fuzzybroken silicon212I know this is old, but Bachmann also produced a model of the GE U36B wearing Santa Fe warbonnet colors back in the 80s! Hey, I have one of those! Not sure what I'm going to do with it as of now, but it might get re-lettered if it still works.
silicon212I know this is old, but Bachmann also produced a model of the GE U36B wearing Santa Fe warbonnet colors back in the 80s!
CPRTD --
When I was young (c.1955, 11 yrs. old), my 14 yr. old model railroading buddy and I called the objects pictured in this thread "Large, Moldy Diesels." We were all about steam, but then, we saw steam on a daily basis. Me, I saw the Pennsy and the Reading Company. Steam locomotives have character. Except for USRA designs, each railroad's shops built to their own requirements. Diesels all look alike except for paint jobs -- if you've seen one, you've seen them all.
Camelbacks are so ungainly that they are KOOL!!! But they look the way they do for a reason. They burn REAL coal ... hard anthracite, not that soft bituminous crap!
All my motive power on the Lehigh Susquehanna & Western are Camelbacks. Wooten fireboxes are wonderful ... big, fat, wide, tons of grate area ... good stuff.
No offense intended, I like my steam, but I have built one diesel -- started as a "kit-bashers kit" (a few pieces to add to an early GP unit that you had to take a razor saw to) and ended up as a super detailled and weathered Conrail GP15-1 (following photos that I took of a unit that hung out in the little yard in Lansdale, PA, outside Philly.) I actually do like it -- it runs well, pulls well, looks great and will soon sound kool as well on those occasions when I take it with me to operate on an aquaintance's modern layout set in the northeast.
Hey! We all like different stuff, but must all agree ... Model Railroading is FUN!
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BiL Marsland (P5se Camelback) Lehigh Susquehanna & Western Northeastern Pennsylvania Coal Hauler All Camelback Steam Roster!! "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" -- George Orwell, Animal Farm, Chpt. 10
Yesterday, I saw a picture of a "CP" Camelback. Quite ugly! It was purported to be a Canadian Pacific locomotive. Could that have been? It had a 3-digit number, with "CP" on the cab, and I think I saved it from my 'newsreader'. Why would CPR have had Camelbacks? Perhaps it was a lignite burner. Dunno... Maybe the "CP" was not CPR. "Camas Prairie"? That don't compute, either.
Another ugly locomotive!
I enjoy the color blue but the nose of this locomotive is way too long.
Awesome! I enjoy the color blue but the nose of this locomotive is way too long.
GP-9 rebuild?
That ain't a "Boat", boy. That's a F-M "HH", not a GE. It would look cool in 'Desert Camo' (not the current 'chocolate chip')!
That's a one-off EMD 2000 hp "AA" ("Almost Alligator")! Sure is prettier than a GP-30!
Judging from the destination board, that is the German, or Swiss, answer to the 1953 Buick, but it needs more chrome and at least three portholes!
FYI, the Wooten firebox was designed to burn stuff the mines couldn't give away, called "culm". It was poor quality and usually ended up in the tailings heap. With the wide Wooten firebox, railroads could use it, as it took more and didn't cost as much as the salable anthracite. Good article in the current Trains about the D&H's use of culm. Incidentally, it was mixed with some coal-of-the-"B"-word! Do set a "culm" fire, if you can get it started, under your GP15-1 and get a nice GE!
Hardcore!
Awesome! Hardcore!
Yeah, hardcore foamer!
Are those ditchlights I see?
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ns3010 Awesome! Hardcore! Yeah, hardcore foamer! Are those ditchlights I see?
I think every railfan would like to owed a car like this? Yes, those are ditch lights for going backwards.
Photo is Conrail GP-18 (1800hp) ( nee Lehigh Valley, had 4) >CR7498. Rebuilt in Paducah by VMV after being wrecked in 1971.
The only GP-18 with a Chopped Nose and an Ox-Yolk Filter. (Probably photographed at Paducah (look at building?)
Can anyone name this shark of a locomotive?
What is the name of this square locomotive?
Awesome! Can anyone name this shark of a locomotive?
Looks like a GP7 frame with an RS3 cab. That's actually pretty cool.
CSSHEGEWISCH For an ugly electric, I would nominate the PRR L-5. Probably not that different than the Krokodil.
For an ugly electric, I would nominate the PRR L-5. Probably not that different than the Krokodil.
I think they look rather elegant. They just have this...presence to them. Almost majestic.
Awesome! What is the name of this square locomotive?
It's either a U6B or U8B, depending on what's inside. It's a rather unusual domestic application of a GE export design. Any number of Vietnam veterans would be familiar with U8B's.
fafnir242 Awesome! Can anyone name this shark of a locomotive? Looks like a GP7 frame with an RS3 cab. That's actually pretty cool.
Actually it's a repowered RS3. MKT had several of these. SLSF and RI had re-powered RS2's with a similar appearance.
The ALCO trucks are a giveaway. The "F" (short hood) end is cool, the long hood end is truly ugly! NYC repowered some RS3s, known as 'DeWitt Conversions'. At least they kept the ALCO long hood and just raised the roof. I think Mass Central runs one, maybe more, today.
Hays
Cool! The "Super Bowl" locomotive: a GE 70-tonner on steroids! I don't think I have ever seen one before. "Santa Maria Valley RR"??? Nope. Never made it to Viet Nam in my 33 years of army service! Did ride behind the cool ALCO RSCs on the Panama Canal Railway, back in the '70s. Maybe they were RSDs, but looked great in their "Bicentennial" schemes. All gone, now that they standard-gauged the line.
BNSFwatcher The ALCO trucks are a giveaway. The "F" (short hood) end is cool, the long hood end is truly ugly! NYC repowered some RS3s, known as 'DeWitt Conversions'. At least they kept the ALCO long hood and just raised the roof. I think Mass Central runs one, maybe more, today. Hays
Hays:
How come the design? It doesn't make sense.
Can anyone name this Garbage Truck? I think they copy from MKT RS2 with GP35.. if you notice the front cab its seem it was a crew hangout.
I have never seen that before, is that one of the hydraulics?
trainfan1221 I have never seen that before, is that one of the hydraulics?
I don't know the answer but it sure is ugly!
Awesome! Can anyone name this Garbage Truck? I think they copy from MKT RS2 with GP35.. if you notice the front cab its seem it was a crew hangout.
This is one of SP's KM torque-converter locomotives that was converted to a camera car to provide footage for the simulator used in engineer training.
CSSHEGEWISCH Awesome! Can anyone name this Garbage Truck? I think they copy from MKT RS2 with GP35.. if you notice the front cab its seem it was a crew hangout. This is one of SP's KM torque-converter locomotives that was converted to a camera car to provide footage for the simulator used in engineer training.
I was actually thinking KM had something to do with this. Didn't want to say anything because I wasn't sure. Don't want to mislead people.lol
Cool! All it needs is a 'quad' .50-cal., or a 'chain gun' on the short hood. That'd teach those crossing warning runners! Pretty clean, for an Espee unit -- just the right amount of rust! Was it still powered, while in photo service?
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