My turn to pick nits...

[kelticsylk]

I was looking through the BLW catalog the hooby shop gave me and saw the PRR M class. They are actually available.

Anyway I noticed the N scale "centipedes" They look great and someday I might be able to buy one. I did notice a couple of things about them that irked me. Having spent a bit of time researching these units for digital models I got pretty familiar with them.

If I'm not mistaken, the Union Pacific units were actually ordered and numbered 998 and 999. The ordered was cancelled and the locomotives were repainted in the Baldwin colors and became demonstrator units. BLW gave them numbers in the 1600 series. Just sayin'...

UP #998

BLW #6000

Secondly I really wish they had done a Seaboard unit in the citrus scheme. #4500 was the first of the beasts...

I also wish they had done the NdeM livery as delivered, one of my favorites...

NdeM #6412

FYI for those interested ...The NdeM units were upgraded to 3500 HP each sometime in the 50's.

[wcfn100]

If I'm not mistaken, the Union Pacific units were actually ordered and numbered 998 and 999. The ordered was cancelled and the locomotives were repainted in the Baldwin colors and became demonstrator units. BLW gave them numbers in the 1600 series. Just sayin'...

Utah Rails has more info about that.

http://utahrails.net/up/up-diesel-story-1934-1982.php#heading_toc_j_19

Get to the section on the Centipedes.

The short story is they would have been numbered into the 1600 series if they had been delivered.

Jason

[Rich_S]

Looks like MSTS? The ones in RSC / Dovetail Games Train Simulator look a lot better.

http://www.railsimulator.com/product/208318-PRR+Baldwin+Centipede+

[Spikre]

 
  it really doesn't matter what U.P. was going to number the Centipedes,
  they were Cancelled before Baldwin was finished building them.
   seems that U.P. never had the Title to them.
  Baldwin tried to sell them to the other Centipede owners,no luck with that.
  Trona was interested until they ran on Trona,then sanity prevailed and they
  ordered still odd DTS-6-6-2000 Center Cab Transfer units.
   later Trona did order a normal AS-616 during 1953,delivered  3/54.
  then the Demoes were stored and about 1954 were used to help rebuild
  some of the NdeM units sent back to Baldwin.
  the rebuilt units got the latest Baldwin engines rated at 1600 HP for traction,
  3200 HP per unit.
  Seaboard 4500 was an Oddball built on the frame of the 6000 HP Demo Unit
  that was scrapped above the running gear,and while it set the Pattern for the
  Production Centipedes it had a few Unique features not carried over to Production
  units.the unit was Baldwin #-6000 [1].
  before being rebuild fodder for the NdeM units Santa Fe was considering using
  6000-6001 as the base for a Baldwin/Westinghouse Gas Turbine that was never built.
  #-6000 was Baldwin number 6000[2].
      Spikre
     

[kelticsylk]

ouch! I stand corrected

At least nobody noticed I spelt "hobby" wrong.