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Designed and built in 1942, this locomotive was the mother of all "centipedes". Powered by eight 750 horsepower supercharged V-8 deisels she had a total of 6000 horepower.It was not until 1966 that any other builder offered a single deisel locomotive unit of comparable power.Timing is everything, however. There were other priorities and the unit was never sold as designed. Rebuilt in 1945 with only two 1500 HP deisels, it was sold to the Seaboard Air Lines and became the first of 52 production models of similar appearence and power. A total of 14 were purchased by Seaboard. 14 others were purchased by the National Railways of Mexico. The largest order, 24 units, was delvered to the Pennsylvania Railroad.Not sure if I got the Baldwin scheme correct or not, as I have no photos. I worked this livery out from pictures of other demonstrators.Frank MusickMoving America into the 19th Century! www.kelticsylk.com
Hi Frank!I don't see a picture on my end. I don't think that that demo unit was ever completed as designed, either. If I remember correctly, Baldwin had some difficuties getting the prime movers together and the unit ended up having to make do with only four of the V-8's.Henry
I don't see the picture either... Didn't know that, just going by "The Locomotives That Baldwin Built".Oh well, scratch this one!Frank MusickMoving America into the 19th Century! www.kelticsylk.com
Ah, that's much better.Why scratch the project? Just because Baldwin couldn't pull it together doesn't mean that you can't.I am very curious as to what the inside of that carbody would have looked like with the *eight* transverse-mounted diesels inside. And walking through it while they were running would certainly have been (not) fun. And let's not even talk about maintenance.Henry
I would download that demo unit in a heartbeat!! Honestly...Frank, You have done a superb job with the Centipedes in the various liveries....They all look great, and are a true behemoth, even at de-rated horsepower settings...nice job on the demo. I painted 5812 into B&O "Heritage" livery to use on SandPatch coal trains....Frank
You're right, I'll just keep going.The plan is to try and create fake V-8s instead of the two inlines seen through the grill work (and portholes). One thing that has to be changed is the pile of boxes where the generators should sit. I have the drawings of the equipment layouts and intend to create a little more detail for the final versions.One of the things someone suggested was a "passenger view" from the inside of the engine compartment. I might try that.While we're on the subject, I was going through the book "Pensylvania Streamliners". There's a picture of a BP-60 hauling the Broadway through Englewood. Now that I have a copy of Chicago Stations I hoping to do a couple of screen show sets...I also found some design sketches for E-Units for the Broadway that were never built. They are striped in the pre-war two tone tuscan and would make very interesting "what-if" models.The Seaboard versions of the DR-12 need to be finished up (and the Pennsy versions too). #4500 is pretty much complete except for final details (different pilot for one) but 4510 and 4513 need a bit more work.Frank MusickMoving America into the 19th Century! www.kelticsylk.com
Didn't know that, just going by "The Locomotives That Baldwin Built".Oh well, scratch this one!Frank MusickMoving America into the 19th Century!