me that would be great? Sorry for the long reply been super busy latley.
MetrolinkFan My Health Update Got back from my heart doctor yesterday i have to be put on blood thinner pills cause my heart rhythm is not going down, I still have the swelling in my legs an feet, May prone to congestive heart failure, So on the 17th of June they will shock my heart back to its rhythm they hope have too, Take the blood thinner pills for 2-3 weeks before my heart rythm shock.After that I have to continue another 2-3 weeks for the blood thinner pills, I can of June I have fluid around my heart I am getting around ok moving good. Meaning I have a rapid heart beat still if it were serious I would be in a Hospital now, I am at home
That sounds like my AFIB saga. I had one shock treatment which lasted about a day. Then i went in for ablation surgery, which lasted for a couple of years, but eventually i was back in AFIB again. It was that surgery which put me on the pacemaker.
The AFIB condition never caused any discomfort, and my cardiologist now says I'm probably fine to live with it.
The fluid around the heart problem can be taken care of with diuretics. But, don't take them at night or you'll find yourself up in the "wee" hours of the morning!