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Talgo Update: Amtrak Cascadish Gull-Wing Car
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:24:11 GMT
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Even though a red, white, and black color scheme is incorrect for the Amtrak
Cascades line in the Pacific Northwest, I have continued to develop this
passenger trainset in the afore mentioned colors.
To this end, a "gull-wing" type of Talgo end-unit car is needed to interface
with the locomotive. Two color striping versions of the gull-wing car are now
showing at my web site in a nearly complete 6 unit train set. The second
locomotive is currently being built at the factory ;-)
http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/talgo.html
Unique to the Talgo end-unit gull-wing car is an unshared, close-spaced,
pivoting monoaxle. This is similar to the close-spaced dual axle used on my
red German double-decker passenger car set. Different is the fact that the
coupler to the locomotive is a ball-and-socket on a 2x2 turntable. The
turntable is used to get just a little more pivot in the coupling that was
needed.
http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/bilevel.html
Thanks for taking a look. Modeling the Talgo trainset has turned into one of
the most exciting (for me) trainsets that I've built in quite a while.
Why not green?
If you're silently asking me this question, I have this answer(s):
1. The red/white stripe train doors and white train-frame windows have gone
unused in any model for a long time, so I figured I should do something with
them. I've started, so why stop? ;-)
2. The majority of my green bricks are currently used in other models; namely
four green tri-axle passenger cars, John Deere-like tractor, and the green
stripe on Cisalpino train. Many Star Wars EP1 green "flash speeders" would be
needed to get the 1/4-curved bricks in green that are used along the top of the
locomotive. An unaccounted quantity of green slopes and inverse slopes would
be needed- I don't know if I have, or could get the quantities needed. Oh,
also a couple of Star Wars Slave 1's to get 3-brick tall regular slopes in
green. However, I rather prefer the shorter 2-brick tall regular slopes (I
only have the 2-brick tall slopes in red and white). Green 2-brick tall
slopes? Anyone? I'm not sure they are available.
3. Maybe someone else will be inspired to build a better likeness of the
Amtrak Cascades Talgo line in the proper color scheme?
I think that'd be very cool!
later,
James Mathis
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Talgo Update: Amtrak Cascadish Gull-Wing Car
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| This is an excellent likeness of this train. I have to wait for these about once a month (usually on the southbound run from Portland), and aside from the admittedly non-standard colours, this looks fabu! (Though I am not a trainhead, I *do* (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Talgo Update: Amtrak Cascadish Gull-Wing Car
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| (...) False colors? So what! You've got the "Genesis" look down in that engine. Very nice. As another poster said, the engine looks MASSIVE compared to the cars, which is just right. That small windshield works out well, and I LOVE how you used (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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