Gave Up Waiting.........

MU, it's beyond me why some company doesn't make a steeple cab. So many railroads and private companies used them in Canada, the US, Mexico and other countries. Even make one with a highly detailed plastic body. Atlas are you out there? Don

Do you remember where you took this?  Selah??

I can see Selah Gap from where I'm typing.  Last I knew that stretch of line down 6th Ave and out to Selah isn't running right now because thieves stole the overhead.  As others have said, I too want a Steeple.  Not just any Steeple but The YVT!

I will buy at least one of any steeple cab the makers produce, pretty much regardless of road name.  I have always liked steeple cab electrics.

I definitely agree with Allan. I like the look of steeple cabs and would be glad to own one regardless of the road name. Terry

A long, long time ago I got a ride on this little GE motor. Her sister Westinghouse box cab was still working then. Don

i have more than a passing interest in these electric locomotive, and i love steeple cabs! heres one i used to run at a museum some 25-30 years ago

lol,,,,,,,, and i know where your YVT #297 is today, ive run it also!

heres one between a "steeple cab" and that YVT co. 297 that ive always loved

Thanks Karvelis for the info. I like your quote. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Don

Don,

   Your custom switcher is way cool, definitely post the final pictures I really want to see how this engine comes out.

PCRR/Dave

I grew up around the steeplecabs about a block from my home. On the North Shore, they were called "pups" and would run MU'ed three to four units at a time..

I was born in Los Angels and lived there tell I was nine. We lived a few blocks from the Pacific Electric. There was a brick engine barn nearby that almost always had the Westinghouse freight locomotive in it. I think this is the engine house as it looks now. Don

Those are great photos of the YVT.  I grew up around them when they were hauling fruit down the middle of busy roads (Tieton, Nob Hill, 16th Ave & 6th Ave).  Near the end they had about four flaggers walking along side to help reduce the many train vs. car crashes (you know who won).  The city got a hold of the operation and removed most of the track.  The trolleys and some of the YVTC including the Steeple are still operational although on a very limited basis (about 9 blocks).  Here's some info on the museum:  http://www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org/collection.html 

Ditto:  Please post updates on your steeple project.  Mahalo.

Don,

You might want to sit down before viewing this...

and check out his other videos of the real thing(s).

A&S Line, sorry just saw this now. WOW, where is the model? It's great. I just found some pictures I shot in 05 in the shops. Thanks so much for the video. Don

I think he's in UK.  Here's an update on the real thing 

http://www.yakimaherald.com/ho...plans-veer-off-track

Don, that's a fine start...reminds me of the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago 70 ton electrics that ran thru town eons ago.

I'll be watching this build...

Don,

Today is the 100th anniversary of the YVT.  They ran a trolley to Selah & back for a picnic to commemorate the event.  The trolley will be running all weekend to Selah. Otherwise it only runs from the barn about 8 blocks up Pine St.  

I rode my bike along the Greenway to catch the event today.  Will take the ride this wknd.  As you can see they had to use a generator for power since thieves stole the overhead.  

Thanks A&S Line, I remember seeing those wonderful electrics when Apple season was in and riding the one that summer. Don

These old photos may interest some of you.  I don't know much about them.  They were from a newsletter type publication found in my father's effects.  He was an interurban fan from Illinois.

Precision Scale makes the body parts for that second locomotive in the pictures. Don

Yes & no....  PSC shows the body superstructure parts in the catalog for the IT Class B and Class, but there is no price.  That set of parts - all etched brass - has to have the windows opened up and the ends bent to the proper curvature.  The sides and ends are one piece as well and the way that they are laid out makes that bending and shaping "complicated".

I have a set from Kemtron (where PSC got these from...)

You have to supply a floor and roof, and then the drive platforms, trucks, details, etc, etc.