Well, it’s not steam, but it is a ‘paint’ job that I applied to a Joshua Moldover drawing (used with permission) three or four years ago. I used to watch those big Conrail units roll by here about then and began to wonder, “What if…’. Roger Roger Hensley - rhensley@anderson.cioe.com == http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ == == Railroads of Madison County (Indiana) ==
Roger, I guess that, too, falls under the "What might have been" category, had the NYC remained a viable company. Looks good for a diesel.
I am VERY familiar with these...was involved in their development, and was the Erie Marketing guy at GE for customer CSX. I see the one you used has 2-1/2 stack dynamic braking. The Water Level Route would not require that. Hope you didn't forget to raise the bottom step height on the four corners to 17" and also to double notch the plow so they could run "down east." I see that you used the non steerable truck...the old NYC would not require steerables anyway. I hope that you used the 5300 gal. (usable) fuel tank, as this will keep the utilization high. Also, I can't tell from the picture whose base model you used....CSX and UP each have different handrail arrangements....and a lot of other changes, specifics to each RR. and there are over 400 changes/improvements you can't see...! The AC4400's are, in my opinion and as of this date, the best and most reliable locomotive available to the industry. I have seen these at stall, in sets of 2, each at 180,000 lb. of tractive effort on good rail. As a matter of fact, one of these on the GE test track can pull two Dash 9's in full dynamic braking backwards hard enough to generate a wheel slip indication on the D9's. If the nation's RR's had these 10 years ago, they could have skipped about ten other models.... (I don't want to start a "spirited exchange" here, but did want to display my true feelings for a really outstanding design!)
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Hudson5432: I am VERY familiar with these...was involved in their development, and was the Erie Marketing guy at GE for customer CSX. *** set out *** (I don't want to start a "spirited exchange" here, but did want to display my true feelings for a really outstanding design!)<hr></blockquote> I love it! As much as I can appreciate the Central as it was, I could see these operating the mainlines of the Central today. (Forgot about the Dynamics, but it could have happened.) The NYC was an efficient railroad that took pride in moving the freight and we still have a few (now CSX employes) that consider that they hired as Central and take pride in their work accordingly. Now, back to the drawing. Right after I completed it, I walked by an NMRA contest table in January '97 to see an HO modern wide cab painted almost exactly as my drawing as the lead of an intermodal train. No, I didn't notice what he used as a loco, but the spirit of the Central is still alive and well in Central Indiana.
