Baldwin DRX6-4-2000

Your model really captures the look and the feel of this iconic locomotive.  Nice job!!

Very nice!

Hello Jonathan,

                            Thank you for the compliments.

                 JS

Hello Joe,

               As it turns out, my dad's name was Joe, and he worked for the CNJ for 40 yrs. Thanks for your comment.

                     JS

I liked the fact that you used the EP5/ PA-1 trucks.

@Junction shop posted:

After following the article last year on the CNJ double ender, It was time to recycle some parts . . . it sure looks great running on the layout

Yes it does!  Nice work.

With an article in MR or RMC as the inspiration, with a tin snips, l , maybe even pre-teen, bashed a Marx #21 ATSF pair into a similar loco, but crude.  Have always wondered why  these double enders were much more common on foreign roads than ours?

Hello CH

               Thanks  you for the reply. I noticed the same thing about double enders in Europe.

                          JS

@colorado hirailer posted:

Have always wondered why  these double enders were much more common on foreign roads than ours?

I would say that, in North America, the locomotive is usually cut away from the train at the termination of its run, and then goes to a locomotive servicing area, which normally has either a turntable or a wye.

PRRhorseshoecurve    Thanks for the comment. Being in New Jersey where I am originally from. Do you know of anyone having for sale a Locomotive works O scale Baldwin double ender kit. I know they they are rare. Just thought I would ask.

             JS

That's an awesome looking engine. Looks like it was meant to be!

Hello Tom

                Thanks for the comments, You are correct on how the double ender came about. Once the trains got to Jersey city, the locomotives would have to turned around. The double ender eliminated that .

              JS

Hello Donnie, Thanks for the comment.

JS

Looks great to me!

I've hoped that either Lionel or MTH, both of which built Baldwin Centipedes, would use some of the same tooling to create  a DRX6-4-2000 with the more accurate cab design.

Thank you for the comment. Being a CNJ fan, It was time to build one.

See the 2001 in action            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymf4-MO7w04