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Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« on: August 25, 2012, 09:10:53 PM »
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      Anybody running Gas Turbines, post your pics, lets see'em  !
These are my UP Veranda ones.
One Rail Baron and two Con-Cors, 1st & 2nd release.




A Overland Brass three unit set.




A Santa Fe blue & yellow Con-Cor three unit Veranda w/scratch built B unit and extra long haul tender, and a Santa Fe red & silver one.







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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2012, 10:57:50 PM »
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Turbines!  We got turbines!  How many 8000 horse powered units do you need!!


I think I am starting to like you Ernie!
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2012, 11:17:50 PM »
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Damn Ernie you could run from Chicago to Los Angeles and not have to refuel with that Santa Fe long haul tender!!! Gordon :D
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2012, 10:56:07 AM »
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I'm waiting the see a Jawn Henry..   :lol: :ashat: :D
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2012, 11:39:14 PM »
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Great! I love the Santa Fa versions, especially the B-Unit. Really well done! I always thought the veranda turbines did look the best, but they look even better in SF colours.

Also like the long haul super tanker tender.

Also agree we need to see a Jawn Henry next. 8)
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See photos of the original owner's layout here:
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It sounded like a good idea at the time... too bad the caboose wasn't in on the plan.

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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2012, 12:47:12 AM »
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Quote from: superchief on August 25, 2012, 11:17:50 PM
Damn Ernie you could run from Chicago to Los Angeles and not have to refuel with that Santa Fe long haul tender!!! Gordon :D

How bad is it that I figured the approx fuel flow?  (242.3gal/hr using a typical turbine's idle fuel flow of 1800 lbs/hr) of course it is after midnight and I can't sleep :x
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2012, 07:56:39 AM »
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Thought I'd join the party here.  I also model the U.P. in GTEL territory.  At one time, I had a few of 'em, but I changed my era to 1950 through 1956, so GTELs didn't fit in any more...so, I sold 'em on eBay so's I could buy more Athearn Big Boys and Challengers.

Thought somebody here might enjoy this aerial shot of GTELs at Echo on my modular layout depicting the U.P. between Ogden, and Wahsatch.



Here #26 accelerates upgrade towards Cheyenne on the superelevated left-hand running East-bound track at Echo Curve.  This photo is actually a comparo between my highly kit-bashed CA-1 and a stock MT CA, but #26 in the background sure looks good!


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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 01:20:04 PM »
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    Great pics Bob !
Nice brass models.
Sold on Ebay HUA ?
Most likely Jason (superturbine) bought'em with the number of'em he has ----------------------  8)




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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2012, 05:09:49 PM »
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Where can you get them and are they DCC?
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2012, 07:40:13 PM »
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2012, 01:29:43 AM »
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Quote from: Bfagan on August 31, 2012, 05:09:49 PM
Where can you get them and are they DCC?

They're long out of production. Overland did two runs of 'em I think.

If I still had mine, they'd all be DCC by now...with sound...but as they came from Korea, they were straight DC, but nice, quiet, powerful runners.

They come up on eBay periodically and usually fetch outrageous prices.  I sold mine on 3-day "buy it now" sales for $1,500.00 each.  They were bought within three hours every time, which is a good return on my investment because I traded for all of mine (didn't cost me a dime!).

As nice as they are, they have flaws.  I never could figure out why the grabs on the nose were cast on rather than soldered-on separate pieces or why the walkways on the tops were thick, hurky cast pieces rather than etched.  Probably cost-cutting measures, which irritated me since they weren't exactly cheap when they came out.

I had plans to strip 'em and correct those two problems, and re-paint 'em, but I never go around to it before I decided to sell 'em.

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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2012, 11:58:35 PM »
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If anyone's interested in a really unique version of a turbine, here's something that may defy reason slightly:

Someone had the idea of painting a Turbine in the most unlikely paint scheme of all: PRR.
It's going on eBay right now, and from the looks of it, it may have been Con-Cor themselves that did it as an actual production paint job.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Con-Cor-N-Scale-PRR-Turbine-Locomotive-4616-Pennsylvania-Railroad-/370644447974?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item564c2172e6
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See photos of the original owner's layout here:
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2012, 01:00:47 AM »
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What , no monkey bars on the roof of that PRR thing .
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2012, 01:20:52 AM »
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Wow I didn't know Pennsy had one of those  :facepalm:
Quote from: PGE-N°2 on September 06, 2012, 11:58:35 PM
If anyone's interested in a really unique version of a turbine, here's something that may defy reason slightly:

Someone had the idea of painting a Turbine in the most unlikely paint scheme of all: PRR.
It's going on eBay right now, and from the looks of it, it may have been Con-Cor themselves that did it as an actual production paint job.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Con-Cor-N-Scale-PRR-Turbine-Locomotive-4616-Pennsylvania-Railroad-/370644447974?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item564c2172e6
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Re: Gotta love those Gas Turbines !
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2012, 02:07:32 AM »
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Quote from: pennsyfan1361 on September 07, 2012, 01:20:52 AM
Wow I didn't know Pennsy had one of those  :facepalm:

They do now...

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