OK - who’s good? What engine is it?
Hints: 1950s, Queens Village, NY, about a mile from where I grew up.
Looks like one of those things the shipbuilding company made…
Its too tiny to tell. Maybe a F unit or FA.
-Brian
Matthew (OV) said:
Looks like one of those things the shipbuilding company made…
Getting warm! Not exactly shipbuilding - think WWII American submarines. Brian, just 4U - this should be a dead giveaway!
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj307/healydj/LIRRC-LinerforGSM.jpg)
FM C-Liner. Should have a 2 axle truck up front and a 3 axle truck in the back.
While they’re not running any of the C-Liners anymore, you can still see some 5 axle locos on the other NYC Railroad - Metro North still occasionally runs EMD FL-9’s up to Danbury, CT near me.
(http://lsc.cvsry.com/FL9-640.JPG)
Jon
I’ve forgotten, but could it be Fairbanks Morse…I think it was in the original Diesel Spotters’ Guide.
The trucks sure remind me of the FM units.Ah yes…a Fairbanks-Morse CPA 20-5, 2000hp, B-A1A trucks, nos.2001-2008, built 1950.
Don’t I sound smart? hehe! Of course I just looked it up in the roster. 
Richard Smith said:Which means you are smart enough to look it up :) Which makes you smarter than the average bear ;)
Don't I sound smart? hehe! Of course I just looked it up in the roster. ;)
…so do I win a gold star ?
Yes, a LIRR C-Liner it is - and yes, Warren, one of the most unusual axle arrangements ever. We saw plenty of these growing up in Queens Village in the '50s and vacationing out on Long Island for a couple of weeks every summer. Only rode a train pulled by one once, I think in 1955. The speed sticks in memory - I’d never been in anything that fast before!
Sorry, Fred, haven’t had a gold star in the house for years. If you ever make it to Perth (or I ever make it to Ottawa), I’ll shout you a brew instead!
Jon, I love that photo! Guess these days those locos haul tourist traffic only. If I ever get over to the US again, I will time it for a New England/Maritime Provinces autumn and arrange some kind of train trip through what is one of the most beautiful places on the planet at that time of year.
Anyone know if these were ever modelled in G scale?
Dave Healy said:
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That particular photo is one I took of a fan trip up some rare mileage track along the Housatonic River in Connecticut in 2005. Unfortunately #2024 suffered a fire soon after and is out-of-service. Other NH painted FL-9’s do still carry a commuter runs when equipment is short. I last saw them in Danbury just before Thanksgiving last year. Here’s sister #2011 shoving a 3-car commuter train South out of Danbury
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/jrad/_forumfiles/FL9-Dan-006-SM.JPG)
Jon
No C Liners made in Large Scale. No FM Trainmasters, No C424’s. No RS11’s, No SD9’s, No RS1’s. No SW1500’s all the above would be welcome. Personally I think the SD9’s, RS1’s, SW1500’s, RS11’s and C42x’s would be sellouts.
As would the Consolidation 2-8-0. I’d go for that, as well as some SD-9’s in GN or NP colors.
Steve Featherkile said:Just take the trailiing truck off of an Aristo/LGB Mike. How hard is that?
As would the Consolidation 2-8-0. I'd go for that, as well as some SD-9's in GN or NP colors.
TOG
I agree on a C424, or SW1500…
John Bouck said:Steve Featherkile said:Just take the trailiing truck off of an Aristo/LGB Mike. How hard is that?
As would the Consolidation 2-8-0. I'd go for that, as well as some SD-9's in GN or NP colors.TOG
Boiler hangs too far off the back end. Have to do surgery on the loco!
Steve Featherkile said:John Bouck said:Steve Featherkile said:Just take the trailiing truck off of an Aristo/LGB Mike. How hard is that?
As would the Consolidation 2-8-0. I'd go for that, as well as some SD-9's in GN or NP colors.TOG
Boiler hangs too far off the back end. Have to do surgery on the loco!
And you are not up to the task?
Best conversion I’ve seen is taking the Aristo Mike and chucking the body and sitting a Lionel Atlantic shell on the drive train.