Has anybody ever tried to put a North Yard power chassis in either an AC Gilbert or AM Baldwin shell?
boB Nicholson _______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos wrote: > > I nosed around a bit online, it appears the article is in the June 1976 RMC, > along with an article and (S) drawings of the ATSF "BEEP", a Baldwin switcher > with Blomberg trucks and an Geep 7 like hood. If I modeled ATSF (or a > freelance road in the right period) I expect I would have a model of that > engine... it should be a pretty easy conversion of the AM S-12, especially as > the model has road trucks anyway. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Wed, 1/9/13, Bob Werre wrote: > > From: Bob Werre > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: MKT S-12 Balbwin Switcher > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 11:15 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It might be the now vintage Kalmbach book on diesels that has a > couple of photos of MKT oddball conversions. Their Baldwins lasted > into the mid 80's. They also turned some F's into essentially > booster by blanking out the windows, seems they also re-motored some > FA's that required having a bulge on the roof to handle a taller > motor. Of course, the ATSF also did a fair amount of that with > their Baldwin/Geep kitbash and really the CF-7's later. > > > > Regarding marketing/advertising, either Billy W. or Ed L. will > relate the story of approaching some guys about advertising in > 3/16's--their reply was that...if they advertised they would sell > more stuff, so they would have to go through the 'trouble' of making > more! So in their mind they were happy just the way things were. > Kinda like sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch complaining > about how things are. > > > > My little micro-business of making up trees makes me a little RR > cash. I went to the local HS who stocks my stuff to find out after > a 'drought' that most of my trees had sold. So I will now spend > many hours hand making up a bunch of new trees to restock and also > to get ready for a February train show that we display at. You can > buy trees from some vendor on E-bay, but I make all mine to look > much better. > > > > Bob Werre > > PhotoTraxx > > > > > > > > > > On 1/9/13 9:44 AM, Pieter Roos wrote: > > > > > Updating web sites is often an issue with small > companies. > > > > Some ago I pushed a small manufacturer in a different > scale, because his site was several years out of date > (literally, nothing he was currently selling was shown, > and the items shown were generally no longer available!) > > > > He responded that it cost too much to update his site, and > he change his printed catalog in Word much more easily. > How his potential customers where to know to request the > printed catalog appears not to have entered his > thoughts... > > > > On an MKT related topic, didn't they use the RS-3s > re-engined by GM and fitted with a GP-9 hood? That would > be a cool conversion! Maybe someone using the DPH GP-7 > conversion hood can re-sell or trade the GP-9 part to > someone making the RS-3 conversion. CN even had a GM SW > switcher fitted with the GP hood. I have an old RMC with > quite a few similar odd ball swaps illustrated. > > > > Pieter E. Roos > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
