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Post by jmcdonald4 on Apr 19, 2011 16:36:27 GMT -5
Here is a photo of the castings I made from my N Scale version of the Hi-Ad truck. I just saw the photo of the HO Scale Hi-Ad truck that Bowser is making on their Facebook page,nice. I wonder why Atlas has'nt made an N Scale C636 yet. This loco was Alco's last bid to stay in buisness and just the High Horsepower competion that, EMD.GE, and Alco where involved in at the time should warrant a model. I was able to see these and the other Centuries in action at Ashtabula,Ohio in the late 70s taking iron ore up the the hill to mills the south. 3 units up front 3 in the middle and 2 on the rear. all manned, notch 8. It was kind of scary actually but it made for a good show. Attachments:
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Post by sp9504 on Mar 25, 2012 3:55:16 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2013 12:13:38 GMT -5
Very nice work... I'd love to get some of those from you
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Post by mandealco on Mar 6, 2013 13:13:02 GMT -5
Awesome for us Alco modellers. How can we get a couple of sets?
Cheers
Steve
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Post by jmlaboda on Mar 6, 2013 14:03:52 GMT -5
" I wonder why Atlas has'nt made an N Scale C636 yet. This loco was Alco's last bid to stay in buisness..."
Limited interest roadnames... SP&S, BN, IC, PC... not a lot of roads purchased the units. They were ALCO's last hurrah but the damage to their reputation was already done.
Great sideframes!!! I seem to recall someone else in N doing these sideframes for a couple of kitbashings... spcifically the poster above!!! He has done a number of truly fine ALCO models and rarely backs down from a challenge!!!
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Post by T on Mar 6, 2013 23:03:52 GMT -5
I think Briggs models did these I know that CC - CONCOR introduced a ALCO C636, I have 4 in N-SCALE. I'm not sure if CC had one in HO.
Tom
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Post by mandealco on Mar 7, 2013 19:54:22 GMT -5
Thanks Jerry, but these sideframes are much better than mine. Tom, the Con-Cor C-636 can provide good parts to make a reasonable C-636, but the actual CC version is too short. The photo below shows the 2 versions I have built. The Penn Central one is done with a Life-Like C-424 on a Kato chassis, the other one used Atlas C-630 parts and drive, both used sections of the CC shell, shown in black on the Atlas version.  The next photo is of a Briggs M-630 Kit, modified to represent a CP Rail M-636. The Alco and MLW versions are significantly different.  Cheers Steve |
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