Allegheny1600 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 We can't miss out the current most important diesel builder, can we!?! Not a brilliant picture I'm afraid but this is (I think!) the diesel that "did it" for GE, the U25B (Universal 2500Hp B truck). This model is an Oriental brass model that I eventually tracked down and bought close to the end of my C&O interest. At this time, the Stewart plastic model was very rare indeed and I simply could not get one. Here is a Dash 8-40C. The dash 8's had 1980's technology with 4000Hp and C trucks. Actually, the C&NW and GE played around with the horsepower setting on these great locos so this is really a Dash 8-42C! (an extra 200Hp!). Atlas model with Lenz Silver decoder, runs like a dream. Now we have one of the first American "wide cabs", a Dash 9-44CW - 1990's technology, 4400Hp C trucks, Wide cab. I think this was my first ever Kato loco and I did do as much detailing on it as I could, at the time (probably 20+ years ago!). You can hardly see inside the cab with my photo but there is an engineer and secondman, they have "clutches", newspapers, clipboards, dispatcher sheets and so forth. Naturally, it has typically Kato running AND huge hauling abilities. Cheers, John. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Stewart Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Here is my GE collection, there is a pair of u23b's and a pair of u18b's, only one u18b shown the other is in the shop for upgraded handrails. All made from brass kits and of course S scale Colin 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted November 14, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2016 I'm a GE fan and of all the US diesel builders GE are my favourite. I loved the slightly homespun look of the U Boats and Dash-7 line, then I thought the Dash-8 line had a very clean cut style that I preferred to the SD60. I love the GE wide cabs, while I loved the early EMD widecabs (even the triclops) I found the later versions a bit odd looking. That said, the Tier IV EMD design seems to be returning to form and looks to be a big improvement over the SD70ACe style. My current GE fleet includes: Southern Pacific B39-8E Conrail C40-8W Amtrak P42 CSX C30-7 CSX AC44CW CSX AC60CW CNW AC44CW Chessie B30-7 Burlington Northern C30-7 PRR U25C NYS&W B40-8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I've got a G scale u boat but can't find a photo and all my garden railway stock is now in winter storage. I do have a not great photo of my 44 tonner. UP did have just the one 44 tonner and this is a genuine livery. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 She might be small but she pulls well. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) My one and only GE, an Atlas U30B. U-boats are my favourite GE locos. Edited November 15, 2016 by Alcanman 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryten65 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) Found this one lurking on a shelf in the garage, i think it's a railpower B30-7 shell from many moons ago Edited November 15, 2016 by kryten65 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 My O scale GE. An undecorated model I've bought from Richard Yoder company. After being a french model with buffers and screw link couplers, I changed my mind and it returned into an american model with new (styrene) pilots, a V strip, a number on the cab and weathering 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) Found some better pictures of my GE locos. I know U boats never wore warbonnet livery but I couldn't resist it. This is obviously a heritage line which also explains the somewhat odd coaching stock as well. Edited November 16, 2016 by Chris M 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikjd Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Another current O scale project ....... An Atlas U23B morphing into a PC U33B. Mick. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45T-2 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 7 Stewart U25Bs, mostly MEC; Stewart U28B - EsPee; ALCo U25B - Espee; 2 Kato Dash 9s - EsPee; 2 Lionel H0 U18Bs - one in CP "Pacman", the other a repaint from SOO to MEC; appropriately they both have General electric motors; Intermountain U18B - MEC; Broadway Blueline AC6000 - EsPee; Atlas U33C - EsPee; 2 Bachmann 44-Tonners - MEC; Athearn C44-9W - Espee 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Although I previously mentioned the GE Steeplecab in the Alco thread as they were sub contracted to build the bodies, it isn't called a GE Steeplecab for nothing.... This is my CAD design for a 50 to 62 ton loco: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 None again, in my case just like the Soo Line, who had 10 U30Cs in about 1968 when EMD couldn't supply SD40s fast enough. The U30Cs lasted about a decade & Soo Line couldn't wait to get rid of them, they were so unreliable! Clearly things have changed since then for GE, but just as I said I'm not into antiques (except F-Units for the Pedantics) I'm not into current locos much either. This thread is a useful explanation of what all those Dash-8 & Dash-9 numbers mean, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 (edited) I only have one GE now B30-7, but in a not so distant past, I was a wash with them!!! Ray Edited November 17, 2016 by long island jack 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I have only owned one GE, an Atlas U33C, which has now moved on to a new home. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodfang846 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 a recent purchase,U23B 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) A dodgy pic of my B40-8 having a play on Ray's End of the Spur last year. Just found a better pic; On an English MPD layout! (Jack Taylor's Tighte End Yard) Edited October 19, 2020 by newbryford 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 GE B23- 7 in CSX 'stealth' paint scheme on my old Marlborough Branch layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 16 hours ago, newbryford said: A dodgy pic of my B40-8 having a play on Ray's End of the Spur last year. Just found a better pic; On an English MPD layout! (Jack Taylor's Tighte End Yard) I have a GP35 in the same livery. Most of the photos I've seen have the shield painted out too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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