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General Discussion => Prototype Railroads: News, Photos, Research => Topic started by: kelticsylk on November 28, 2013, 08:12:57 AM

Title: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: kelticsylk on November 28, 2013, 08:12:57 AM

Alco MRS-1, 1955
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6821117510_356fb62778_b.jpg)

Title: Re: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: seusscaboose on November 28, 2013, 12:38:59 PM

And same family of locos in mid 80's

https://www.google.com/search?q=sbvr+cass&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TX-XUpPtNMH8oAS48YCIDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=320&bih=416&dpr=2
 (https://www.google.com/search?q=sbvr+cass&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TX-XUpPtNMH8oAS48YCIDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=320&bih=416&dpr=2)

Title: Re: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: nkalanaga on November 29, 2013, 12:18:35 AM

I have heard that the MRS-1 also ran on the D&RGW narrow gauge.  Since they had variable-gauge trucks, I wonder if one of these was also in Colorado?

2 of my freelanced Nn3 Alcos inspired, in part, by the MRS-1:
(http://imageshack.com/a/img686/6135/wrrydf16s200and20720091.jpg)

Title: Re: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: S Class on November 29, 2013, 08:52:59 AM

Looks like our 45 class
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_45_class_locomotive

Title: Re: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: davefoxx on November 29, 2013, 02:09:08 PM

Reminds me of the U.S. Army's Alcos that could have been seen around Fort Bragg and the Cape Fear Railway in North Carolina many years ago.

DFF

Title: Re: Army Alco's at Altoona
Post by: nkalanaga on November 30, 2013, 01:56:05 AM

Tony:  It may very well be your 45 class, or an ancestor of it.  Alco built a lot of export units that looked like RS-1s, 2s, or 3s, but with the low cab.

All I did to my units was lower the cab on an Atlas/Kato RS-3 shell and put it on a MT Z SD40-2 chassis.  The truck centers are almost perfect, and the wheelbase is very close to the 4-axle RS-3, but it would be nice to have an Nn3 version of the RSD truck to fit the Atlas chassis.  The shells are packed with lead sheet and putty, so they'll actually out-pull the original model.