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QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....I wonder if they could work with only one prime mover in operation hence saving fuel if total power was not needed. They were big brutes. I'm betting on too much power tied up in one package. Dave: are you just getting back from Holiday....You have been away from here for some time now....
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Maintenance headaches, and, as Kozzie pointed out, not a very flexible locomotive, with limited use. Ended up the same as the Big Boy, with the variable usability of the newer locomotives, the need for it disappeared. Still an impressive machine. Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ....Sounds like a really great time off from the routine Dave. Remember as we communicated while still in Spring time for us I was telling you we were in the 90's already...Guess what....We're still in the 90's...It's been a hot one here for our area and humid. But it's Summer and I like it....
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard I think Overland did one in brass...which cost a lot of "brass".... Dont know if a less expensive plastic one was porduced.... Oh, and down in the swamp, it started out at 85 degrees @6:00am, hit 98 by 1:00pm, and thunderstorms by 5:00pm, its cooled down to a mild 88 at 10:46pm... If you dont like the weather in Houston, just wait a minute... Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by Kozzie QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Maintenance headaches, and, as Kozzie pointed out, not a very flexible locomotive, with limited use. Ended up the same as the Big Boy, with the variable usability of the newer locomotives, the need for it disappeared. Still an impressive machine. Ed I guess EMD must have done research into the possible market for these giants before production - but maybe they overestimated the usefulness of a huge single unit. Ed has mentioned maintenance headaches, which would no doubt run up costs. At the risk of asking a Q that perhaps should be on the MR forum, have they ever been produced in, e.g., HO scale? Dave Kozzie, You have to put it into perspective also. UP was always trying bigger, better experiments to carry the loads in the west. If you look at the long line of big locomotives they used....Big Boys, Challengers, Gas Turbines it would only seem logical that they would be they ones to try a large diesel when they did. And the two engine locomotive had already been used with a degree of success in the E units. Dan
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFGP38 Athearn makes them in plastic HO at a nice price. They certainly had the future there with a wide cab and 6000hp!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Railroading_Brit The model situation is a little complex - Athearn made a DD35 rather than the "Centennial" DD40AX. I can say that the single-motor Athearn isn't worth bothering with as standard - there's not enough "grunt" in it to cope with the weight of the loco and the extra-long driveshaft at one end is a pain. Mine will probably recieve a new motor or motors at some point.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Railroading_Brit Bachmann offer the full DD40AX as UP bought though I'm not sure what the model is like.
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