Smoke
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Post by Smoke on May 3, 2008 21:03:24 GMT -5
I have a BLI Blueline Ac6000 that is going to become a AC6000B. No pics yet, but I should have them in a week or so.
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Post by Smoke on May 17, 2008 12:34:41 GMT -5
Got a question for everyone. When making a locoomtive into a B unit what details do they leave on/take off. The AC6000 has a large step to get up to thew wide cab on one side. Would they take this off, and replace with doors, or would they leave in on and create a ladder down? here is what i am talking about.
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Post by Randy Earle on May 18, 2008 9:05:48 GMT -5
That has the BIGGEST Bat Wing Radiators I've ever seen! Holy Crap!
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Post by Smoke on Aug 5, 2008 16:07:13 GMT -5
I finally found some time to work on this and take some pics. The parts are held on by tape right now. Whaddya think?  |
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Post by KCSRailfan on Aug 5, 2008 20:15:16 GMT -5
That unit looks nice,it looks like it could be running on a railroad today. ;D I have a question,what is the purpose of a B unit?
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Post by CIOR on Aug 6, 2008 9:56:34 GMT -5
Railroads today fawn away from B units simply for the ability to use them. Railroads want to be able to run any engine in road service. So having a B unit doesn't allow that if you get to a terminal and can't spin the engines. I'm willing to be that is why you don't see B unit Widebodies.
Great concept. My only thought would be to use a blunt nose like that of the standard dash 8's have. Bring it up even with the inverter housing so its all one line from nose back.
I would also put all the AC equipment into the former cab space, leaving walkways on both sides of the engine.
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Post by crblue on Aug 6, 2008 15:59:15 GMT -5
That unit looks nice,it looks like it could be running on a railroad today. ;D I have a question,what is the purpose of a B unit? B units lacked windsheilds and a cab along with all the crew amenities so they were generally cheaper and weren't required to have a second crew which was one of the main controversies in the early days of dieselization. They were flexibile in the respect that they could be assembled into any horsepower output needed or desired by the railroad. When a three or four unit set was treated as one, it wasn't necessary for the intermediate units to have cabs. CIOR pretty much summed up the reason for their demise, as far as I know the last production b units were the 1991 built GP60Bs for the Santa Fe. Thats one interesting unit Smoke, cant wait to see it finished! |
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Post by antlorch on Aug 6, 2008 16:20:22 GMT -5
Nice looking engine it will be awesome looking running around behind a regular cab engine, but what I really want to know is more about that SD45-2B in the backround you have there.......
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Post by sarge on Aug 6, 2008 18:12:56 GMT -5
Looks like a great piece. I was flippin' through this months trains and spotted a pic in the gallery of the B30-7A's and thought of your B-unit. |
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Post by Smoke on Sept 29, 2008 23:24:10 GMT -5
Great concept. My only thought would be to use a blunt nose like that of the standard dash 8's have. Bring it up even with the inverter housing so its all one line from nose back. I would also put all the AC equipment into the former cab space, leaving walkways on both sides of the engine. If i moved the AC equipment into the former cab, what would I put where the AC equipment was? Sheet styrene or would I put Cannon and Company doors there? |
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Post by Smoke on Nov 20, 2008 20:17:03 GMT -5
So I pulled this unit out to start working on it again and the shell is cracked in a couple places. It must have crakced from all the different strippers that I tried.  |
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