guess the LOCO game...

[K4driver]

saint, btw, that was one of the pictures I have personally taken, not my greatest, but the upper part of the curve was closed, so I had to make due.

 

[saintjimmy]

That's great that you even were at horseshoe curve! I've wanted to go for a long time, but I just have to settle for the Tehachapi Loop nearby.

What the heck... I'll be busy most of tomorrow, so here's my pic now. What's the railroad (easy), loco model, and who built it?

 

[drrt4]

BN Alco C-430?

have a ball! DR:wave:

 

[mbv67]

Easy.

Burlington Northern ex-Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Alco Century C636.

This order of locomotives were the last order of locomotives the SP&S owned before the big merger with the other 3 railroads. The C636 was also the most powerful of the locomotives on the SP&S roster.

 

[saintjimmy]

Great job mbv67! I didn't think it was terribly hard, but you nailed it right on! You know the drill then...post a new pic in 2 days!

 

[mbv67]

My turn, again.

Okay I'm gonna make it hard for y'all.

Guess this locomotive, its original builder and the Company that modified it.

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Cheers mbv67.

 

[constar261]

That is an Alco century 636 modified by Hamersly Co. rebuild with EMD fuel tanks

 

[drrt4]

"hmm..its quite.....too quite....*gunfire* now suddenly its too loud! i preferred it when it was quite." well....hows the guessing going? 1 guess! come on keep guessing people.

my guess: i have no clue.

 

[SPNGTyler]

a desiel mated with a persian cat and this is the result:hehe:

 

[mbv67]

Hmm, so far Mr.Constar is very close, c'mon, bring on the guesses!

 

[wilh]

It is a CM636, built by ALCO licensee A.E. Goodwin, and they were rebuilt by a company called Comeng.

 

[mbv67]

Wilh is correct, you know the drill dude, post your pic within 2 days.

Nice job, you got it.

 

[wilh]

Who built this, what RR was it built for, what is it, who was it sold to, what was it renumbered to when sold and for fun what was it's nickname.

 

[K4driver]

alco, PRR/B&O, First electric locomotive?

 

[drrt4]

(bump) its to quite......

 

[SPNGTyler]

I have literaly no idea

 

[drrt4]

well then...hint?

 

[NIARTcar]

PRR's #10001 built by westinghouse in either 1905 or 06 (constructed being a literaly more realistic discription).... Phoebe was built as a test platform locomotive for the PRR during the beginning of it's electrification. Tests were flawed she proved unstable at high speeds in addition to literally beating the rail to heck. Phoebe saw service mainly as a low speed road switcher for this reason... around 1916 PRR sold her to the LIRR to become #3950...... Fun fact for this loco is that the drive motors were gearless and were connected directly to the axles of the engine (several other sister units were made with different variations in this respect)

ohh what books can teach
for those who are curious, try googleing the loco's running number and railroad:wave:

cheers

 

[SPNGTyler]

Got it!

Built by Westinghouse
Built for the Pennsy
It was built at the begining of the Pensy's eletrification for expiramental purposes. This particualr model failed at Mainline running and was put on switching.
Sold to the Long Island Railroad
Renumbered 3950
Nickname "Phoebe"


Google is amazing:hehe:

EDIT: Dang, got it a tad bit to late. But ah well. I tried.

 

[drrt4]

well while we wait for pepole to guess/answer, i want to know if there any subscribers out there to this topic? i know i am.:hehe:

Drrt4:wave:

EDIT: ha look at that! 2min post away from each other! oh look me and Tyler are 1 min! timing!