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Re: BNSF new paint
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:45:30 GMT
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for example I also love the British
BR
Class 37 especially in dirty faded BR blue like this one!
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Wait- This looks like the Deltic 55... what’s the difference?
Legoswami Samarth
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A lot of the British diesel designs of the 50’s and 60’s had the nose, which is
probably their most distinctive design element. As well as the
Deltic (class
55) and 37, the classes 40, 44,
45, and
46 also had a long
nose. The 37 is a lower power design and a Co-Co, the 40, 44, 45 and 46 are all
fairly similar and more powerful 1-Co-Co-1 s while the Deltic is a high power,
passenger Co-Co(1). The Deltic was pretty much unique in railway terms in that
it used the Deltic diesel engine (2) developed by Napier from those for motor
torpedo boats.
All these locos look similar at first glance but the
differences are soon quite apparent. The Deltic probably has the most different
nose, its higher and more rounded while the 40 series are a lot longer than the
37s.
Tim
(1) see here for more on
wheel arrangments. (2) see here for more on the Deltic diesel engine.
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| (...) How about these for a Lego class 37 in jaded faded BR blue! (URL) built this at least 3 years ago and have not had the heart to take it apart to improve it yet. I guess I'll end up building an updated version alongside it, probably in (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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