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Re: BNSF new paint
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:35:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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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!
http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/IMAGE0008.JPG(1).JPG
http://www.brickish.org/members/files/jreynolds/Atmos.jpg
I 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 Railfreight Grey livery. The model is 6-wide and was built with
reference to prototype drawings and photos but it had to be compressed in length
and uses a trailing pivoting axle for the outer wheelsets. This works OK but
does not survive crash-coupling well so the next version will have these as the
inner wheelsets.
Jon.
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| Snip (...) 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 (URL) Deltic> (class 55) and 37, the classes (URL), (URL) 44>, (URL) 45>, and (URL) 46> also (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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