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Re: James Mathis goes US-proto: 8-wide Sante Fe study
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Sat, 26 May 2001 16:44:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli writes:
> 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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> You mean you see Santa Fe locos????
The best that I see are pictures found in either books or on the web. ;-)
But, yes, I can see them in real-life traveling the tracks near where I live.
I live 2.3 hours away from the city of Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA.
The locos of this style here are also painted in an orange/black color
scheme, I think. Named BNSF, for Burlington Northern Sante Fe. Guess there
was a merger sometime? I don't know rail company details very well at all.
Sorry.
> I think they are the most beautiful ones....I remember,from my childhood,some
> pics of those huge,RED,beautiful locos,on my first illutrated books...it was in
> the 70s....at that times,in Italy,locos were painted in sh*t brown/clear sh*t
> brown scheme....the comparation with those coloured locos was a little
> frustrating,for a child :-)))
Ew. Yucky.
> > 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
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> Interesting stuff....finally 8wide....some work still to be done about the
> lenght (looks a little short.... :-)) ),but width is ok and that's a good place
> where to start ;-))))))))
"Finally 8-wide"? I have done a few other 8-wide designs. They're in my
BrickShelf gallery. Have you not seen them before?
> It will surely look better,with 9v wheels...If I were you I'd lift it a few
> from the rails...
Agreed.
> Bravo!
> Gianluca
Thanks.
later,
James Mathis
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| "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GDyBux.9H8@lugnet.com... (...) desert (...) live. (...) there (...) all. (...) childhood,some (...) was in (...) sh*t (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Someone will know more than I do but yes, (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) You mean you see Santa Fe locos???? I think they are the most beautiful ones....I remember,from my childhood,some pics of those huge,RED,beautiful locos,on my first illutrated books...it was in the 70s....at that times,in Italy,locos were (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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