AndyC and I explore what is going on here, every time we railfan the Evansville Western through Mt. Vernon, Il. The location is about 30 miles east of Nashville, Illinois, home of the Bluestone Southern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=_ACjJnrn1lc
That was pretty cool :} And I learned a new trick for using vinyl to make painted on lettering too!
I thought that was a cool idea for perfect lettering, also.
Check with Del and G-Scale Graphics. He says that there is a special type of vinyl for that application to get the best results.
A couple factual mistakes, but not bad. The first shots of them rolling the engine into the shop, with the old Conrail unit outside looked very similar to the east-end entrance to the Juniata Back Shop (JBS) in Altoona.
Steve Featherkile said:
Check with Del and G-Scale Graphics. He says that there is a special type of vinyl for that application to get the best results.
I’m in the sign business so I make my own (but don’t sell or provide to modelers). I would assume it would be “paint mask” which does not leave a residue when removed.
JD what are the factual mistakes? It is what it is.
Very cool! I’ll have to drive by there next time i’m out that way!
Ric, my comment from youtube:
“The radiator? No, that was the air compressor. What they called the air compressor was the water cooling tanks for the radiator.”
That said, I wrote something wrong. They aren’t water cooling tanks, they are water storage tanks.
Someone else replied that they said the generator provides compressed air. In an EMD that isn’t true, the compressor is driven directly off the engine crankshaft. In GE’s this could be construed as true… the air compressor is driven via an electric motor.
Nothing too traumatic, but I hold TV to a high standard of getting things right. They have an obligation to ensure their facts are correct. If they can’t be bothered to get the basic facts right, how can we be expected to trust them when they report the more complex stuff?
Rick,
I liked the video, It’s really cool to see what goes on behind the scenes.
Thanks for posting it.
Nick
In fairness to the writers, they’re probably not train people, and are likely going off of what’s said on the video when they log it. Even the experts get confused from time to time.
Neat video, though I have to agree with one of the comments; it would have been so much cooler to keep the GP-9 shell.
And–okay–I know my favorite railroad used black with orange lettering. That was on a STEAM loco! This is a diesel. They’re ugly! They NEED color to make them look interesting.
Later,
K