traiNscale
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my latest buy. Tower55 H0 Scale
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Thought you wrote "Poop" train.
Was thinking to myself it didn't look anything the sort.
"Toaster", "Swedish meatball", or what ever other nicknames were used for these Swedish designed speedsters. AEM7 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Scratch built E33, way before Bachmann thought of producing the model. My favorite American electric locomotive in my favorite paint scheme for them. Back in 1956-57 the Virginian ordered 12 of these from General Electric to replace ancient side rod powered "Square Heads", which have been working on that railroad since 1920s. These were AC/DC machines; using 11KV 25Hz single phase catenary to power DC motors via ignitron rectifiers to convert AC current to DC for the axle hung motors. The locomotives developed 3300hp with starting tractive effort of 98,500lbs and weight of 174 tons. Classed EL-C by the Virginian they worked untill Virginian was swallowed up by Norfolk and Western at the end of 1959. One unit was actually repainted in NW scheme before it was decided to end electric operations in the summer of 1962. After brief testing on Pennsy, 11 units were bought by the New Haven (one unit was supposedly converted into a slug with mixed results). Unlike New Havens EP5 passenger electrics, which liked to catch fire, the EL-Cs, classed as EF4 by the New Haven were very successful and even with minimal maintenance very reliable. 10 units with the eleventh set for parts worked on New Haven untill 1969, when Penn Central took over operations. Penn Central (the fourth owner), quickly shipped them south to Wilmington electric shops in Delaware. There they received full Penn Central paint scheme and some minor modifications (mainly the removal of roof mounted high voltage buss to electrically connect two or more units). Now working on former Pennsy lines they were classed as E33 and worked along side of its more modern E44 brothers. In 1976 creation of Conrail all existing 10 units were still employed by the new giant, their fifth owner. Unfortunatelly do to politics Conrail took more and more freight off the electrified lines. The E33s were in storage by summer 1980, with Conrail shutting down the electric operations by spring of 1981. Two of the units were preserved, one is at the railroad museum in Roanoke, VA. That unit was repainted into its first scheme; Virginian, and it's in much better shape than the other one. The other unit still in its fading and chipping Conrail scheme (number 4601), was recently aquired by the museum in Rockford, IL. Prevoiusly it was sitting for several decades on a siding near Old Saybrook, CT. If one is to look closely at the one in Rockford, he will see the Penn Central black bleeding through Conrail red since the unit was not sand blasted before repainting. Even more interesting is the visible New Haven vermilion red with white stripes bleeding from under chipping Penn Central black, as PC also did not sand blast the units before repainting. No actual word on what paint scheme is planned for number 4601 yet, but rumors and well wishing abound. Since no New Haven electric locomotives were saved from scrapping, it would make sense to repaint that unit in a very nice vermilion scheme of that railroad. Personally i would preffer brand new Conrail "dress blues", but only time will tell.
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KriegslokBR52
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KriegslokBR52
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Santa Fe steam:
logandsawman
Northern Pacific history enthusiast
I took this shot for Front End Friday, but it seems like I posted it somewhere else...my NP 321 through Groningen, MN circa 1935
Dave LASM
Dave LASM
KriegslokBR52
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Mean face of the E60
Old 97
Hogger
I need glasses.
Thought you wrote "Poop" train.
Was thinking to myself it didn't look anything the sort.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
Br.03 & Br.95
KriegslokBR52
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"Toaster", "Swedish meatball", or what ever other nicknames were used for these Swedish designed speedsters. AEM7 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
TLOC
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Beautiful
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
Ge 4/4 III
KriegslokBR52
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Scratch built E33, way before Bachmann thought of producing the model. My favorite American electric locomotive in my favorite paint scheme for them. Back in 1956-57 the Virginian ordered 12 of these from General Electric to replace ancient side rod powered "Square Heads", which have been working on that railroad since 1920s. These were AC/DC machines; using 11KV 25Hz single phase catenary to power DC motors via ignitron rectifiers to convert AC current to DC for the axle hung motors. The locomotives developed 3300hp with starting tractive effort of 98,500lbs and weight of 174 tons. Classed EL-C by the Virginian they worked untill Virginian was swallowed up by Norfolk and Western at the end of 1959. One unit was actually repainted in NW scheme before it was decided to end electric operations in the summer of 1962. After brief testing on Pennsy, 11 units were bought by the New Haven (one unit was supposedly converted into a slug with mixed results). Unlike New Havens EP5 passenger electrics, which liked to catch fire, the EL-Cs, classed as EF4 by the New Haven were very successful and even with minimal maintenance very reliable. 10 units with the eleventh set for parts worked on New Haven untill 1969, when Penn Central took over operations. Penn Central (the fourth owner), quickly shipped them south to Wilmington electric shops in Delaware. There they received full Penn Central paint scheme and some minor modifications (mainly the removal of roof mounted high voltage buss to electrically connect two or more units). Now working on former Pennsy lines they were classed as E33 and worked along side of its more modern E44 brothers. In 1976 creation of Conrail all existing 10 units were still employed by the new giant, their fifth owner. Unfortunatelly do to politics Conrail took more and more freight off the electrified lines. The E33s were in storage by summer 1980, with Conrail shutting down the electric operations by spring of 1981. Two of the units were preserved, one is at the railroad museum in Roanoke, VA. That unit was repainted into its first scheme; Virginian, and it's in much better shape than the other one. The other unit still in its fading and chipping Conrail scheme (number 4601), was recently aquired by the museum in Rockford, IL. Prevoiusly it was sitting for several decades on a siding near Old Saybrook, CT. If one is to look closely at the one in Rockford, he will see the Penn Central black bleeding through Conrail red since the unit was not sand blasted before repainting. Even more interesting is the visible New Haven vermilion red with white stripes bleeding from under chipping Penn Central black, as PC also did not sand blast the units before repainting. No actual word on what paint scheme is planned for number 4601 yet, but rumors and well wishing abound. Since no New Haven electric locomotives were saved from scrapping, it would make sense to repaint that unit in a very nice vermilion scheme of that railroad. Personally i would preffer brand new Conrail "dress blues", but only time will tell.
kjd
Go make something!
C30-7 5050 is busy doing coal train things, leading another coal train through the rotary dumper. I built this one from an old undec Atlas model. I 3d printed a cab and trucks to match the real 5050 as it appeared circa 1996. I picked the number because I thought it would be funny to say, "Put ol' 5050 on the front, you'll probably make it!"
'Turns out, the joke was on me. I was trying to finish it up for a show in Lawrenceburg, IN, back in April. I was clear coating the underframe and trucks and had it sitting upside down on my little table where I paint. As I turned to set the airbrush down, I saw it rolling over toward the edge. It rolled over the edge and I caught it in my hand but it kept rolling and I dropped it again, then caught it again, it kept rolling and I almost caught it a third time but it hit the floor first. In the process broke all four sideframes and because it rolled across my hand twice, the fuel tank was covered in hand prints. Needless to say, it didn't make it that time. Sometimes you make it sometimes you don't...
A couple months later and it's almost done, it got new sideframes, the fuel tank was redone. It still needs a few more details on the frame but it's close.
'Turns out, the joke was on me. I was trying to finish it up for a show in Lawrenceburg, IN, back in April. I was clear coating the underframe and trucks and had it sitting upside down on my little table where I paint. As I turned to set the airbrush down, I saw it rolling over toward the edge. It rolled over the edge and I caught it in my hand but it kept rolling and I dropped it again, then caught it again, it kept rolling and I almost caught it a third time but it hit the floor first. In the process broke all four sideframes and because it rolled across my hand twice, the fuel tank was covered in hand prints. Needless to say, it didn't make it that time. Sometimes you make it sometimes you don't...
A couple months later and it's almost done, it got new sideframes, the fuel tank was redone. It still needs a few more details on the frame but it's close.
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