 | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —John Neal
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| | | (...) Interesting challenge. I would be willing to bet that there isn't an example for the reasons you stated and others. It would certainly *look* odd, with large gaps from truck to steps and so on. Let's bet lunch on it and keep an eye out for (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | (...) Actually the Hiawathas were 4-4-2 Atlantic types, so John wasn't that far off... (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —John Neal
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| | | | (...) *Actually*, the Hiawatha was initially pulled by streamlined Atlantics (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4), but after a few years they switched to streamlined Hudsons, and the Atlantics were downgraded to branch line service. I have modeled the Atlantic: (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Ahem! Well it's a good thing we don't have any *real* rivet counters here. :-) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | That Atlantic is incredible, never saw it before until now...-Harvey (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2 —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Thanks, Harvey. Those pictures were taken a few years ago with a video camera that captures stills, so the quality isn't so good. It's a delicate design that still needs improving for smoother running; I have actually made some upgrades and (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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