I thought I'd throw back to the late 1960's with a look at GE's late entries into the passenger diesel market prior to Amtrak. The models are Trix models from the 1970's with my own "tricks" added.
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| General Electric U30CG
GE's attempt to match EMD's FP45's. Not very successful as they were taken out of passenger service due to derailments. (The derailments may not have been the locomotives' fault). Went on to occassionally power the "Super C", Santa Fe's first attempt at high speed piggyback service. The U is for Universal, 30 is for 3000 hp, C is for 6 axle trucks, the G for a steam generator.
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| General Electric U28C
Both models have brass handrails installed, but I did this so long ago, I have no idea what brand the detail parts were. Microscale decals were added, as well as new air horns. But the biggest and best addition was....
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| Chassis
...the Kato chassis. I squeezed the Kato chassis into the Trix shells. It required some shaving of the frame and trimming of the trucks, and modifying the pilots, but the performance of the Kato motors made it worth the effort. I just wanted to save those Trix shells.
Thought I'd show you some cars in today's video. Many of the Santa Fe cars are custom painted and decaled. References: AT&SF Color Guide... by Lloyd Stanger Santa Fe Freight in Color, Part 1 Boxcars, by Stephen Priest and Thomas Chenoworth Furniture and Automobile Box Cars by Richard Hendrickson |
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| Custom painted and decaled. Con Cor car. Note black SL logo. Decals custom made by Custom Rail Graphics |
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| IC Lightly Weathered |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. |
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| Maine Central weathered |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. No yellow "Super" in Shock Control |
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| CP 50' Mechanical Reefer. Side panel riveting picked up nicely with chalks used for weathering. Chalks are my main weathering material. |
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| Micro Trains car weathered, beat up side panels. |
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| Custom painted and decaled and slightly weathered. |
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| Custom painted and decaled and lightly weathered. Note yellow DF logo. (custom made decal) |
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| PRR Center Depressed Flat Car Load has been painted green and industrial decals appllied. Really enhances load appearance. Tie downs made with "silver metallic thread" availabe in sewing stores. When I bought this thread, I was the only guy in the store. I consider myself a true "train nerd". |
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| Custom painted and decaled and heavily weathered. Represents plug door box from 60's era. |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. Yellow SL logo, with replacement brown 8' panel door. |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. This paint scheme goes all the way back to the mid 1950's Large "DF" stands for "Damage Free". |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. Paint mixed with white to represent fading. |
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| Custom painted and decaled and weathered. Note yellow "Super" in Shock Control logo. |
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| Railbox 50' plug and sliding door |
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| Heavily weathered PC 50' boxcar. Penn Central equipment poorly maintained prior to merger into Conrail. Avideo of this train can be found 0n YouTube at: http://youtu.be/KTPXVdVOF0M |
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