gridwatcher Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Without wanting to be obtuse..... here are some! Alco and Bombardier in manufacturing name...and there is an MLW somewhere if I can find the photo.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Aaaah, first morning in Portugal, woken to the sound of an Alco crossing the harbour bridge in Faro. Great holiday. Class 50s (well, squashed up a bit) too. Luckily US Hobbies catalogue (yes, O-scale) RSC truck never got made or I might have spent time and money away from the D&H. Gridwatcher, did we discuss my Portuguese holiday collection some time ago? Regret house move interrupted, still got it. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Aaaah, first morning in Portugal, woken to the sound of an Alco crossing the harbour bridge in Faro. Great holiday. Class 50s (well, squashed up a bit) too. Luckily US Hobbies catalogue (yes, O-scale) RSC truck never got made or I might have spent time and money away from the D&H. Gridwatcher, did we discuss my Portuguese holiday collection some time ago? Regret house move interrupted, still got it. Jason We have moved on (not sure if you have seen thread) but there is a Portuguese layout Campo De Leste (Eastfield (sic!)) on the show circuit in the UK. Thread is in Overseas modelling and then Portuguese Modelling.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Nice CP locomotives! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) I have got other CP Alcos...... but they are RED! This one is rather fanciful Overland Brass number which is in a 'what if - livery' I bought it like this very cheaply and cannot bring myself to repaint it. Fitted sound and a very big speaker too. It sounds immense! and these two in rather more accurate livery! Edited October 13, 2017 by gridwatcher 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-59 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Two Flag was always my favorite CP scheme. And the last ALCOs were retried right around the time it was introduced IIRC, so not as wild as some schemes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 CN always had the better paint jobs, but I'm not averse to pacman. Anything looks good on an Alco though (except SP daylight, but that looks rubbish on all diesels). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2017 Do you mind!!??? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Two Flag was always my favorite CP scheme. And the last ALCOs were retried right around the time it was introduced IIRC, so not as wild as some schemes. The "two flags/CP Rail System" logo is my constant reminder that this signified CP's full takeover of the Soo Line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2017 For a sophisticated gentleman like yourself, senhor Zom, we do the dignified paint job, you like? (Bit of work still to do on this one) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Two Flag was always my favorite CP scheme. And the last ALCOs were retried right around the time it was introduced IIRC, so not as wild as some schemes. That was the rationale of the guy who had it. He reckoned it was possible if they had had a 6 month reprieve....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 That was the rationale of the guy who had it. He reckoned it was possible if they had had a 6 month reprieve....! Perfectly possible as one or two of the Alcos were about at least 6 months after the 2 flag scheme was introduced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Perfectly possible as one or two of the Alcos were about at least 6 months after the 2 flag scheme was introduced. Further investigation shows Sd40-2F 9000 was painted in dual flag May 1993 and one of the last Big Alcos lasted to August 1995, over two years of an overlap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-59 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 The "two flags/CP Rail System" logo is my constant reminder that this signified CP's full takeover of the Soo Line. I'm too young to remember the Soo being independent. I just have fond memories of new AC4400s and smart looking SD40-2 in two flag mixing in with plenty of unrepainted Soo units. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 For a sophisticated gentleman like yourself, senhor Zom, we do the dignified paint job, you like? (Bit of work still to do on this one) 51FE2F9C-9F82-4E6D-A55E-0AA1AB2B87E2.jpegMuch better than daylight Though to be fair your daylight model is not as bad as I thought. Probably because it's a PA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted October 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2017 Alco PAs and FAs look good in any livery (well, within reason....). The best orange liveries IMO were some of those used by the Milwaukee road, I recently bought an FM C-Liner in Milwaukee orange which is quite splendid, the mighty Little Joe electrics looked tremendous in the orange/black livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-59 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I do think daylight looked a lot better on the PAs than the Es and Fs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 For my money, Great Northern Orange/ Green is the finest orange paint scheme ever used. My RS2 (3? Not sure off the top of my head) is GN Orange, but I can't find a picture now, and I'm not going to get it out of the box specially... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Talking of GN Alcos, an Atlas O-scale T'man RS3 passed thru my hands at the Winchester Meet yesterday. An HO modeller there was fond of it - and on the brink - 'cos he had the HO version, same road number.... Anyway, some kind soul purchased it and he was able to stand tall again. Didn't sell the RSD15 though ... £150. More pics on the Winchester Meet thread later Jason 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Talking of PA's here is the classiest livery they carried(in my humble opinion)doing what Alcos do best, putting on a show. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 ...and people worry about exhaust emissions from cars, these days!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 What terrific machines... It's no wonder those 244s broke so much, though. When they're running properly they smoke like that and sound like a washing machine full of spanners, so how could you tell the difference when they're not running properly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2017 What terrific machines... It's no wonder those 244s broke so much, though. When they're running properly they smoke like that and sound like a washing machine full of spanners, so how could you tell the difference when they're not running properly? Weren't the D&H PA4s rebuilt with 251 engines? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Great pic to start the day! Good job I didn't see it last night or I wouldn't have slept easily fretting over the half-built pair in the garage.... They were rebuilt, the book covering this has been republished, I'll dig out the details. First rode behind them in 1974(!), still modelling the D&H. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Great. Now I need some BLI PA's in Southern Green. Thanks guys! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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