>>132805
RDCs aren't even meant to be used with trailer coaches, full trains are right out.

>>132819
I once heard someone describe the effect of having a non powered trailing car behind an RDC as causing the transmission to "basically shit itself".

I haven't a clue about the logistical part of it, but could an RDC be modified to have a more traditional diesel-electric setup? Maybe rip out the seats and install a prime mover. Like I said, I have no idea about the logistics. I imagine that either the frame would buckle or the clearance would be so tight that you couldn't service it.

>>132820

RDCs were fitted with a pair of 6-cylinder 170hp diesel engines. The average power output of an 18-wheeler these days is at least double that, closer to quadruple if you really soup them up, so if you re-engine your RDC with something from the 21st century... myth plausible?

>>132822

No not really, the hydraulic transmission system can't handle the load (see Tex's comment)

People need to be happy that 611 is out running the rails and not stuck in the VMT. So what if there is a backup diesel to ensure that some failure doesn't clog the NS mains... So what if 4449 runs with a P42 behind it to provide HEP to the train. It doesn't matter.

>>132823
But muh prototypical pictures are RUINED.

Those are the same kind of people who bitched when Chase Gunnoe rented a helicopter to chase 765 in 2012. They don't really have a right to compassion, but they do anyways.

>>132824
Jeebus chrust, my autocorrect is killing me. "Compassion" was supposed to be "complain". Sorry guys.

>>132823
They could do it with a bit more class, just sayin'...

>>132823 -- Reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_97#97250.E2.80.9397252 (the ETHELs).

>>132822
Didn't a company rebuild an old RDC in hopes of getting a contract to modernize VIA's fleet? What engine did they use on that unit?

>>132823

I would assume the theoretical re-engine-ing would include a tougher transmission, but I also have no idea what I'm talking about.

>>132826

They gave 611 a heritage unit rather than whichever geep happened to be free in the yard that day, so consolation prize for the purist nerds. Amtrak has given 261 a heritage P42 when they can.

>>132824

There was much bitching about the helicopter following 611 home to Roanoke last year as well.

I think this is a job for BatHam!

>>132733
rip

OP made my day, oh my god lol

>>132788
http://www.newsarama.com/27944-batman-superman-30-more-dc-characters-get-on-thomas-the-tank-engine-train.html

Oh dear God, no.

The reason they have to cover the faces is because of licensing agreements with HiT entertainment.

>>132794
That's a rumor. The covering is there to protect the faces that aren't made of durable steel, doubly so now that they're somehow animated and much more expensive to replace. Source: a friend of mine wields for HiT on the DOWT tours.

>>132797

There's a remote in the cab to move the eyes around from what I've heard. Figures it's not a licensing thing, otherwise they'd tarp the whole locomotive, yeah?

>>132802 from what I heard at Strasburg you know the people actually built them. Is it they wanted the whole thing covered but since that would be such a pain they convince them to just have their faces covered. And yes there is a lever in the cab to move the eyes. My DOWT adventure back when I volunteered at RMNE still scar me.

>>132797
That was supposed to say "works for HiT" not "wields for HiT". Sorry about that!

>>132815
I shot a message to my buddy at Strasburg. He replied with these which, while not definitive, supports the answer I got from my friend at HiT Entertainment.

>>132816

Part 2/2

fuck you

SHITPOST
REEEEEEE

Some decals and detail parts. Check out those prices. I'm not even familiar with the name of the hobby store. If I were to hazard a guess i'd say these came out before 1980.

A brass PFM brand CPR caboose. Even though wood side caboose were used in the region and era i'm interested in (western end of the KVR circa 1956-ish) I kinda like the steel side caboose better. :^)

Still, the price was right.

>all parts appear to be present

You may want to check out the bottom of that tender mate..
Otherwise, she looks good. 8/10 gift

Oh yeah the wheel sets for the tender were in that lozenge tin.

Will need to strip that paint, swap in a can motor, and look for details to add.

I can't speak for the CP in particular, but many class ones put their remaining steamers on local freights, yard work, and other low-end tasks during dieselization just to get their money's worth out of the obsolete technology while waiting for their diesel orders to be filled. That, or buy a couple of ratty old coaches and give one of your layouts towns a tourist train. Model railroading is fun!

Well, on friday I was showing the steamer off and commented that it didn't fit into my plans. One guy knowing my interest in all things Fairbanks-Morse and early diesel Kettle Valley Railway offered to trade a new in-the-box Atlas silver series H24-66 in CPR colours for it. Turns out he models a CPR subsidiary that had lots of D10's. So the deed was done, he's happy and I finally got a TM at last.

I know that brass loco can potentially fetch a couple hundred $$$ vs. a $60 plastic Atlas unit, but I had ~0~ interest in expending effort into fixing it up. Anyways I got it free. Too bad the TM isn't a gold series, really interested in hearing the sound.

Now if only someone would come out with a quality version of the attached pic, i'd be very happy. (Hello? Rapido..?)

>>132686

So in the end you got a free locomotive that is ideal for your needs, and a good story about how you got it!

>>132686
Sometimes it's too easy to become focused on the dollar value. The D-10s are damn useful and very much ubiquitous, but in the end they don't fit. I'm selling a Rapido GMD-1 for the same reason, and it's probably the best locomotive I own.

>>132718
Yeah, years ago I traded off a couple of Athearn GP9's and misc rolling stock when I was about 6 months into the hobby. I was using them on the club layout before I decided to focus my interest and only buy prototypical stuff.

You should be able to find a buyer for that GMD-1, by all accounts they are very good models. Someone will want it.

Lookit what I got tonight. Even though they had a short and dreadful history in the region I model, I just had to have one. The level of detail is great, the only thing I can question is the exhaust stacks and I will have to research that.

An update on the D10, he stripped the black paint off with ease. He said someone used Testors flat black on an improperly prepared brass surface so it came off real easy, it was just everywhere, wheels, motor, etc. Said it runs now, like crap as brass models from late 1950s to early 60s did. He's repowering it next then will start painting & decaling soon.

Too bad they were riding standard class. I'll have to do that some day, preferably in Gran and Green!
(still, I'd rather have a Cassiopeia run because comfy)

Are there any technical limitations preventing a through service or is it just different JRs and also schedule stability?

>>132755
Mostly just different JRs - JR East stock is generally designed for both 50/60Hz so it could run but JR Central/West/Kyushu trains are 60Hz only (slightly smaller transformers afaik), though Kyushu Shinkansen platforms are only 8 cars too.
But yeah. It'd be a nightmare to timetable and there'd be no operational benefit from linking the two JRs at Tokyo station.

On the contrary, I appreciate a good pun.

So do I, but I also have a punny nephew, and some of his are waffle.

>cant into imageboard

lurkmoar!