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[stevelerro]

Hey evilcrow,

How did you mod your Polar Express? I noticed you added the smoke deflectors and second headlight, what engines did you take these from?

The whistle position says Polar Express, and the cover on top of the pilot says Kanawha Pilot also because of the low headlight.....id assume the the deflectors came from the Niagara....quite the mashup of stuff there!!!!

 

[BNSF9812]

The whistle position says Polar Express, and the cover on top of the pilot says Kanawha Pilot also because of the low headlight.....id assume the the deflectors came from the Niagara....quite the mashup of stuff there!!!!

And yet it all fits together rather nicely. Never knew the NKP Berkshires to have smoke deflectors, but its definitely a nice-looking engine.

 

[stevelerro]

And yet it all fits together rather nicely. Never knew the NKP Berkshires to have smoke deflectors, but its definitely a nice-looking engine.

The Kanawhas, PM 1225 and Polar Express are all modified from the NKP Berk....so if you grab the pilot.im file from any of the models and swap them around, it'll change the whole front appearance of the engine. Pretty cool how this one turned out with the deflectors.

 

[evilcrow]

RE Posts #2740 daylightrain, #2741 and #2743 stevelero and #2742 BNSF9812

Having seen photos of 4-6-4 NKP 175 and her sisters,

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nkp/nkp-s175s.jpg

there not being a model of that type of loco (Hint, Hint) I best do a kit-bash of the various mentioned

K&L Trainz ( thank you stevelero ) locos based on the Polar Express loco to give a fictitious 2-8-4 passenger loco.

The loco shown on the viaduct achieved 53 mph at full regulator, 30% cut-off with a load of 20 heavy coaches 1956 tons

on the level.

Cheers evilcrow.

 

[BNSF9812]

Evilcrow, i don't quite know how you found that, but that would definitely be one very distinctive loco to kitbash in HO scale. I think you just gave me my next project.

 

[daylightrain]

I believe (and don't quote me on this) there is still one NKP 4-6-4, smoke deflectors and all at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri.

 

[evilcrow]

Re Posts #2745 BNSF and #2746 daylighttrain,

Thanks for the info;

These links may be of use to you;

http://www.nkphts.org/links.html

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nkp/nkp-s170v.jpg

Happy New Year to you all.

evilcrow

 

[jacksonbarno]

The engineer of UP FEF-2 821 puts the hammer down as he tries to get the first section of train 23, the San Francisco Challenger out of Cheyenne on time. During WWII, trains like the Challenger often ran in two, three, or even sometimes as many as four sections as traffic levels reached new peaks. As passenger miles carried by US railroads climbed to 93 billion in 1944, railroads struggled to put together complete streamlined consists of prewar times: form was replaced by function as section sleepers and coach seats became more valuable than single rooms and private accommodations. The UP alone hauled 5,481 passenger miles in 1944, over a 7000% increase from a depression-era low of just 436 passenger miles in 1933. This kind of cobbled-together consist pictured here is typical of wartime priorities in the makeup of passenger trains.

 

[dundun92]

The engineer of UP FEF-2 821 puts the hammer down as he tries to get the first section of train 23, the San Francisco Challenger out of Cheyenne on time. During WWII, trains like the Challenger often ran in two, three, or even sometimes as many as four sections as traffic levels reached new peaks. As passenger miles carried by US railroads climbed to 93 billion in 1944, railroads struggled to put together complete streamlined consists of prewar times: form was replaced by function as section sleepers and coach seats became more valuable than single rooms and private accommodations. The UP alone hauled 5,481 passenger miles in 1944, over a 7000% increase from a depression-era low of just 436 passenger miles in 1933. This kind of cobbled-together consist pictured here is typical of wartime priorities in the makeup of passenger trains.

Is this a reskin of anls FEF-2?

 

[logybear]

Yeah it is.

 

[USSc1798]

Actually, no it is not, I found the following screenshot via google and it has that exact engine on it...
The 821 is the one that is 2nd from the right

 

[evilcrow]

NKP.....at the NKP/PRR diamond

 

[jacksonbarno]

I added some weathering and generally toned down the colors on that skin. I also resized the UP lettering on the rear, made the bake shadows more defined, and changed around some other things in relation to lettering. I do have a more comprehensive reskin in the works but this one works for the time being.

 

[evilcrow]

NKP..........fictitious 865 on the move

 

[daylightrain]

Union Pacific #428 has been dispatched to assist in repairing damaged track after a derailment up the line, bringing a crane, workmen, and supplies. Once reaching the site, UP #428 will cut her train and return to the yard for her next assignment.

 

[evilcrow]

NKP......... after works attention, fictitious 865 prepares for the road.

 

[evilcrow]

NKP........ fictitious 865 moves off her home shed and passes the diesels that will soon replace her.

 

[evilcrow]

NKP ........ Berkshire coal drag

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[jacksonbarno]

 

[dundun92]

Are those reskins of colorado71s content?