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Trains: Northern Pacific GP9, triple combine and caboose
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Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:07:01 GMT
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Hello world...

I’ve posted my photos quietly so far, I thought it was time to give a little back-story and highlight features. I’ve recently uploaded my take on the Northern Pacific (NP), ca 1960. For the full gallery, see:

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First, the locomotive, a GP9,



I’ve always thought that four long cabs were too short and six long cabs too long for the scale of lego engines. Seeing someone’s (I forgot who’s) six long cab with a window frame inspired me to try to replicate the same in a five long cab. I think it worked out pretty good, though, like a duck, there’s a lot going on beneath the surface. I tried to get most of the grill-work, vents and so-forth in the right places. The rear grills are unassuming, but here too, to get the small seem between them took some snot. I also like the way the red pinstripe bends on the ends.



click here for another picture of the prototype...

Next, the caboose,



Just your basic wide vision caboose, with a hint of snot to get the diagonal stripe on the end. I was planning on stopping this project at the caboose when inspiration struck for the triple combine that would make the caboose somewhat redundant. Having already ordered the pieces though, I went ahead and built it (and besides, I don’t have to use the combine all the time).



Which brings us around to the triple combine,



I remembered that NP had a few triple combines that they would use in mixed trains. Each car was a self-contained passenger train, with coach seating, baggage, and mail all in one car. They were used on branch lines that did not have enough passenger traffic to justify a full passenger train, and instead, these cars were substituted for the caboose on a freight train. I had to shorten the car and exclude a pair of wheels from each truck. Otherwise, I am rather happy with this heavyweight car. A few features of interest include the gate in the diaphragm, as passenger cars typically did not have doors on the outside of the vestibule and I would be running this car on the end of the train where it is plainly visible. Also note the marker boards (red paddles) to indicate this is the last car of the train and the mail hook used to grab mail on the fly. Click the image below for more details on these cars (in normal service this car was painted in the pine-tree scheme as modeled, rather than full Pullman green as shown in the photo of the restored car below).



Comments are welcome,

Enjoy,

Benn

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