mikjd Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Yes, we should be talking about EMDs... You've got no soul man ..... The next thing you'll be modelling one of those brightly coloured railroads west of the Appalachian's !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 About EMD, why not to open a thread? 1st generation locos are nice too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Easily Made Disinteresting? I thought it was "Every Model Different" You've got no soul man ..... The next thing you'll be modelling one of those brightly coloured railroads west of the Appalachian's !! YOO Betcha..!! Were there any worth knowing about? All of 'em, up to about SD60.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 EMD just don't have the same character as ALCos, what with their tedious reliability and ubiquity. Give me a spluttery loco with a 50% chance of actually getting there any day. At least in model form... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) Back to Alco's - just finishing this one off. Picked up a Bachmann Sound Value S4 at Armitage freemo, kept the (SP tiger) striping, removed the footboards, replaced the speaker with a pair of cut down iphone ones, altered the headlights to sealed beam style, added a crew, and gave it a blue dip - it'll be a second switcher for Nucor as an alternate to the existing MP15 (in the background)After numbering it #13 I wondered if crews would get superstitious, then decided the crews had unofficially named it 'lucky'. The only thing is the pale blue and stripes end up looking a bit closer to British Steel's ones than i'd have preferred! I haven't got loads of Alco's, but I do also have an Indiana Hirail RSD15 (BLI), BN and N&W C425s (elderly Atlas/Kato models) and a pair of IC C636s. Edited October 15, 2016 by Glorious NSE 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Give me a spluttery loco with a 50% chance of actually getting there any day. At least in model form... Heck, sometimes it feels like ALL of my model locos perform like that..!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 A pair of Bachmann Alco Moguls. I think they'll need a lot of tinkering to get them to run properly. IMAG1262_1.jpg I have the non sound version, fitted with a Zimo decoder it runs very well but has limited haulage capability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Back to Alco's - just finishing this one off. Picked up a Bachmann Sound Value S4 at Armitage freemo, kept the (SP tiger) striping, removed the footboards, replaced the speaker with a pair of cut down iphone ones, altered the headlights to sealed beam style, added a crew, and gave it a blue dip - it'll be a second switcher for Nucor as an alternate to the existing MP15 (in the background) After numbering it #13 I wondered if crews would get superstitious, then decided the crews had unofficially named it 'lucky'. The only thing is the pale blue and stripes end up looking a bit closer to British Steel's ones than i'd have preferred! 14650671_10157727926940294_97076669872666290_n.jpg I haven't got loads of Alco's, but I do also have an Indiana Hirail RSD15 (BLI), BN and N&W C425s (elderly Atlas/Kato models) and a pair of IC C636s. Your #13 is nice! I have several old Atlas/Kato drive models. Their running is fantastic They are from the 80's but they still run perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Your #13 is nice! I have several old Atlas/Kato drive models. Their running is fantastic They are from the 80's but they still run perfectly. Thanks Yep that's the main reason they are still on the roster and warranted the effort of DCC hardwiring etc, when other, sometimes younger loco's I had have been either dummied, broken up for parts or sold off - they are better runners than many later models due to that lovely Kato drivetrain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandealco Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Here's the latest to leave the workshop, former CV RS-11 3612 lettered for the Lamoille Valley. A couple more weathering touches needed after looking at the photos. I've used an RS-3 fuel tank which is closer to the prototype than the RS-11 one and I've modified the trucks to look like the lightweight DoFaSCo version. These are unique RS-11's in that they had the dynamic brakes in the short hood. Cheers Steve NZ 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45T-2 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Were there any worth knowing about? The Southern Pacific - California's own road: directions all relative to San Francisco, MP 0.0 at the end of the platforms in San Fran; lighting packages to make a rally driver jealous; Cab-Forwards; Tunnel Motors; SD45s; Kodachrome colour scheme. and "The United States is bounded on the east, west and south by the S.P. and on the north by Canada." Need I add anything else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45T-2 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Do ALCo brass models count? I've got a few - an NW SD40, EsPee SD45T-2, and a couple of Geeps. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Do ALCo brass models count? I've got a few - an NW SD40, EsPee SD45T-2, and a couple of Geeps. Yes of course brass models are welcome too but only Alcos here please. SD40 and SD45T-2 are from EMD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Here's the latest to leave the workshop, former CV RS-11 3612 lettered for the Lamoille Valley. A couple more weathering touches needed after looking at the photos. I've used an RS-3 fuel tank which is closer to the prototype than the RS-11 one and I've modified the trucks to look like the lightweight DoFaSCo version. These are unique RS-11's in that they had the dynamic brakes in the short hood. Cheers Steve NZ 3612 Now runs on the York Durham RR two more ex CV RS11 still exist, 3600/04 are with the GVT as 1800 and 1804 lettered for one of GVT's other roads. 3605 went to the Winchester and Western but as to it's current status? 3608 had a low nose, finally 3609 was written off and then the number used again for an ex NW RS11. 3614 was issued to a GP18 and then an RS11. So for such a small class of MLW built RS11's they've carried several interesting liveries under the CN/CV/DWP flag and covered alot of the midwest and 3 are still running at 60 years old! Edited October 22, 2016 by w124bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 The Southern Pacific - California's own road: directions all relative to San Francisco, MP 0.0 at the end of the platforms in San Fran; lighting packages to make a rally driver jealous; Cab-Forwards; Tunnel Motors; SD45s; Kodachrome colour scheme. and "The United States is bounded on the east, west and south by the S.P. and on the north by Canada." Need I add anything else? That they did have some Alco's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Well, you might explain why, if they were so good, they had to be bailed out by someone else... I seem to recall that even the great Pennsy had this happen to it!!!! Along with it's successor. And that roads successor (well! broken up, anyway!) Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Back to Alcos.... a Company that still has a roster that is almost entirely Alco (& some GE) is the Minnesota Commercial Railway, located in the Twin Cities. They have the last two Alco RS27s in existance on their books. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/575535/ Edited October 24, 2016 by F-UnitMad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandealco Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) This is MNNR 318, as F-UnitMad said, the last 2 RS-27's are on the MNNR, both are former GB&W and prior to that were on the C&NW. I built this for one of my sons. Much rather work on N-scale models. Cheers Steve NZ Edited October 24, 2016 by mandealco 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45T-2 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Yes of course brass models are welcome too but only Alcos here please. SD40 and SD45T-2 are from EMD. ALCo is the importer for these models; I'm well aware that 12"2-to-the-foot SDs are EMD units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45T-2 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Well, you might explain why, if they were so good, they had to be bailed out by someone else... Put simply, the ICC and the ATSF (yeugh, must wash my hands) all but bankrputed the EsPee in the 1980s and the Yellow Peril picked over the bones a decade later; though technically the Peril was merged INTO the EsPee, thereby becoming the Fallen Flag. Oh and TOPS came from San Francisco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 This is MNNR 318, as F-UnitMad said, the last 2 RS-27's are on the MNNR, both are former GB&W and prior to that were on the C&NW. I built this for one of my sons. Much rather work on N-scale models. Cheers Steve NZ A few years ago I did a model of the MNNR's EMD CF7 that it used to own; Athearn model in HO but won't post piccys of it on this Thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 This is MNNR 318, as F-UnitMad said, the last 2 RS-27's are on the MNNR, both are former GB&W and prior to that were on the C&NW. I built this for one of my sons. Much rather work on N-scale models. Cheers Steve NZ Waow! Very nice and fine model! Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-59 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 The New Haven was a big Alco customer. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I remembered a couple of shots on my phone of MLW power on our club layout "Springfield" the C424 is mine and has featured here before, the C630Ms belong to our former exhibition manager, Ian and are by Bowser. Nick 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I remembered a couple of shots on my phone of MLW power on our club layout "Springfield" the C424 is mine and has featured here before, the C630Ms belong to our former exhibition manager, Ian and are by Bowser. Alcos on Springfield I (web).JPG Alcos on Springfield II (web).JPG Nick Nice to see the C424 with the air filter mods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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