Ok then, glad that's settled.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
cascadenorthernrr And here is where I got "Big Jack" from! "The DD40AX is a 6,600 hp (4.92 MW) D-D diesel-electric built by the General Motors EMD division of La Grange, Illinois for the Union Pacific Railroad. Nicknamed "Centennial" and "Big Jack", the DD40AX uses two diesel engines (each 3,300 hp (2.46 MW)) and is the most powerful single-unit diesel locomotive ever built, although more recent locomotive designs such as the GE AC6000CW and EMD SD90MAChave come close. It is also the longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built.[1]" -wikipedia
And here is where I got "Big Jack" from!
"The DD40AX is a 6,600 hp (4.92 MW) D-D diesel-electric built by the General Motors EMD division of La Grange, Illinois for the Union Pacific Railroad. Nicknamed "Centennial" and "Big Jack", the DD40AX uses two diesel engines (each 3,300 hp (2.46 MW)) and is the most powerful single-unit diesel locomotive ever built, although more recent locomotive designs such as the GE AC6000CW and EMD SD90MAChave come close. It is also the longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built.[1]"
-wikipedia
Edited wikipedia, requesting a source for the unverified information.
Schnabel cars in service
http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/schnabel_cars.html
Schanbel car train on NS (empty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFugeAIcff8
Train on CSX (loaded)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s1VgRwdBLs
Review of Bachmann HO model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgNEa3YlVI
Scratch built model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJTKt1JjixQ
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.
The consist I am building is for a large electrical substation therefore a lot of heavy equipment needing large multi axle heavy duty flat cars to transport them to the construction site! Hope that clarifies everything.
Now back to the point of this thread, I'm looking for HO scale flat cars, depressed center flat cars, heavy duty flat cars, ect...
NO, but its a good enough source of information for those who do not know much about trains. (like me!)
...and you believe what wikipedia publishes as fact? fact checking by voluteers...
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
But I'd be more than happy to refer to it as "Centennial" instead!
Well I'm actually not looking for a prototype train only prototype cars!
cascadenorthernrr The locomotive must of course be the UP DD40AX "Big Jack"
I have worked for the UP for 37 years and have NEVER heard anyone refer to a DD40 as the "Big Jack". 6900, Centennial, DD40 yes. Big Jack no.
I would like to be UP or private owned and be somehow related to electrical equipment (transformers, wire spools, poles, tower components) also most importantly they must be mostly cars with over four axles!
Of all of that, the only things that would travel on something more than a 4 axle car is a transformer. Everything else is light enough to move on a regular car. The UP would not have put a DD40 on a wide load special. Huge waste of fuel and horsepower.
Having said all that, since the entire train would be made up, that means you can do whatever you like. Just buy whatever cars you can find and slap behind the engine. You are good to go. Just don't waste your time looking for a prototype photo of a DD40 pulling a wide load special with poles and cable spools.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
Hi Steven:
How about one of these:
https://www.walthers.com/spectrum-r-380-ton-schnabel-car-w-transformer-load-ready-to-run-red-black-gray-load-silver-trucks
If I counted correctly there are more than four axles!
Seriously, it could allow you to use a couple of Big Jacks in the train. I doubt that the Schnabel car would be towing anything else so you could set up a second train bringing along all of the rest of the equipment.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi there, I am in the proscess of joining a model railroad club and there's a member that has a Union Pacific U.S. Army train; probably not the most prototypical consist but very interesting indeed! Anyway back to the purpose of this thread; I love oversized rail equipment and I've wanted to do a train showcasing the biggest rail equipment of North America for quite some time! The locomotive must of course be the UP DD40AX "Big Jack" and the other cars I would like to be UP or private owned and be somehow related to electrical equipment (transformers, wire spools, poles, tower components) also most importantly they must be mostly cars with over four axles!