44-ton switcher calf?

Well, here's a picture

 

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I went into Google and typed in 44 Ton Calf.  The number 1 hit was this thread.

 

You are a trend setter Lee.  Maybe next you'll make Yahoo's Trending Now.

 

Ron

 

 

 

No GE 44 ton calfs, but a few were built with air throttles so they could MU. Now that you have the sound turned up, could you post a video where we could here the sound. The quote from WBB was confussing as the last time I was at the C and T, many years ago now, the two D-17000 engines from their 44 tonner were sitting out side in the scrap.  However I had since heard that the conversion was unsuccessful. I am woundering if they put the original engines back in the loco.  The D-17000 engine has such a distinctive sound, the locomotive would just not be right if the sound sorce was not from a loco with the D-17000 engine.

The loco that I plan to convert arrived.  The pair look so good together i'm having second thoughts.  

 

Thay do look good. Need to purchase a third engine.

I see Bachmann screwed up the zebra stripes like they did on their HO version.

 

Hint: the stripes on the cab (second loco) are supposed to go in the same direction as the frame....

 

Rusty

Rusty, maybe the cab was snapped on backwards.

Mine just arrived at the office a couple of hours ago. The stripes are right on mine so I suspect an error in some of the assemblies. I'll know more when I take it apart.

 

The shell is plastic, so TMCC conversion is an easier option depending on interior space. Nice little engine. I'll see how it compares generally to my Sunset 2-rail model.

Bachman did not do that.  I didn't notice until you pointed it out that I turned the upper body around when I took it off to wire the first one in series.  

I stand corrected.

 

Glad to hear Bachmann got it right on the O model.

 

Rusty

It's amazing how caught up I got in the thing and didn't notice.  I have to remove the body off the new one (to convert it to series motors, too, so the pair can run together).  I'll be sure to put it together right.  Then the first one will become the calf, I think: I have to remove the body to turn it around anyway before modifying it.  

Lee, 

You have always been one to think outside the box. WHY STOP NOW? Give the free thinkers something to think about. YOU BETCHA!

Looks like the calf conversion would be pretty easy, the cab part is a separate piece and you just lose that and clean up the basic shell.

 

I would like to see MTH or Lionel do a GP-7 or GP-9 cabless booster. I now lionel made some a few years back but they based on the Post War tooling, not the highly detailed new tooling.  Santa FE, Union Pacific and PRR had them, although the PRRs did not have number boards.

 

Lee, will the calf have a cowcatcher?

 

(And will it work at a steel mill hauling pig iron?)

 

 

If they could mu and the real goal of these were to get away from the 44 ton rule an unscrupulous rr could mu their 44tonner with a much more powerful calf unit like a GP9 and skirt the rules.

 

 

 

 

The pair do look good together. But, my 2 cents ..... I think they would make an even cooler cow-calf pair.

I agree.  Will probably start this weekend.

Lee,

 

I am really amazed at how you transform items from one configuration to another.  As I read your posts and view your pics, I still often wonder, "How'd he do that?" or "What tools did he use to do that?"

 

On this next bash, would you consider video of the work itself?  Kind of a step by step how to? 

 

I'm a crude modeler, and the details and finer points always intrigue me.

 

Thanks!

Ron

 

Yes, I can do that . . .