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Re: James Mathis goes US-proto: 8-wide Sante Fe study
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Sat, 26 May 2001 03:52:13 GMT
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Wow, this is eerily accurate! If anyone needs any digital photos of the real
thing, I live literally one block from the Santa Fe railyard (which offers train
tours to Lamy).
Jacob
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> It's a US-proto freight loco, folks:
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> Well, I got the itch just to try a design study for an 8-wide US diesel
> locomotive. I see this type of locomotive frequently here in the high desert
> of central New Mexico. They're HUGE!
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> It's only a design study for the cab, nose, ground-level stairs, and coupler.
> Personally, I feel it is a bit disproportionate in some areas- hopefully all
> scaleable for correction...??
> But, I will probably not see it through to a finished model. It just doesn't
> hold my attention any longer. Plus, I don't have any US style freight cars to
> pull.
>
> Here it is:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4633
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> I welcome your comments and criticism, but please realize that I will likely
> not continue revising this MOC.... so, if anything sparks your interest, please
> improve on it! Have fun!
>
> later,
> James Mathis
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 | | James Mathis goes US-proto: 8-wide Sante Fe study
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| It's a US-proto freight loco, folks: Well, I got the itch just to try a design study for an 8-wide US diesel locomotive. I see this type of locomotive frequently here in the high desert of central New Mexico. They're HUGE! It's only a design study (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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