shortliner Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_zIJVqWbo&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Well that was an bit different to say the least... :0() Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Yow! That's 100% classic -8 GE firebreather. The videographer must have been living right to get that kind of video of the thing though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Not entirely limited to GE: http://photos.greatr...te&page=2&key= Shame it happened to that engine, Waterville shops put quite a lot of time into recreating the old MEC colour scheme. With those axle-mounted motors, you could free up enough space in the engine area for a miniature flame generator, though how you would avoid a total melt-down is perhaps an issue. Maybe you could use an old Hobbytown or Cary casting. Sure the detail's not as good as today's offerings, but nobody's going to be counting rivets when the flames start! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh wizard Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I have got close with a certain manufacturers decoders (no names no pack drill) when they first came out ! smoke and lights and my loco was fitted with neither at the time !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Grant 4472 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 GE recaptures the Alco look. 'I love the smell of burning plastic in the morning' Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine coast Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I managed a similar effect many years ago .....a battery powered garden loco in flames.....very impressive...combination of heavy draw motor ...high amp battery ....thin wire.. . Regards Trevor .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Another case of fitting Craigs quote - "The videographer must have been living right to get that kind of video of the thing though." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCk21G2LR-M ...and this guy wasn't living quite so right http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP9rqpVrFEw&feature=endscreen&NR=1 .and this is a little different - not a loco in this case http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3WKTwHpIU&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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