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 Posted - February 21 2014 : 4:08:38 PM
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quote:Jerry,
Show us your creation....
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â February 20 2014Â :Â 9:23:07 PM
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OK John you asked for it 
I can't quite decide what to call it. DDF7A?
And sadly it is not my first attempt at creating. After I built the DD40B out of the two trashed Bachmann Centennials I had, there were "parts" left over. Instead of wisely saving them for something useful, I answered a question that no one had asked with this. Athearn F7A and B
shells gave their lives in vain for the body. Not even sure that this particular construct would even be mechanically possible, but strangely I like it. Not something I would usually drag out for LOTW though 
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 6:00:59 PM
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If you can freelance model a railroad, why not a locomotive.
I like it!
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 12:28:57 PM
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Similarly, I read once that the trucks that were put on the very first UP gas turbine, the double-ended one, were put under a U50 when it was retired, and when the U50's quit in the 70's the same trucks went under 2 more u-boats!
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 03:00:16 AM
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| I saw one of the EMD test bed units that where made out of Amtrak SDP-40's roll in to Gateway Yard in east St. Louis one day and it had one D type truck under just the rear bolster. I have never seen any pictures of it and it was buried too deep in the yard for me to get a shot of it. Has anyone else ever heard of this before?
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Posted - March 03 2014 : 3:21:48 PM
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| BN tested an SDP40 with a split B-B bolster rear truck in the 1980s, it looked like a 4-axle truck from the outside.
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 01:36:27 AM
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That explains it, mystery solved. Thanks for the info
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 10:36:18 AM
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quote: That engine turned out really good.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 11:54:52 AM
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Jerry,
Your DD15X is pretty cool. I believe I would have sacrificed the Steam generator for an extra set of dynamic brakes. The original DD35 were designed without cabs, to be used with a GP35 on each end. How about a double F7B unit with an F7A at each end, that could be a plausible model. Just kidding. I do admire your ability to paint and model so many diverse items.
Regards, John *********************
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 2:19:11 PM
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I love it, Jerry! No room for gas anymore, but what the heck. Every short line should have at least one.
Btw, is there a drive train in it or is it just a dummy?
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 3:50:03 PM
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quote:I love it, Jerry! No room for gas anymore, but what the heck. Every short line should have at least one.
Btw, is there a drive train in it or is it just a dummy?
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â March 04 2014Â :Â 2:19:11 PM
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You guys are waaay too generous
Gas, you say? Of course like the Gas Turbine, it will need a tender! And now you have me thinking....
Nelson....sadly this was a 'what-if?' exercise with the mish-mash of spare parts I had within reach, so it is a dummy. Probably poetic justice to that.
Although, all it would need (the easy way) would be a power truck off one of the old Bachmann DD40AX...if indeed there remain any working ones. Past that, I would probably base the tender on a F7 chassis and power it that way. it worked for steam engines, why not this?
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 1:38:44 PM
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Actually, the fuel tank looks about the same size as the one on the FM Trainmaster. Not sure what kind of cruising range those beasts had, tho a fuel tender would be funny.
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 1:52:18 PM
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Jerry, I don't mean to assign homework or anything, but I think a fuel tender would really look cool!
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 3:47:33 PM
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quote:Jerry, I don't mean to assign homework or anything, but I think a fuel tender would really look cool!
Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 07 2014 : 1:52:18 PM
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This would probably be the first time in my life I would enjoy doing homework
Nelson and shaggy - I have been giving a lot of thought to building a tender for this thing. It's going to happen, I can feel it
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Posted - March 22 2014 : 9:01:00 PM
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Well the 'fuel tender' is just about done, all it's lacking are decals. I had an OLD Athearn F7 chassis with the "dual geared" power trucks that lacked a motor - and I had a Proto 1000 motor that needed something to do. So I married them together and miracle of miracles it runs. Lacks flywheels but there was no room for them, and it soldiers on pretty well without them. I think the gear ratio in these old geared power trucks is way different from the later Blue Box power trucks, because it prefers to crawl, almost like it has those Ernst super gears.
This will never be accused of being a "quiet, smooth runner" but it fits the locos personality
I'll post pics in a new thread when I get the decals on, probably tomorrow.
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 6:20:48 PM
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Here's a thread from the Diesel Detailer forum with some cool RS bashes using AHM RS-2 shells and GP18 chassis.
http://dieseldetailer.proboards.com/thread/4781/weird-bashed-alcos
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Posted - October 10 2014 : 06:16:35 AM
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This thread needs to be stickied!
Starting my Tyco and other favorites collection over again after 37 years.
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Posted - October 26 2014 : 1:19:54 PM
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SCL's odd ball Alco. Alco S-1 with a SW-series EMD hood unit. Be a fun little project.
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