Slugs & Bugs (B-units)

[wheeler1963]

Boy this thread petered out....I guess I will have to post some of my slug units I have acquired over the years....

Although some the posts here are amazing examples of work on the slugs and B units...wow.

James, OK I'll bite. Pay close attention to the front 3 units.

 

[Alcomotive]

Shall I ask for dibs on one?

 

[wheeler1963]

Shall I ask for dibs on one?

Mayhap!!!!

 

[Alcomotive]

 

[Alcomotive]

 

[Alcomotive]

 

[Alcomotive]

I like this one for sure!

 

[Alcomotive]

How about this big o'l slug? LOL joking...

 

[wheeler1963]

Thinking more along the lines oh an ALCO.......................

 

[santafewillie]

Athearn put out some nice GP60B units a few years ago. ATSF had 23 0f them. Here's two from my railroad.

 

[wheeler1963]

Athearn put out some nice GP60B units a few years ago. ATSF had 23 0f them. Here's two from my railroad.
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Willie, love them. I have 6 total GP60's and GP60B's. They are mixed SF & BNSF. I started patching them for my A&P. I need to revisit them soon.

 

[Alcomotive]

Willie, love them. I have 6 total GP60's and GP60B's. They are mixed SF & BNSF. I started patching them for my A&P. I need to revisit them soon.

Ya need to post them!

 

[Greg@mnrr]

I watched an "Engineer" operate a remote contol slug in a yard in Upper Michigan a few years ago. He used a control system similar to those used for remote control models. He was very talented in running the slug in the smaller yard and fun to watch from the sidewalk.

Greg

 

[beiland]

Athearn put out some nice GP60B units a few years ago. ATSF had 23 0f them. Here's two from my railroad.
View attachment 40457

I think I have one of those around somewhere?

 

[beiland]

I love that DL109 loco that Proto1000 did,...the only DL109 in plastic, ...particularly the Santa Fe one. SF was one of the few lines that had a B-unit for that engine, so I gathered up a few extra to kitbash into a powered B-unit
https://modelrailroadforums.com/for...20-and-a-b-unit-for-dl-109.21934/#post-279599

But I have yet to finish that project. In the meantime I bought a BLI B-unit that looks almost like it belongs behind that A-unit,...and it has sound & DCC already in it.

 

[Alcomotive]

I love that DL109 loco that Proto1000 did,...the only DL109 in plastic, ...particularly the Santa Fe one. SF was one of the few lines that had a B-unit for that engine, so I gathered up a few extra to kitbash into a powered B-unit
https://modelrailroadforums.com/for...20-and-a-b-unit-for-dl-109.21934/#post-279599

But I have yet to finish that project. In the meantime I bought a BLI B-unit that looks almost like it belongs behind that A-unit,...and it has sound & DCC already in it.
View attachment 120421

I always liked the DL-107s thru 110s even though UP never had them I thought the nose on them were awesome!

A units (cabs)[edit]

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Model
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	1	50	DL-107
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	2	14A, 14B	DL-107
Chicago and North Western Railway	1	5007A	DL-107
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	1	624	DL-103b
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	1	622	DL-105
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	2	621, 623	DL-107
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	2	270, 271	DL-105
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	1	272	DL-109
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	60	0700–0759	DL-109
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (Southern Railway)	2	6400, 6401	DL-107
Southern Railway	1	2904	DL-109

B units (cabless boosters)[edit]

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Model
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	1	50A	DL-108
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (Southern Railway)	2	6425, 6426	DL-108
Southern Railway	1	2954	DL-110

ALCO DL-109 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Alcomotive]

Been quiet in here...crickets......

 

[kbkchooch]

Since ALCO is so skeered of crickets, I'd thought I would case a bit of noise . CSX RMDT 2225 has been around for quite some time, but never appeared on this thread. It's a Proto GP30 that has had its fans removed and doors plated over as per the prototype. The remaining doors at the aft end have had louvers installed , and she kept her dynamic fan, all per CSX practices. I did 3 of these at one time (all appearing in an RMC article) 1 I decorated in the clob scheme, I was painted in a Chessie fantasy scheme by its eventual owner and the 3rd unit I did the CSX paint. Sharp eyed folks also spot the artistic license I took with the "mother" unit.

 

[Alcomotive]

Since ALCO is so skeered of crickets, I'd thought I would case a bit of noise . CSX RMDT 2225 has been around for quite some time, but never appeared on this thread. It's a Proto GP30 that has had its fans removed and doors plated over as per the prototype. The remaining doors at the aft end have had louvers installed , and she kept her dynamic fan, all per CSX practices. I did 3 of these at one time (all appearing in an RMC article) 1 I decorated in the clob scheme, I was painted in a Chessie fantasy scheme by its eventual owner and the 3rd unit I did the CSX paint. Sharp eyed folks also spot the artistic license I took with the "mother" unit.View attachment 122085
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Karl,


There is a place called Wildwood Fl....they had and may still have them.... there are a few CSX GP30s 2 of them are slugs. One of them literally has concrete poured in the fuel tank reservoir! I don't understand that but they did it....if you do a google of it on google maps you can see some shots of them. It's just an hour north of Plant City Fl where the double diamond crossings are..... I used to hang out there too for some RR action.

 

[santafewillie]

One of them literally has concrete poured in the fuel tank reservoir! I don't understand that but they did it.

Since they don't have diesel engines in them, the concrete was added to most slugs to add weight for traction.