Shop-Built by FCP from an Aclo RS-11 & a F-unit cab
Currently under construction in 1/29 scale using parts of Aristo's RS3, GE U25 & FA and a rest of an USA-Trains F3 housing (cab-area)
Shop-Built by FCP from an Aclo RS-11 & a F-unit cab
Currently under construction in 1/29 scale using parts of Aristo's RS3, GE U25 & FA and a rest of an USA-Trains F3 housing (cab-area)
A rather 'ugly' start for TM #700 / 701
A shortened AristoCraft box car, two trucks of an AC industrial switcher and a leading axle from a Bachmann big Hauler
Probably a rather obscure type of diesel locomotive from 1946 / 47 with a 1-D -wheel arrangement and a slightly rounded front (home-built by TM's shops). I intend to use a B-B set from an old Aristocraft industrial switcher. It has the appropiate wheel base as well as the wheels' diameter. Additionally it probably will negotiate curves and any tracks' irregularity much better than the prototype. The bogies will be hidden behind the outside the locomotive's 'cast' frame
I'm not quite sure whether I'll build the 700 'B-unit' (D-wheel arrangement) as well or use the second AC switcher for the earlier TM 500 (square front, a 'real' boxcab by Whitcomb with a D-wheel arrangement only)
After quite a while here are some pics of RI's AB6. It is the rebuilt version with two prime movers, the second diesel installed instead of the baggage compartment
Using Aristo's E8-units as a starting point I'm working on two early E-units:
1. Santa Fe's E-1 with the sleek and smooth nose and countersunk headlight
2. Rock Island's AB6 after rebuilding (two power units instead of one and the baggage-compartment)
I'll post some pictures when the shells show a more advanced status