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Post by ambluco on Feb 6, 2024 10:13:19 GMT -8
My copy of Diesel Era just arrived today. I don't think it's a coincidence that the cover feature is Part 1 of the Alco C415, history, rosters, owners, etc.
But the other half of the magazine is Part 1 of the SW1001. Also a coincidence?
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Post by loco8107 on Feb 6, 2024 10:16:03 GMT -8
My copy of Diesel Era just arrived today. I don't think it's a coincidence that the cover feature is Part 1 of the Alco C415, history, rosters, owners, etc. But the other half of the magazine is Part 1 of the SW1001. Also a coincidence? Interesting….. |
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Post by gevohogger on Feb 6, 2024 10:22:44 GMT -8
I'm drawing a blank. What's the coincidence?
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Post by middledivision on Feb 6, 2024 11:02:23 GMT -8
The never ending quest for the SW1001.
It used to be the C-415 but that unicorn is coming.
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Post by rockfan on Feb 6, 2024 12:45:28 GMT -8
Now I have to check out diesel era.
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Post by riogrande on Feb 6, 2024 14:56:44 GMT -8
Saw these at Timonium  |
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Post by cemr5396 on Feb 6, 2024 15:17:51 GMT -8
Saw these at Timonium is that an O scale CN SW1200RS on the bottom? |
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Post by grabirons on Feb 6, 2024 15:38:46 GMT -8
Whos Evans slide sider boxcars are those as well? Are those printed resin sample or plastic?
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Post by Mr. Trainiac on Feb 6, 2024 16:11:50 GMT -8
Whos Evans slide sider boxcars are those as well? Are those printed resin sample or plastic? Side Slider is the 3D Central model |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Feb 6, 2024 16:18:26 GMT -8
So what's with that roof mounted radiator fan on one of the models? Did that really happen, or is it an homage to the AHM C-424?
Ed
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Post by cemr5396 on Feb 6, 2024 16:48:23 GMT -8
I could use one....  |
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Post by ambluco on Feb 6, 2024 16:52:59 GMT -8
The demo had a radiator fan. So what's with that roof mounted radiator fan on one of the models? Did that really happen, or is it an homage to the AHM C-424? Ed |
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Feb 7, 2024 4:31:03 GMT -8
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Post by prr 4467 on Feb 7, 2024 6:37:53 GMT -8
Diesel Era used to be actually printed by Paulhamous Litho in Montoursville, PA (published by Withers Publishing in Halifax, PA). The people at the printer certainly know the folks at English's/Bowser (the owner was a frequent retail customer at the train store). There have been other very timely diesel articles such that it seems clear there must have been some coordination between the model-making folks at Bowser and the proto-diesel-data folks involved with Withers.
Today Diesel Era is owned and printed by White River Productions in Missouri. This time any coincidental articles may be just pure coincidence.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Feb 7, 2024 7:18:04 GMT -8
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Post by Christian on Feb 7, 2024 7:32:39 GMT -8
How many different cabs were there on the 1001? I'd always heard that that was the reason that no one until now had made one. Other than the Athearn which is all but a foobie. I only recall one modeling article in one of the smaller press magazines which combined an Athearn hood and a Cannon cab. |
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Post by five83 on Feb 7, 2024 8:19:22 GMT -8
Guess I'm going to have to pick up a copy, cause quite honestly, I don't understand the hype in regards to these locomotives. Not hating by any means but maybe I'll learn a thing or 2 and make some sense out of all this.
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Post by 12bridge on Feb 7, 2024 8:39:23 GMT -8
How many different cabs were there on the 1001? I'd always heard that that was the reason that no one until now had made one. Other than the Athearn which is all but a foobie. I only recall one modeling article in one of the smaller press magazines which combined an Athearn hood and a Cannon cab. The 1001 is a 100% one off beast. The only thing it shares with anything else is the trucks. The frame, hood, cab, everything is different then the SW1000/1500 to suit the lower ride height. |
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Post by cemr5396 on Feb 7, 2024 9:14:54 GMT -8
How many different cabs were there on the 1001? I'd always heard that that was the reason that no one until now had made one. Other than the Athearn which is all but a foobie. I only recall one modeling article in one of the smaller press magazines which combined an Athearn hood and a Cannon cab. The 1001 is a 100% one off beast. The only thing it shares with anything else is the trucks. The frame, hood, cab, everything is different then the SW1000/1500 to suit the lower ride height. I was under the impression the hood was the same as the 1000 and they used the smaller early switcher cab instead of the high cab from the 1000/1500, is it not quite that simple? |
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Post by jonklein611 on Feb 7, 2024 9:21:07 GMT -8
The 1001 is a 100% one off beast. The only thing it shares with anything else is the trucks. The frame, hood, cab, everything is different then the SW1000/1500 to suit the lower ride height. I was under the impression the hood was the same as the 1000 and they used the smaller early switcher cab instead of the high cab from the 1000/1500, is it not quite that simple? From the wiki it sounds like a parts bin special: |
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Post by hudsonyard on Feb 7, 2024 20:24:13 GMT -8
Guess I'm going to have to pick up a copy, cause quite honestly, I don't understand the hype in regards to these locomotives. Not hating by any means but maybe I'll learn a thing or 2 and make some sense out of all this.
For guys like me and 12bridge, we saw 1001s on the Long Island Railroad and New York and Atlantic for years. You could have an entire production run with just the schemes they wore on LI.
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Post by middledivision on Feb 8, 2024 10:01:52 GMT -8
How many different cabs were there on the 1001? I'd always heard that that was the reason that no one until now had made one. Other than the Athearn which is all but a foobie. I only recall one modeling article in one of the smaller press magazines which combined an Athearn hood and a Cannon cab. The 1001 is a 100% one off beast. The only thing it shares with anything else is the trucks. The frame, hood, cab, everything is different then the SW1000/1500 to suit the lower ride height. Were there less than twelve produced? Sounds like a perfect ST Museum Quality release to me. |
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Post by snootie3257 on Feb 8, 2024 10:18:38 GMT -8
The 1001 is a 100% one off beast. The only thing it shares with anything else is the trucks. The frame, hood, cab, everything is different then the SW1000/1500 to suit the lower ride height. Were there less than twelve produced? Sounds like a perfect ST Museum Quality release to me. There were 230 produced. Steve |
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Post by gevohogger on Feb 8, 2024 10:31:30 GMT -8
Were there less than twelve produced? Sounds like a perfect ST Museum Quality release to me. There were 230 produced. Steve 230 is just enough to disqualify it from Museum Quality status, but not enough to put it into the regular production timeline. In other words, it'll likely linger forever unmade (like those EL cabooses...) |
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Post by drsvelte on Feb 8, 2024 13:14:08 GMT -8
I sense an opening here....  CRHS Photo GE 32-8 ONLY 10 Built!!  FM H20-44 Less than 100 built!! 2000hp switcher! |
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Post by rockfan on Feb 8, 2024 13:43:05 GMT -8
Maybe with the similarities between the 10 c32-8 and 49 b32-8 someone will make them.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Feb 8, 2024 13:45:37 GMT -8
No point in having a roof walk if you can't take a stroll on it, from time to time. View's pretty good, too. But no shade in the summer.
Ed
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Post by lvrr325 on Feb 8, 2024 16:10:57 GMT -8
Actually we did kind of get a C32-8; Rail Power made a shell that fit Athearn GE-C chassis. Obviously if you wanted Museum Quality you had your work cut out for you, but if you don't mind blue-box quality you could have one.
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Post by drsvelte on Feb 8, 2024 17:16:20 GMT -8
I know that. I had the RailPower shell and most of the Detail Associates etched parts. But the OMI chassis was going for about $160.00 at the time. So, given that cost and the amount of time to level-up the RailPower shell, it wasn't worth the investment for me. A ScaleTrains Rivet Counter quality is desired.
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Post by bdhicks on Feb 8, 2024 21:55:19 GMT -8
With the number of models getting produced that people have insisted that no manufacturer would ever produce, I don't think anything is fully off the table.
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