Can anyone tell me what make of switcher engine this is? Our loco steel mill has been torn down and sold for scrap. This engine was in the one building. It now sets out side near the old guard shack. It was sold to a company in Sunbury that is going to build some kind of plant there and use this engine to switch cars there. That’s all I know about this. A friend of mine took these pics last week. I have his permission to post these pics.
Looks like an old Whitcomb
Two notes;
get this book http://www.sonic.net/~jayreed/ Critters, Dinkys & Centercabs
Only down side to getting the book is you’re probably going to curse me for giving you more modeling ideas than humanly possible.
browse industrial loco picture here http://www.northeast.railfan.net/industrial.html
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel132.html
It’s looking a lot like a phase 1-B GE 45 tonner.
Ok found my answer on youtube. This is a GE 45 tonner.
Thanks for the info.
Bill asked me I asked you then I found the info.
Hummmm? Now I might get one of those engines for my track.
Bachmann made that little engine a few years back. Ask around this site or check e-bay.
The Bachman 45 Ton is slightly different. Same basic shape and the side-rods, but different hoods and details…
Jon Radder said:
The Bachman 45 Ton is slightly different. Same basic shape and the side-rods, but different hoods and details…
Jon, Should you ever decide to part with the 45 tonner, let me know. I’ve been looking for one for quite some time. Ralph
Are you sure it’s a 45 tonner? I’d geuss a little smaller tonnage rating? Regardless I think it has more GE lineage than Whitcomb? There is a local industry that has one similar. I’m not sure now where I’ve posted photos before of it?
Chas
How I’d love to get my paws on that loco!! What an opportunity to get a little loco working again with a smart coat of suitable painture and a mechanical overhaul.
Oh, for a lottery win!
tac
W. Chas. Ronolder IV said:Which "it" - the prototype at the top or the model a couple posts above this point? And, who is "you"?
Are you sure it's a 45 tonner?
As far as me, am certain it is a 45 tonner. And a phase 1 B body style.
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel132.html
Photo of it from Railpictures dot net Wednesday.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=350744
"WILLIAM KLAPP" said:
Remarks: Eastbound turning onto Mahoning St , Rt 642 approaching NS Buffalo Line . Interesting to see a engine crossing the RR rather than on It. this engine was built in 1941 , and was in use here at Milton Steel untill the plants closing. The engine is being moved to Sunbury Pa. for use at the New Morans Ind. Prime mover is two Cummins 6-cylinder HBI-600 diesel engines of 150 hp ( 110 kw ).
Well A good friend of mine took the pictures. He wasn’t sure what it was. But I thought it was a GE 45. I checked my sources and sure enough that is what it was.
You see I have been a rail fan for many years.
I even took pictures and posted a few on the net.
I never had too much time for that because of family and work.
Here is a link to Rail pics I only ever posted thirty some pics there a while back, but check them out. Post what you think.
Here is a link to one of the pics there on rail pictures.net
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=86836&nseq=5
You can see my list of 33 pics here
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?offset=0&where=||||||||1|5079||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I hope you enjoy them as much as enjoyed taking them.
A note on this the pictures that I took of the long shots of the trains north of Harrisburg on the Rockville Bridge.
You heard of that last week, it was on the news the wind blew several containers off and into the river.
The nice man that let us use his boat ramp to take pictures from.
He gave us some coffee in Conrail cups told us to keep the cups. The coffee was good it cut the chill.
Several guys broke into his place and beat him with a boat oar.
That was the end of any pictures taken along that stretch of road.
Great pictures David.
If you check the Photo Gallery here at LSC, I have a few Railfan pictures posted.
Ralph
Ralph;
Hey you have some great rail fan pics. Nice steamers to. Where was the shay #1925 taken at?
GE 45 for sure. The 44’s didn’t have side rods.
Our RR club has a GE 44 it came from the Harrisburg area. Looks some what different but close and green.
W. Chas. Ronolder IV said:
Are you sure it's a 45 tonner? I'd geuss a little smaller tonnage rating? Regardless I think it has more GE lineage than Whitcomb? There is a local industry that has one similar. I'm not sure now where I've posted photos before of it?Chas
There are several generations of the 45 tonner. Bachmann’s model is of the last one, with the high hoods, square cornered cab, “Knuckle Buster” doorlatches, and sealed beam headlights. The one most often seen is the 1940’s version with the low hoods, and the rounded corners. There’s an older cab style on all of their centercabs from the 30’s that your photo most closely replicates. 45 Ton diesels have siderods as they have only two traction motors, one powered by each generator. 44 tonners and other larger centercabs have four motors, one per axle, and don’t need the rods. There’s a version of the 45 that has a chain drive similar to the 25 Tonner, and there are some with draft trucks as well. There were also several built with unusual outlines or specialized structures for specific purposes. Most of the types I’m talking about can be seen here: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel132.html for comparison.
Matthew (OV)
David Kapp said:Thanks David, That is the Shay at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. Ralph
Ralph; Hey you have some great rail fan pics. Nice steamers to. Where was the shay #1925 taken at?
I should mention that the 44’s don’t have side rods but, chain link on each drive truck on the axels.
They are a bugger if your missing some teeth on the sprocket.
The drive rods and counter weight gives them the extra ton.
Puts them into the 45 ton bracket.
Lots of pull for their size for both.
I have had the great pleasure of working on the real thing.
