mkl194
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Post by mkl194 on Jun 12, 2015 11:29:19 GMT -5
I've got a bin full of GE safety cabs and a ton of locomotives that I just want to bash into something unusual.... so the GE cabs are really cheap and easy to get. Sometimes you just feel like making something improbable.... From left to right: a rebuilt SDP40 for Norfolk Southern with a much larger power plant, yes that last fan is crooked and I don't care...next is a rebuilt SD45, then a C630 and finally a C628. The extra large numbers are for DCC and the visually impaired operator. One of my industries is a locomotive rebuilder that takes whatever it can get and creates whatever it can make...
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Post by jmlaboda on Jun 15, 2015 17:20:43 GMT -5
"Shades of MoPac U-boats with EMD cabs, Batman!!!"
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spike
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Post by spike on Jun 16, 2015 12:57:27 GMT -5
The new GE style cab seems most plausible on the Alco. Didn't some Australian iron mining road put new cabs on rebuilt Alcos?
GE did a rebuild of an Alco with a -7 electrical system. It never flew, but was proposed for Canadian and Mexican roads, which still had large Alco fleets. I believe Delaware Lackawanna has the prototype.
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mkl194
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Post by mkl194 on Jun 17, 2015 9:52:43 GMT -5
I heard that small rebuilders were having difficulty obtaining major parts new from EMD, but GE had no problem selling them.
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Post by T on Jun 18, 2015 10:06:43 GMT -5
The new GE style cab seems most plausible on the Alco. Didn't some Australian iron mining road put new cabs on rebuilt Alcos? GE did a rebuild of an Alco with a -7 electrical system. It never flew, but was proposed for Canadian and Mexican roads, which still had large Alco fleets. I believe Delaware Lackawanna has the prototype. Is this what you're thinking of ? GECX M630m 5000GECX 5000
Tom
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Post by trainnut1945 on Jul 11, 2015 19:02:01 GMT -5
So, I am guessing that SD45 is a ex CNW unit since it does not have dynamic brakes. Ge cab looks good but my favorite safety cab is the EMD with the 3 piece windshield.
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Post by T on Jul 12, 2015 13:54:16 GMT -5
speaking of M CABS, I placed a GE DASH8-40CW cab and a DASH8-40C standard cab on a BLW 12 and a GP35 cab on a pair of ALCO s SERIES switchers for a member of my former train club.. all models were ATHEARN.
Tom
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Post by T on Jul 26, 2015 21:42:13 GMT -5
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Post by nickquinn on Jan 30, 2023 5:42:33 GMT -5
The new GE style cab seems most plausible on the Alco. Didn't some Australian iron mining road put new cabs on rebuilt Alcos? GE did a rebuild of an Alco with a -7 electrical system. It never flew, but was proposed for Canadian and Mexican roads, which still had large Alco fleets. I believe Delaware Lackawanna has the prototype. Here's a shot of one of the Australian rebuilds from Flickr (not mine) flic.kr/p/GZYT1t
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mkl194
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Post by mkl194 on Jan 30, 2023 14:19:30 GMT -5
there are a lot of odd mash of parts these days due to the shortage of skilled welders!
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iandrewmartin
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Post by iandrewmartin on Jan 31, 2023 2:45:20 GMT -5
As for the Australian rebuilds (for the big miners' railroads) they were called Pilbara cabs (for the Area in Western Australia where they were primarily used). Of note is that trailing units generally had covers for the windscreens as they found that the glass was being etched by the high-speed iron ore pummelling the windows when used mid-train or on the tail as distributed power. There was a series of articles in the Australia Model Railways Magazine (AMRM) describing how to build one, or more obviously since you can never have just one now, can you?
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