That is one looong front truck on that thing!..(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Finally ‘Silver King’, ‘Silver Queen’ and ‘Silver Courier’ put together for the first time (still have to decide on the coupler-type and how to simulate the full-width diaphragms)
And the start of a new project - GE’s diesel-electric switcher, the demonstrator #8835 of 1923…at least a bit streamlined with the round front end
Regards
Norman
Would have to look up how many GE actually built of that - but, ya know, a pair drawbar-ed flat end to flat end would look really cool.
Silver King and company look ready for their big screen special effects scene.
Pretty sure just one.
Greg
Fantastic!
Those are useful pictures. Bottom one is interesting for the rodding and thing sticking up, a signal of some sort?
Oh! Just remembered this website, and sure enough,
Speaking of “gold mines” (above), Peter Bergs ran across a General Electric Company brochure about the original “single-ended” or bullnosed demonstrator, #8835, in a library, photographed it, and was kind enough to share it with us! These are photos, not scans, and so are not exactly squared in the frames but I have donated significant server memory (8.35Mb!) to allow you to see the images as thumbnails, at moderate resolution, and at very-high-resolution.
The brochure is undated but does present a dimensioned elevation drawing of the later GE Class 404-OE-120-4HM840G “double-ended” 1925 demonstrator #9681 (later CNJ #1000); note that the drawing shows the exhaust stacks as symmetrical, which was not how they were actually mounted in production (offset to rear, except on B&O #1, on which they were offset to the front).
The front cover is in color and has been reproduced here in color; the inside eight pages and the back cover are in black-and-white. The illustrations on pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 have been extracted and follow the full pages:
A descendant of Silver King features in updates here today;
CB&Q 9911-A
“Stainless steel on a classic streamliner, taken at the Streamliners at Spencer event.”
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/653959/
Thank you Forrest. I have been looking for a roof picture of that machine for a while now. Someday I am going to get back to my E5 bash. Someday.
David Maynard said:
Thank you Forrest. I have been looking for a roof picture of that machine for a while now. Someday I am going to get back to my E5 bash. Someday.
Wouldn’t have been easier to just push the “Thank” button and bump up his reputation?
Some progress on #8835
Meanwhile I’ve removed the added side panels - I followed a wrong interpretation of the photos.
Regard
Norman
Norman Schaake said:
Some progress on #8835
Meanwhile I’ve removed the added side panels - I followed a wrong interpretation of the photos.
Regard
Norman
More amazing work!!! How did you do those radiator tubes?
Hi Bruce,
The tubes are made from 1/16" brass wire - inserted and soldered into a slot in a H-shaped section of brass.
Regards
Norman
Norman Schaake said:
Hi Bruce,
The tubes are made from 1/16" brass wire - inserted and soldered into a slot in a H-shaped brass section shape.
Regards
Norman
Oh yeah…nothing to it, right? (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
They sure do look good. Nice job.
Some new photos of RI #10000
Regards
Norman
Keep the pics coming !
Some news on the several diesel projects:
GE-demonstrator
RI #10000
Started with one of MILW’s shop-built motor cars #5900 / #5901
Meanwhile RP-210 is in the paint-shop
As a quick interlude built a 53’ wood express reefer for additional head-end traffic
Regards
Norman
OMGram …
I wouldn’t consider it an highlight in streamline-styling - the nose looks really like an ugly bulldog. MILW should rather have spent some money for a professional designer than to try it doing by themselves.
Probably its uglyness is the reason that none of the brass builders ever made one.
I built the shell from joined FA/FB-shell - however, the trucks give me some headaches since they are of an A-1-A type with a rather small wheelbase of 13’ or so (and rather unusual positions of springs).
Regards
Norman
I struggle with those issues myself Norman as I’m trying/thinking to bring this (already done) stuff into modern day and resurrect some old school into my modern day modeling. I’m currently working (on paper) an SDP70PHR and reworking some Alco PA units for an OSC train.
Love the inspirational work !!!