LWS/ Penn-Erie U50 in pewter

[chuck]

What about the Railroad Picture Archives?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/modelthumbs.aspx?mid=284

[Chris Webster]

What about the Railroad Picture Archives?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/modelthumbs.aspx?mid=284

That's a very useful site. I really appreciate its "Car# Ranges:" feature, which I used whenever I am considering buying MTH rolling stock. It's saved me a ton of money!

[bob turner]

That does help. The castings model the first three - #34 moved the grabs to the right side and the cab steps aft.
The book can be had used for $50. Is that reasonable for a paperback?

[up148]

Bob, I have a different U50 soft cover book "Roaring U50's" and it's excellent with photos and drawings. Here is a link to that book on Amazon for $21 to $36.

https://www.amazon.com/Roaring-U50s-Uni ... 0916160068

On a slightly different note. I was fortunate to have recently received a large UP library (free) and now have many duplicate books with my original library. If you need any UP books let me know and if I have two, you can have one free. Just pay the USPS shipping. It doesn't appear there are many UP guys on this forum, but if you need a specific book let me know.

Butch

[bob turner]

What a nice offer! I have the Kratville books, which I consider to be definitive. Otherwise I am fairly ignorant of what is available - not much from Four Ways West, and have not checked Morning Sun.

I shall capture one of the U50 books.

[bob turner]

I should mention that Kratville was a good guy, and wrote me personally. I think he and Seacrest were buddies.

[up148]

Both Nebraska boys (Omaha I think), so I could see them to be friends. I met Kratville and his wife at one of the KCMO shows and what an unassuming "old style" gentleman he was. He signed some of my books, which means nothing to me today, but it was a nice gesture on his part.

[bob turner]

I think it makes them more valuable.
The "proof of concept" mechanism is on the OGR LocoWorks thread. Not a good enough photo to bother the Shutterfly with. Have not checked the interior space yet to see if I have wiggle room. Suspect it is quite limited.

[bob turner]

So right now I have a yellow and grey pewter U50 with dummy trucks, wood fuel tank not yet sealed/smoothed, plans for a rear coupler mount, maybe some decals (most should have been coated before attempting to use them) and a mock-up of one power truck. The operating radius with power will be quite limited, since the side walls of the body are more than an eighth of an inch thick.

Plan is to get a few "in progress" photos this evening and share on Shuttlesworth/here. The next project is that Challenger boiler, which will interrupt this thing mid-handrail.

[bob turner]

Here we go - that big empty space between trucks and body gets filled with gearboxes and tubes.



This is the prototype power unit. The tower end did not get seated in the truck bolster for this shot, but you get the idea.



Again, work is about to cease - I may glue the triangles for the handrails before the Challenger boiler arrives. They go in the white rectangles.

[De Bruin]

........Again, work is about to cease - I may glue the triangles for the handrails before the Challenger boiler arrives. They go in the white rectangles........

Really Bob, you're quitting this? Why?

[bob turner]

You do know the pewter parts were a gift from your brother? That motivates me to move his Challenger boiler to the #1 slot. This one has more or less arrived at a point where it can sit for a couple weeks.

Handrails on this type of model always bother me - so easy to damage. I want everything done before I start that.

The windshield molding on Maroon's U50 is a work of art - I haven't a clue how to do that. It really finishes the model.

[robert.]

that locomotive is ugly. It should be called the Russian mother-in-law

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This is the prototype power unit. The tower end did not get seated in the truck bolster for this shot, but you get the idea.

Interesting - some reason not to have the motor mounted parallel to the track?

Again, work is about to cease.

Ah, nutbunnies!

[bob turner]

Yes, but if I decide to body mount the motor it could be lower. Another problem is the drop-down gearbox, which may have to go on an inner axle. Very little space inside.

By the by, one of those red "dependable transportation" decals fell apart, and I coated the other, but the film is now too thick. So looking for a pair of usable DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION decals in red.