SouthwestinAZ1
BNSF Peavine Foamer
Amtrak Corridor loco hauling a western consist? well that's interesting
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A WIP.
South bound beet train at Woodley Xing, that is Bushe Gardens Van Nuys in the back ground. http://www.themeparkbrochures.net/maps/1972/bgla1972map.html
Just passing under the ped bridge which is all that is left of the park today.
passing under the 405 freeway. To the right of the picture is the BUDWIESER plant.
A couple old worn U33c's on the rear moving dead in route for repairs.
Actual picture taken around 1972. The park is gone and the entire site is a giant parking lot for truck trailers that the brewery uses today. It was kind of nice to have a theme park where you could get free beer all day to bad I was only 9 or 10 years old at the time.
Just passing under the ped bridge which is all that is left of the park today.
passing under the 405 freeway. To the right of the picture is the BUDWIESER plant.
A couple old worn U33c's on the rear moving dead in route for repairs.
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kittycraft
Member
Trying to recreate that one photo from NS I see. You made it pretty good. I can barely see any differences.
No jr did not make that specific one.
Also, think about what you said.
(SP didn't have C30-7's. What you are seeing is U33C's by Mchawkman.)
http://espee.railfan.net/spu33c.html
http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/u33c.htm
SP was the single largest purchaser of the U33C series.
Regards,
MSP
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
they didn't have any C30-7s, therefore JR doesn't have any SP C30-7s.
however i will say the model shown does look like a C30-7 because it appears to have a slightly large radiator section that is more like the -7 than the earlier U models.
however i will say the model shown does look like a C30-7 because it appears to have a slightly large radiator section that is more like the -7 than the earlier U models.
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Not sure what you are looking at... I don't see a c30-7 at all... Yea it might look close but it is defiantly not.
The real SP 8793 at Taylor Yard LA 1976
http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/c-boat_photos/8793_sp-u33c-bob_dengler.jpg
The closest SP ever got to owning a C30-7 was in 89 and it was in Kodachrome Paint.
http://atsf.railfan.net/sfkodcrm/i8013.htm
As it should be...
"The GE U33C was one of the company's most powerful six-axle models, and one of the last it would build before introducing the upgraded "Dash 7" line. Once GE had gotten its foot in the door, so to speak, with the popular U30C model, its sales began to take off for future models like the U33C.... The GE U33C began production in January, 1968, a few years after the U30C. The model featured a slight increase in power to 3,300 horsepower using the company's standard 4-cycle model FDL16 prime mover. With a tractive effort rating of 91,650 pounds starting and 92,500 pounds continuous this was on par with earlier models like the U30C and U28C. Perhaps the biggest difference of the U33C from earlier models was the addition of a flared rear radiator. It first appeared on the sister U33B model as well and gave the units the appearance of wings. The purpose of this design was for the increase in horsepower and the feature became a trademark of GE's locomotives, which remains to this day."
(sources: http://www.american-rails.com/ge-u33c.html ; http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/u33c.htm; http://espee.railfan.net/spu33c.html; Southern Pacific Historic Diesels, Volume 5, GE U Series Locomotives - by Joe Strapac.)
You can see this in this proto photo here: http://espee.railfan.net/nonindex/c-boat_photos/8626_sp-u33c-bob_dengler.jpg This picture shows the flared radiators that were a trademark of the U33C.
Regards,
MSP
The C30-7 and the U33C look similar, the 2 main differences are the C30-7 had a "Bulge" in in the car body in front of the radiator, while the U33C did not. The Smoke stack is smaller on the U33C.
I am looking forward to you U33C release, and thanks for at least considering what I suggested ....
I am looking forward to you U33C release, and thanks for at least considering what I suggested ....
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norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
you are misunderstanding what i am saying. i mean people are confusing it because they do look similar, but they are not the same. that being the case, i never painted a C30-7 into SP because none exist (that is why JR has none). that is the point i have been trying to get across lately.
my response was to this:
my response was to this:
Mea culpa. The pitfalls of internet communications, where context and subtext can all too often get lost in translation.
I totallly mis-read what you were saying inasmuch as I thought you were suggesting the reason for the misunderstanding was that the flared radiators on the U33C made it look like a C30-7, and that this was not correct for a U33C.
My bad. Carry on!
Regards,
MSP
deadpoolmx55
LETS GO PENS!
BOBCASS....your last screen shot!= breathtaking!
AndrewLummis_99
Member
Some shot's from my route "Flat Lands of Kansas"
