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Diesel C truck question

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#1

I have lately become fascinated with the Clyde Engineering ML2, B class locomotives. These locomotives were built in Australia and ran on the Australian narrow gauge railroads. Some were built, or rebuilt, with flexcoil trucks. But the original version had a truck I have yet to be able to identify. The side-frame appears to be a solid casting.

Since this is one of my “someday” projects, I would like to identify these trucks, and hopefully come up with some kind of information and maybe even specs or drawings of them. Any help would be appreciated.

#2

These were narrow gauge? what gauge were they they really don’t look narrow compared to the body to me. Very interesting locomotive and would be fun to build.

#3

As I suspected and google confirmed G24 is the correct scale for their 3’6" ga tracks.

John

#4

Yes Devon, one was converted to standard gauge for a while, back when they were new, but these were narrow gauge. And they are different (read odd), so they fit my persona perfectly.

#5

The paint job on the first engine sure is a spittin’ image of the Erie RR. I don’t think their trackage made it to Australia.

-Kevin.

#6

Dieseldude they also had a paint scheme that looked like a Union Pacific clone. But I like the original (Erie-esque) best.

#7

Those zany Aussies are at it again!

#8

The ML2 B class loco where built by EMD for Australia

#9

Modded Blomberg/EMD

#10

Rex, not exactly. They were built by Clyde Engineering under license from EMD.

I was incorrect in my statement that they were narrow gauge. I read that they did not run on the standard gauge railroads, so I assumed they ran on narrow gauge. Actually they ran on the broad gauge railroad, 5 foot 3 inch gauge.

Rooster, no they are not Bloomberg trucks. They don’t have the leaf springs and spring hangers of a Bloomberg.

They are described as “fabricated trucks”. I guess that means they are built up from components, well, yea. All trucks are. But I guess that they are an in house product of Clyde, and so they don’t actually have a common designation.

So if I ever get around to bashing one up in large scale, I guess I will have to either acquire some flex-coil trucks, or fabricate my own to closely match the original Clyde trucks.

Edit for the spell chequer