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Post by T on Dec 18, 2015 23:04:40 GMT -5
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Post by MitchGDRMCo on Dec 18, 2015 23:34:08 GMT -5
Maybe the last one (tho the Facebook page doesn't work for me), you can't call real world locomotives freelanced.
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Post by T on Dec 19, 2015 8:07:56 GMT -5
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Post by T on Dec 19, 2015 11:32:00 GMT -5
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Post by T on Dec 19, 2015 11:33:36 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 13:02:51 GMT -5
Tom nope nope nope and this page isn't available |
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Post by jmlaboda on Dec 19, 2015 18:14:47 GMT -5
Seems to be hit and miss... the first time I tried the link I received a 404 error but knowing Facebook is having problems I tried it a second time and got the page. The down side... apparently you have to be a member to see anything other than whose a member and the top photo of the Group. Not sure I would call the Cummins engine anything freelanced since it is a prototypical locomotive. That said the race is wide open when it comes to the idea of freelanced locomotives being done, what with the many variations smaller rebuilders and manufacturers have done. Some Gensets have interesting looks to them, Such as the Brookville GS1400 and the former Republic line of switcher rebuilds... there is a lot that can be inspired from just those two lines as far as switchers go and even more when you look at some approaches to larger Gensets and hood unit rebuilds go. The Peoria Locomotive Works Cat-powered rebuilds, the CN SW1200RSm/SW14s and the Santa Fe Beep are other examples. And Progress Rail offers some ideas as to what freelanced heavier locomotives might be based on. Prototype roads are providing inspiration... all one has to do is go looking for it. Some could be traditional, some could be cutting edge, depending on the thinking of the company (modeler). Before I decided to go steam and heavy electric I had plans on copying some of the attempts to rebuild locomotives for my own lines, who could easily have started a Capital Rebuild Program to save money while extending the life of locomotives, in a lot of ways the only limit is a modeler's imagination... and a bit more than average talent to accomplish what is imagined. |
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Post by lyled1117 on Dec 19, 2015 20:17:27 GMT -5
While not images of the present form, here's EMD92, an SD89. I photographed it in Galesburg, IL in June of 2004. It was a demo for a 12 cylinder loco, no orders were generated.   |
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