GOT IT! Akane AC12

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by verse2damax

Darth Santa Fe, you're probably right.

AggroJones, thanks man! I'm glad I started this topic. I'm learing more each with post.

twhite, is this engine an AC9? The top looks plain (limited knowledge).



saw it on ebay.

Yep, that's an AC-9 with the coal tender as it would have appeared during its days on the Rio Grande Division prior to being converted to oil.

Andre

[twhite]

That 'plain' looking top on the AC-9 is known as a 'Skyline' casing, which helped lift smoke above the cab while running. Southern Pacific used it on quite a few of their locomotives--some Pacifics on the T&NO, most of their MT-2,3,4,5 Mountain series, and all of their Lima-built "Daylight" 4-8-4's. It gave the locomotives a very distinctive look--quite handsome IMHO. The AC-9's were conventional cab-back articulateds built by Lima, and had the same tractive effort as the cab-forwards. They originally ran on the Rio Grande Sub between El Paso, TX and Tucumcari NM, however later, they were converted to oil and transferred to the Modoc Division in northeastern California. Funny story about them being transferred--the overhang on the boiler was too great for the snowsheds on Donner Pass, so they had to be run north up the Shasta line to Klamath Falls, OR, then south to the Modoc line. A VERY round-about trip to their new stomping grounds, LOL! I saw them on the Modoc line when I was a kid--usually in helper service with an AC-10 or 12 on the front end. Talk about big power!!
Tom [:D]

[Anonymous]

Look at the details on this.

Well now I see the full potential of the loco. The guy who did this replaced a whole lot of parts, handrails etc. On his website it is all there, step by step.