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 Posted - December 18 2010 : 11:29:06 PM
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Lets see the biggest locomotives out there.
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 07:08:16 AM
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heres mine a t1 ken
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 08:51:43 AM
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Here's my "Q" DD40 (single motor)
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 08:56:57 AM
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My big three...
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 09:12:08 AM
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This is not my Engine, but I have such one under construction! Alleghany 2-6-6-6. - Erich
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 10:20:04 AM
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 cool I don't have any  Do want the old Bachmann Centennials  Only pics I have are the REAL ones
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 10:46:05 AM
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A Big Boy
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 11:34:08 AM
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Wow, I don't think a single one of those would fit on my tight curved layout!
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 3:58:08 PM
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Heh, Big Boy #4005 sure does get around eh? Judging by condition, I surmise this picture was taken sometime (probably long) before Shaygetz caught it in his hometown...
(A haunt find from a few weeks ago; my most expensive one at that since we both knew what we had, but still got a great deal. She was the victim of some previous owner's horrible kludge job attempting a can-motor retrofit, but I was able to fix all the issues and she runs like a knockout).
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 9:26:21 PM
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I miss posting in these, time to get back into it I have backlog of new stuff to show off lol.
Local hobby shop had these once. Me & my friend sorta debated on them, and we went back a week or two later and they were all gone. This time we got the jump. I grabbed two and he grabbed the third. I don't usually buy brand new from the hobby shop. But we live less than 2 miles from B&LE's mainline and have seen these engines in person before. It was just one of those things ;)
One of them alone dwarfs any of our other diesels. Heck we had to change some of the track work just they would make the turns!
Scaling it back to some old school stuff. My T1 is still probably the single hardest pulling loco I own.
I really love my Riv 2-8-8-0, but its been down forever waiting for its new can motor to go in. Tony I'd like to see how you redid the motor in that big boy sometime. Best I could manage was a huge can motor out the back and I'm less than enthused about it
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 9:38:23 PM
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Well, the original GG1 was a fairly long engine, although the Tyco version has been made into a shorty, you can just "imagine" the size.  here's my Amtrak family acquired this weekend, I just got the GG1 running tonight, after unsticking one of the brushes from the armature. It's big in stature, if not in size, in this photo.
All three of these run, the GG1 needed some persuasion, but they're all moving now.
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Posted - December 19 2010 : 11:02:38 PM
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I don't know whether to post this here or in the "make Microbusss jealous" thread. Anyway, here's an old Bachmann Centennial:
Here's another big old Bachmann, the 4-8-4 Northern:
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Posted - December 20 2010 : 08:53:31 AM
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| you DID B77 cause that the EXACT number one I wants! Real one is in North Platte next to #3977 Challenger
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Posted - December 20 2010 : 09:39:05 AM
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quote:Tony I'd like to see how you redid the motor in that big boy sometime. Best I could manage was a huge can motor out the back and I'm less than enthused about it
Originally posted by ChrisCÂ -Â December 19 2010Â :Â 9:26:21 PM
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Might be a while before I can show it, but here's more info. As you know the driveshaft runs down the engineer's side of the boiler. The can motor conversion was attempted, with a HUGE motor. Can't remember the size, manufacturer, or specs... but I think it dates to the mid-90's. Wonderful motor, powerful and butter-smooth... but a big ol' bastard. Like D-cell size. It stuck so far out of the cab that the previous owner removed the front of the tender so the motor could extend into that!  
How he ever expected that to work is a mystery. It didn't. And it looked terrible. As stupid as that was, at least he was smart enough to save all the parts.
So the mount for the can motor was a homemade L-bracket fashioned out of aluminum. The foot of the bracket attached to the BigBoy chassis within the firebox; part of the zamac weight was removed to mount this low to provide sufficient clearance for the motor. The vertical part of the bracket attaches to the front of the can motor, next to the output shaft.
Because of the offset driveshaft, the motor is mounted at an angle. A flexible coupling made of thick pneumatic tubing connects the motor to the gearbox.
So basically all I had to do was modify the bracket and flex coupling to allow the motor to mount closer and completely enclosed in the cab. The angle is fairly acute, but it works smoothly and doesn't bind or wobble. For the size of the motor and tightness of fit this might be a dumb luck miracle... it's right on the edge of operable tolerance. It only just barely fit... and I did have to shave quite a bit of material from inside the cab, the inside of the boiler, and the edges of the back wall of the cab (the only visible permanent mod). This is probably what the previous owner was afraid to do (by comparison, the front of the tender almost snaps off).
Because of some of the mods, attaching the shell to the chassis required cement to hold it in place... which is why I don't want to open it again if I don't have to.
Regardless, having installed it properly, it runs beautifully at all speeds AND displays perfectly, with all original parts and details intact.
I surmise a modern can motor of equivalent performance may be smaller, though, so mods might not be as difficult today.
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Posted - December 20 2010 : 6:50:42 PM
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My biggest is still my Rivarossi Cab-Forward 
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Posted - December 21 2010 : 01:19:15 AM
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quote:
So the mount for the can motor was a homemade L-bracket fashioned out of aluminum. The foot of the bracket attached to the BigBoy chassis within the firebox; part of the zamac weight was removed to mount this low to provide sufficient clearance for the motor. The vertical part of the bracket attaches to the front of the can motor, next to the output shaft.
Because of the offset driveshaft, the motor is mounted at an angle. A flexible coupling made of thick pneumatic tubing connects the motor to the gearbox.
Originally posted by spiderj76Â -Â December 20 2010Â :Â 09:39:05 AM
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Great minds think alike something something lol. Done several months ago...
I had a rough idea of what had to be done just from looking at motors that others had used in similar Rivarossi's. Found the bracket out in the garage. Made the larger hole in a drill press, motor snugs into it nicely. And I have some small lawn mower fuel line tubing that will serve as the drive shaft link. Previous owner put some type of puddy in the chassis to improve the weight, that's the gray crap you see. Mount was held in with a two part epoxy, it worked better than I could have hoped for. The motor I used wasn't quite as big as the one your described, but still bigger than I would like. However initial testing shows I won't have to mod the tender at all. I had to shave some material off the inside of the cab, this is acceptable to me. Due to the motor's size I'm going to take the liberty of painting it black to help hide the beast. Good news is its pulling power should be improved ten fold over the old motor. I ran into a small wiring issue, then other projects jumped in the way so this got parked several months ago. Though its due to get tossed back together soon.
Sorry didn't mean to hi-jack this. But maybe it will help others our there looking to give their Rivarossi's a boost
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 4:59:34 PM
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Not sure when I got it had to be like 3 years ago off eBay. It is not huge but I did not think another picture of a DD40 was appropriate and steam is not my thing. Not sure I want to assemble her, since I got alot of other engines I am working on.
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 5:14:39 PM
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| cool Pierce *wants*
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 6:35:18 PM
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Hehe I got 3 others 1 undecorated and 2 PC my dad had one that he bought probly in the 70's and I got the other 2 by sheer luck on eBay. They do pop up but get your wallet out if anyone else sees them.
well here is one on ebay in Pennsy I will not bid as my funds are tapped out... http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-AMERICAN-GK-E60-C-PENNSYLVANIA-ELECTRIC-LOCOMOTIVE-/360330390768?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item53e55d6cf0
Edited by - Pierce on December 22 2010 6:38:45 PM
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 6:39:46 PM
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| Hey Pierce. That is a cool looking engine. What is it and who's it made by?
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 6:56:23 PM
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| ohhh I guess I should have put that it is a E60CF It is made by a company in the 70's called American GK. They used a Athearn SD-9 running gear with there shell. I believe Walthers bought the molds and made them also but not sure I could be wrong. They also made another electric a E60CP which I think had 2 pantographs instead of one.
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 7:11:31 PM
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Here's a Broadway Limited AC 6000, I also have the blue version of this loco. The sound on this is fantastic.
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 8:27:39 PM
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quote:| ohhh I guess I should have put that it is a E60CF It is made by a company in the 70's called American GK. They used a Athearn SD-9 running gear with there shell. I believe Walthers bought the molds and made them also but not sure I could be wrong. They also made another electric a E60CP which I think had 2 pantographs instead of one. |
Ok thanks! Athearn was my guess...I've never heard of American GK. I'll have to keep my eyes open for one of them.
Nice paint scheme on that engine ER!
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Posted - December 22 2010 : 11:38:05 PM
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| Thanks Cheez, the blue one I have looks is nice too.
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Posted - December 23 2010 : 10:30:15 PM
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quote:ohhh I guess I should have put that it is a E60CF It is made by a company in the 70's called American GK. They used a Athearn SD-9 running gear with there shell. I believe Walthers bought the molds and made them also but not sure I could be wrong. They also made another electric a E60CP which I think had 2 pantographs instead of one.
Originally posted by Pierce - December 22 2010 : 6:56:23 PM
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I have put photos of my AGK E60CP at least twice here. It is a double ender, or a loco with a control cab on each end. it is longer than the CF version and yes it has 2 pentagraphs. I have reposted them in the Electric Locomotive thread.
frank
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Edited by - toptrain on December 23 2010 10:58:16 PM
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Posted - December 24 2010 : 09:52:09 AM
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Since it is CHRISTMAS EVE - THIS IS LOTW
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Posted - December 24 2010 : 10:03:27 AM
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Here's my largest
caboose 1
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