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Post by atsf90 on Dec 24, 2011 13:36:35 GMT -5
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Post by icghogger on Dec 24, 2011 14:45:46 GMT -5
Freakin' SWEET, Eric!!  |
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Post by antlorch on Dec 24, 2011 15:36:48 GMT -5
Wow that is nice, tell more about the details you did to this engine and who the manufactor is. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by atsf90 on Dec 24, 2011 23:01:51 GMT -5
Thank you for the compliments guys.
It is an Atlas C30-7 that came in UP paint. Upon arrival from eBay land it was dismantled and then given a bath in 91% alcohol. It had the wrong cab and the wrong truck sideframes. Luckily I had the right cab in my parts bin but i had to order the sideframes from Atlas. I used Detail Associates #3307 GE window plugs on the side windows. They are designed for the Athearn cab so I had enlarge the opening a little so they would fit. Also they looked a little too thick so I sanded them down to thin them. To make the antenna base I used the AC base out of Details West #159 AC unit and filled in the recesses with strip styrene. The small Antenna base is Plano #184 with one side shortened so it will sit flat on the curvature of the roof. The conduit is .012 brass wire with eye bolts for the brackets/supports. The anti-climber is DW #262 but it looks like this part has been discontinued. The corner grabs on the nose are made from .010 brass wire. The handrails are .015 brass wire with Utah Pacific #87 handrail stanchions.
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Post by antlorch on Dec 25, 2011 14:08:26 GMT -5
Nice job. I would like to do a couple for my road and that will help with knowing what to use.Thanks..
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Post by gnsteve on Dec 26, 2011 1:30:43 GMT -5
Good looking engine.
Steve
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Post by stillbre on Dec 26, 2011 20:57:35 GMT -5
Very nice looking unit. CSX had many of these on lease during the early-90s so I'm going to have to build a couple for myself some day.
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Post by efram on Dec 27, 2011 9:45:28 GMT -5
Beautiful unit, and great attention to detail with the weathering! Well done!
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Post by atsf90 on Dec 27, 2011 11:39:45 GMT -5
Thank you for the compliments everyone. BN leased some of them too. I saw them come through Tulsa on coal trains back in the 90s.
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Post by Santa Fe Sammy on Jan 9, 2012 11:06:40 GMT -5
I don’t know how I missed this one!! Another great job!
You need to bring that thing to the house one of these days to help those struggling BN units on my run through coal train!
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Jan 9, 2012 13:57:46 GMT -5
Very nice! GE didnt put any reporting marks on them for their lease fleet? It does look nicer without GEX or something like that on the cab.
I may have to do one up to run with my freelance railroad to break things up a little.
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Post by atsf90 on Jan 9, 2012 21:05:58 GMT -5
Very nice! GE didnt put any reporting marks on them for their lease fleet? It does look nicer without GEX or something like that on the cab. They were in the lease fleet for a long time before they got new reporting makes and/or repainted. Some of them got "GE lease" in one inch letters under the numbers. In the mid 90s there was a person who worked for BN and would print out the lineup and they showed that they still carried ATSF reporting in the computer system when they were being leased to the BN. Here is a link to site that has some more information on the ATSF C30-7s, atsf.railfan.net/sfkodcrm/c30-7e.htmlYou need to bring that thing to the house one of these days to help those struggling BN units on my run through coal train! I will have to do that. Those BN units probably never seen any maintenance there entire life and then getting worked to death on a coal train! Weren't one of those BN units running so poorly that it had flames shooting out of the exhaust? Where did that picture go Sammy? |
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Post by Santa Fe Sammy on Jan 11, 2012 13:57:11 GMT -5
Eric, Are you talking about this picture? (BTW, check your email!!)  |
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Post by mrlfan on Jan 12, 2012 23:10:00 GMT -5
That thing is shooting fire from the stack because it is pulling that dead Santa Fe unit.  Hoover |
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Post by Santa Fe Sammy on Jan 13, 2012 13:23:23 GMT -5
Hoover, You seem to forget the real TRUE story behind that picture!! ;D Besides that, you should know that I'm pretty upset with you.....  |
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Post by mrlfan on Jan 13, 2012 20:24:13 GMT -5
Sammy, sorry I have to work tomorrow. I will see you at the op sig in March. Paul is supposed to sign us up tomorrow. I told him that I can't get off on Saturdays. We are up to our ears in snow plows that I am welding up right now. With all of the snow we are having up here this year I can't believe we are selling any, but we are. Have fun and I will see up soon. I am moving my daught into her house starting tonight and tomorrow after work also.
Hoover
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Post by espeelark on Sept 21, 2018 18:49:08 GMT -5
Eric - do you recall what detail part you used for the 3-chime airhorn?
Thanks,
Paul Mac
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