Wimpiest Locomotive?
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Wimpiest Locomotive?
Here is my vote more wimpiest (looking) locomotive type. I think it's the fact that they built it on freight car trucks!
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thats because the have no engines in them, there just shells for the remote control cab
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Those aren't freight car trucks, they're standard GE B type trucks. And they were built with 3,600 HP engines, but that one has been gutted and turned into an RC drone.Pete Mayor wrote:Here is my vote more wimpiest (looking) locomotive type. I think it's the fact that they built it on freight car trucks!
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and in the case of the ex-SBD B36-7's, they were actually rated at 3750HP.Conrail Jon wrote:Those aren't freight car trucks, they're standard GE B type trucks. And they were built with 3,600 HP engines, but that one has been gutted and turned into an RC drone.Pete Mayor wrote:Here is my vote more wimpiest (looking) locomotive type. I think it's the fact that they built it on freight car trucks!
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personally i think these locomotives are far more interesting then a newer locomotive because of there history. But thats just me
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I gotta agree with Pete on this one... those trucks just don't look right... there's just too much space to either side of the truck before you get to the frame. Makes it look like a cheap Bachmann toy.
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I thought that is what the pre-GEVO's were? Cheep Bachmann toys.
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I have improved the locomotive to be a little more tough looking. Here is my idea...
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If it was a cheap Bachman toy, wouldn't it look like this?
As for wimpy looking, didn't EMD build some GP 7s or 9s with switcher trucks?
As for wimpy looking, didn't EMD build some GP 7s or 9s with switcher trucks?
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Yes they did, I believe for the CN or CP on the light branchlines.
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Gotta agree with you on that, Pete. Even as a child, with a Chessie model similar to that style (which I still have), I HATED the way it looked. That snub nose just doesn't look intimidating enough to me. And locos should look INTIMIDATING, darn it!Pete Mayor wrote:Here is my vote more wimpiest (looking) locomotive type. I think it's the fact that they built it on freight car trucks!
The rhino-looking noses on those locos are my least favorite in appearance. No amount of history or rarety or whatever can ever make me appreciate the way they look. Every time I drive down 131 and see them in the yard I just cringe.i995impalass wrote: I really dont think there are any ugly locos, the only locos i am not to fond of are the NS high-hoods, but I dont even really dis-like those.
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