The Wilmington & Western Railroads B & O #8408 and Pennsy Railcar Restorations LV #112 & PRR #9206.
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I'm scratch building a MP15AC. While looking up facts, I couldn't believe the years on some of these switcher's build dates. They were around a very long time!! Before some steam???
Thanks Charlie That was great. The Pittsburgh and Shawmut SW9's that I model were new 1953 and 1954. My guess is that they were rebuilt at least (4) times until the Shawmut became Buffalo and Pittsburgh. I was thinking that some of the SW stuff dated to the 30's There was an SW7 before the SW9's The Montour RR, that I also model, had SW7's
Nicely done, and a commendable project, especially since many of the EMC/EMD 6-567 engine specific components have not been available for many decades, i.e. the six cylinder crankshaft, camshafts, lube oil pumps, and some gear train pieces. That photo of the rebuilt 6-567C looks like SOMEONE did a great job.
Many railroads retired non rebuilt GP/SD7/9's due to a lack of or the cost of parts!
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
Many railroads retired non rebuilt GP/SD7/9's due to a lack of or the cost of parts!
Not quite true. There never was a parts supply shortage from many, many, many suppliers other than EMD for the 16-567 engine. Also, many large railroads chose to trade their GP7/9 units into EMD for GP40-2 and GP50/60 units.
There is still no shortage of new, remanufactured, "running take out", or unit exchange engine components available for the EMD 12 and 16 cylinder 567 and/or 645 engines.
