Hello friends . . . If I were able, I'd spend hour after enjoyable hour studying layman-level (not blueprint-level) drawings of current and historic locomotives if I knew where to find them. Imagine "peeling the top off" a locomotive front-to-rear to see, in detail, how it is laid out inside .. like a house floorplan. And similarly, imagine "peeling the side steel off" each facing of a locomotive so that you could see, in detail, the design features and component locations. Would you, too, love to see such drawings, and would you also love to see and study them as a REGULAR FEATURE in Trains Magazine whenever the it features a story on a particular unit or family of engines? What an awesome enhancement of Train's already superior coverage of the industry. Does anyone know where I can find such drawings either online, or in a print format? I've been wanting to find such a source for years now. Thank you!
I assume you saw the GG1 'layer' drawings in the special issue. Yes, it should be possible to 'gin up something like that for locomotives of particular technical interest. Check and see if that format is better than the usual side/end elevation or 3/4 cutaway views.
Try "Cutaway Trains" by Jon Richards... I used to read it as a child and enjoyed it very much. Hope it works well for you
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