EMD E7 & E8 B-unit Measurement Comparison

When you say 1" too short, do you mean actual inch or scale inch?

prrjim posted:

When you say 1" too short, do you mean actual inch or scale inch?

Sorry, it's 1' scale too long (1/4" actual). 

Fixed the post. 

Mario,

Interesting post here.  Separately, they all look good to me.  Based on your measurements, I personally wouldn't run the WBB B unit with either the Lionel or MTH B-units in an ABBA configuration because of the length difference, although I don't think Es were operated that way very much. I would think the WBB unit would be acceptable with any scale dimensioned A unit since they are different shapes.

Width is the one area that I think really shows up is when running like items from different manufacturers next to each other. However, the area that is important to me in paint accuracy. 

CAPPilot posted:

Mario,

Interesting post here.  Separately, they all look good to me.  Based on your measurements, I personally wouldn't run the WBB B unit with either the Lionel or MTH B-units in an ABBA configuration because of the length difference, although I don't think Es were operated that way very much. I would think the WBB unit would be acceptable with any scale dimensioned A unit since they are different shapes.

Width is the one area that I think really shows up is when running like items from different manufacturers next to each other. However, the area that is important to me in paint accuracy. 

I agree!  They all look "right" and I would either run them with their respective A units, or in my case, I plan on running the WBB E7B unit with my PA-1.  I haven't looked at paint color, yet...

So far, the widths are all dead on!

Thanks for the comments!

- Mario