I may add some insite to this delima. A bachmann On30 Gas-Mechanical would be a starting point for the drive and the outside counter weights. The wheels can be spread to fit. The body and cab will have to be scratched or an HO 50 tonner body may work for the hoods. You will need two of the bachmann units however (45.00 ea)
Paul ________________________________ From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} creating a 45 tonner I wasn't referring to your wanting a 45-tonner but to the several other list members who urged you to start with a 44-tonner. It would really be easier to start from scratch with styrene and an HO drive--the siderods are the least of the problems, as they only go along for the ride in smaller scales--of which there is quite a selection. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 17:01:22 +0000 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Another idea for creating a 45 tonner > > Jace, > > My "fixation" with this 45 tonner comes from the fact that it is the only > true locomotive to operate in the Valdez Yard and the one piece of > operational motive power I thought I might have a chance of making. > > There was a wheel loader equipped with a coupler that worked in the yard and > I intend to produce this by modifying an Ertl 950E, but this could only be > powered by the 0-5-0 hand. > > The other two units that worked in the Valdez Yard were a Whiting Trackmobile > and a CF-55-AF Aircraft Tug, and I don't think that I'll be able to make > either of these simply because, to my knowledge, no similar vehicles exist in > `S'. > > That leaves the GE 45 ton. > > I'd heard that it is possible to create some SN3 locomotives by modifying > certain standard gauge HO engines. I was hoping that the reverse might be > true and that I might be able to create a standard gauge `S' 45 tonner by > modifying a ON30 45 tonner. Unfortunately, this idea wasn't a very good one… > > Here are the pictures of both the GE 45 ton and the other motive power the > operated in Valdez. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1380536279/pic/list > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1946337466/pic/list?mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc > > ~JJ~ > James > > > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > > > > What is this fixation on trying to use ANYTHING from a 44-tonner to create > > a 45-tonner? Exceptperhaps for a few detail parts, it simply won't > > work--the cab is lower (and wider) and the frameis conspicuously shorter > > (5'-6'--and that is a LOT). In S scale scratchbuilding is the only wayto > > go, probably using an HO standard gage diesel drive. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I suggest starting with a 44 tonner and using 25 tonner hoods > > > TCC:} > > > > > > On May 10, 2012, at 7:48 PM, empirebuilderjjhill wrote: > > > > > > > Do you think "double ending" a Railmaster 25 tonner with a second > > > > hood would work? > > > > > > > > Even if I was able to make the "body" of the 45 tonner using this > > > > technique, I'd still have to figure out how to make the trucks and > > > > those push rods… > > > > > > Talmadge C 'TC' Carr > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
