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Post by pilpro on Jan 30, 2014 15:33:18 GMT -5
Very nice Jay! Love the marker lights!
Paul Z.
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Post by acelaphillies on Jan 31, 2014 15:58:57 GMT -5
My Walther's Amtrak Viewliner with the markers on the rear of Train 67 on Andy Rubbo's PRR Northeast Corridor layout That looks great Jay! Super realistic! |
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Post by jers2709 on Feb 1, 2014 17:07:59 GMT -5
Thanks, that is actually a crappy cell phone pic, no editing!
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Post by backshophoss on Feb 4, 2014 23:59:12 GMT -5
Today,ran a "what if" type of Amtrak train,Train #213 the south(RR west)bound "El Pasoan" using a F-40 as power a pair of step-down "El-Cap" coaches and a Superliner I lounge car as a "Cross-Country Cafe" The Bachmann Spectrum was 1 of the first models to use "warm white" leds and had a factory installed strobe lights,tied to the headlight circut  Attachments:
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Post by gmpullman on Apr 2, 2014 17:50:17 GMT -5
When I saw this beautiful photo of Hickory Creek running on the PENNSY (!) I wanted to try to recreate it... PHOTO: Hickory Creek on Amtrak train 2007 PHOTO  Forgive me... My model is the Sandy Creek.  Happy Modeling, Ed |
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Post by acelaphillies on Apr 4, 2014 19:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by gmpullman on Apr 4, 2014 22:36:23 GMT -5
SUPER! Love the station shot looking through the archway! I just picked up a "toaster" #911 to go with my #901. I'll have to get photos this weekend... I wonder when they nicknamed the AEM-7s toasters that anyone would know that so many would wind up like TOAST! (Like this one: AEM-7 burnout ) Anyone know what caused so many to burn up? Keep the photos rolling... Ed |
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Post by backshophoss on Apr 5, 2014 2:21:46 GMT -5
Tend to think of the AEM-7's as "Meatballs",the "roasted" units as Burned out Meatballs!  I get the term "toasters",OK? |
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Post by gmpullman on Apr 5, 2014 7:47:38 GMT -5
From Wikipedia: The AEM-7 is a twin-cab B-B electric locomotive that is used in the United States on the Northeast Corridor between Washington DC and Boston and the Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. They were built by Electro-Motive Division from 1978 to 1988. In the Boston Mechanical Department of Amtrak they are known as "Meatballs" and in the Washington Mechanical Department they are known as ASEAs since some of their major parts and components were designed in Sweden by ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget; translation: General Swedish Electrical Inc), which merged with Brown Boveri in 1988 forming ABB. They are also referred to as "toasters" by railfans, owing to their boxy appearance.[6]
Personally, I've never refered to them as toasters but I guess some people like the name. AEM-7 at Wikipedia |
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Post by acelaphillies on Apr 5, 2014 8:47:30 GMT -5
SUPER! Love the station shot looking through the archway! I just picked up a "toaster" #911 to go with my #901. I'll have to get photos this weekend... I wonder when they nicknamed the AEM-7s toasters that anyone would know that so many would wind up like TOAST! (Like this one: AEM-7 burnout ) Anyone know what caused so many to burn up? Keep the photos rolling... Ed Thanks! The station archway shot is my favorite as well. It seems to me that toasters is really only a name that railfans call the AEM-7. I have heard some employees say that they have never even heard of the term toaster. I think most Amtrak employees refer to them as either DC Meatballs or AC Meatballs. Ed, the picture that you listed is from the horrible Chase, MD wreck involving 900 and 903. That is why the frame is so bent. The more recent fires, such as 911 and 933, I believe are from old age and deferred maintenance now that the ACS-64's are coming on line. |
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cab4
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Post by cab4 on Apr 8, 2014 20:58:32 GMT -5
Nice stuff! You guys have inspired me to snap a few shots myself: Looks awesome! Anyone know what caused so many to burn up? This is a problem almost exclusively with the "DC" unrebuilt AEM7s. This appears to be because their aging cooling systems just aren't reliable anymore. You'll notice that most of the burned out units are also some of the first AEM7s to arrive. At this point the AEM7s really are reaching the end of their useful lives. |
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Post by cab4 on Apr 8, 2014 21:30:48 GMT -5
Here are a few older pictures. I've been pretty bad lately. I haven't done a whole lot of photography where my Amtrak stuff was concerned. Most of my Amtrak stuff is under construction, ever since I switched time periods from the other day to 1979. These pictures are from 2011. I built this E60MA when I was 16. I'm going to strip off the decals and re-do the pilot details, but this engine I think is still pretty good. I'm particularly proud of the Number board area. I was able to get it very close to the prototype, even though I had scratch build the class light housings a little. Unfortunately, it has not aged well, and it looks pretty ragged, even though the details are mostly intact.  I though this one looked kinda cool... though that bachmann E60 is out of action right now, it needs new Pantographs. On the other hand, i have a crap ton of the American GK types I recently acquired, so I might put this one on the back burner.  This one was a cool shot! I need to finish the catenary on my layout to make this look even cooler.   Another neat shot-  Silver service trains. I need to get this train back up to functional! It was very impressive for a time at my club's open house, until someone came in with a massive Superliner train. My AEM7s were still much faster though!  A P42DC with the Details West detail kit applied-    I've got many more projects in progress right now, mostly relating to specific passenger cars. |
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Post by backshophoss on Apr 8, 2014 23:27:53 GMT -5
Well done,turn 1 of the GK's into a NJT E-60,that was just a patch job on the paint,at best on a few units!  |
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Post by cab4 on Apr 9, 2014 16:00:14 GMT -5
My first two American GK E60s were undecorated, one became Amtrak 610, above, the other NJT 958.
Now that I model the late 70s though, I'm inclined to keep them in their Amtrak paint. The way I figure it, I have enough locomotives to fun about an hours worth of train on the NEC without getting overwelmed.
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Post by backshophoss on Apr 9, 2014 19:44:01 GMT -5
All the electric power was maintained by Amtrak at Wilmington shop(former PRR shop),
so a NJT unit in tow behind Amtrak,or "borrowed" for a holiday extra/emergency relief.
That was untill MMC finally went online.
Believe in the '70's,Amtrak was still handling NJT electric units.
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