BigE
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Does anyone know the exact make and model of the real thing?
I would like to find out the details on all my engines if possible.
I think I figured this one out.
It appears to be a GE U25B.
E
Does anyone know the exact make and model of the real thing?
I would like to find out the details on all my engines if possible.
I think I figured this one out.
It appears to be a GE U25B.
E
Hey BigE,
Post your pictures of your locomotives, you will be surprised how much the experts on here can tell you about them.
Myself I am terrible at identifying locomotives, I need to get one of those diesel spotters guides.
Close. It's a U25C. Here's a link to the current version of your old one:
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Rivarossi-HO-U25C-NP-DCC-p/riv-hr2527.htm
Yes, the one I linked to is the new, improved version. Yours should have a three pole motor inside the cab, with a driveshaft going to a gearbox in the middle inside the hood, which goes through a series of gears to a pair of driveshafts, under the engine, one going to each truck. The outer axles on each truck should be powered, with the center axle being an unpowered set.Maybe those are what's in the real picture.
But mine doesn't have the 2 raised boxes behind the horns.
Mine also doesn't have the mesh panel doors behind the cab. Mine are solid panels like the 25B.
Here is a pic of mine.
Sorry, I haven't gotten used to having a camera again after so many years.View attachment 48089
I like the Chessie BigE, but it would be better if it were a Chessie/B&O, but I am biased.
Bed time for me.
Have a good night everybody!
Yes, the one I linked to is the new, improved version. Yours should have a three pole motor inside the cab, with a driveshaft going to a gearbox in the middle inside the hood, which goes through a series of gears to a pair of driveshafts, under the engine, one going to each truck. The outer axles on each truck should be powered, with the center axle being an unpowered set.
The coulers are kind of strange, but you can probably figure out something that will work, like a Kadee 36-37 or similar.
Ohh wait! ha ha! Here is mine!
Hello BigE, the engine sounds would be nice! I may get DCC some day......just using good old DC for now.VERY NICE AND COOL.
Cooler yet is you a picture of the real one to go along with the scale one.
Get some cold startup and idling sounds and I'll start drooling.
E.
Hello BigE, the engine sounds would be nice! I may get DCC some day......just using good old DC for now.
You have a nice looking fleet yourself!Just go to youtube and search on anything SD40-2, GP38, SD70-AC, DDA40X and startup and you'll be drooling as well. They tell me I/you can put sound in DC engines but I've already seen too many DCC coolnesses and what extra effects DCC can add.... well, I just had to jump in. Having said that, none of my stuff, DCC or DC, has any sounds at all.
Had I known they didn't come with sound already, I'd happily have shelled out the extra 50 or so and be done with it. I don't mind getting my hands dirty with something new at all. It's just been a REALLY long time since I've dealt with digital electronics at this level.
Yes, I'm very new to DCC as well.
Eric.
You have a nice looking fleet yourself!
I want to get a couple SD40-2. Most of my 31 locos are the modern GE 4400 HP series. With this new csx today now have fourteen of them.....all Katos. I have found Kato N scale engines to be the best and most trouble free. But even kato's aren't perfect. I have a previously owned one that the worm gears make a major clunking noise only when pulling a load. I can probably fix it.The only DCC units I got was the SD40-2 CSX "Dark Future",
E.
I want to get a couple SD40-2. Most of my 31 locos are the modern GE 4400 HP series. With this new csx today now have fourteen of them.....all Katos. I have found Kato N scale engines to be the best and most trouble free. But even kato's aren't perfect. I have a previously owned one that the worm gears make a major clunking noise only when pulling a load. I can probably fix it.
Here;s a link to a parts engine:You are correct about the driveshafts to the front and rears trucks. Those are what's missing. It sounds smooth to put the power to it so I know it wants to go. I think it would be a good runner myself. This is an old one so it's DC only.
The couplers on mine look like the hook type with that lower point cut off. I have a few other cars like that as well.
Got a lead on where I get driveshafts for it? I did some searching a few weeks but wasn't sure.
E.