Whatizit....?

Kurt Moose Nov 19, 2020

  1. Kurt Moose

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    How 'bout a new thread, unexplainable Railroad equipment!(y)
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    Found this little kitbashed loco searching Google....:confused:
    All I could find as far as history, it's a AP1620A, and from 1974.
     
  2. BNSF FAN

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    That is cool Kurt!
     
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  3. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    ...and really weird!
     
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    Reminds me of the Johnny Cash song "one piece at a time".

    I did find a Ferrocaril del Pacifico roster which indicates that it was rebuilt from an RS11.

    https://www.thedieselshop.us/FCP.HTML
     
  5. Hardcoaler

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    It looks like a modeler's Saturday afternoon kitbash project from whatever was on hand in the scrap box. :eek: I give the Ferrocaril del Pacifico shop forces high marks for their resourcefulness.
     
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  7. Kurt Moose

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    Wow, some crazy stuff!
     
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    I'm surprised they didn't throw in a cab at each end just for the challenge of it.:)

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  9. Mike VE2TRV

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    Those Mexican kitbashes are crazy things - once again proving that if you can imagine it, there's prototype for it.:ROFLMAO:

    So you take one RS-11 frame (maybe even a homebuilt frame, from the looks of it), trucks and engine hood, add an F-unit cab, and to spice it up, a home-made windshield and nose. Clap the whole thing together and voila! One wacky locomotive. Serves four.

    I remember an article from the mid '70s on one of the model railroading magazine showcasing some of those Frankenstein creations. There were some weird ones, and a lot of Mexican kitbashes. I don't remember which magazine it was (I was in my early teens).

    So if you believe that SWeeps and Beeps are odd, look south of the border, down Mexico way...:D
     
  10. BoxcabE50

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    I am recalling the old saying 'a face only a mother could love.' :)
     
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  11. Kurt Moose

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    Anybody else have any weird, odd, or down right bizarre equipment they can share?:cautious:
     

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