O scale model of Westinghouse #801 36-axle Schnabel

Impressive. What's the minimum curve it will traverse?

Interesting build.  Curious to see how it was built.

Pro Hobby I thought my father and I had all the Westinghouse cars but we definitely do not have this one. Where and when did you buy it? Are any more for sale or was this bought A long time ago? Now that I have seen this one I am going to have to find one for our set to be complete. Hope you respond and thank you if you do. Choo Choo Kenny

WECX 801 Construction article

 

I have a complete construction article with many photos and am looking to publish the article.

 

More photos attached here.

 

 

This model is scratchbuilt.  One of a kind. It has been scaled from extensive photos and videos.

 

I also have several other hand made models of very large flatcars and Schnabels.

 

Some are shown in the attached photos.

 

 

   Pro Hobby Did you make this car yourself or did you buy it? Choo Choo Kenny

I have designed and scratchbuilt this and many others.  I also have prepared detailed descriptions with multiple photos of all my models.  These "how to" articles have been advertised for sale on Ebay many times.  Photos of all my models have been posted on the OGR forum over the past two years.

 

Very nice work, I have seen the plans for sale on ebay.  The last car in your last post has to be one of my favorites.  Nick

    Pro Hobby My father worked at the East Pittsburgh Westinghouse plant until the day it shut down. My father was A hook on for the crane man and he used to turn over and flip the generators. He got (bumped) off that job and started winding coils for the generators. Please sir I have to buy the plans from you or see if you would sell another one you may not want. This is not A joke or A game please help me out with this!!!!!!! Choo Choo Kenny

Would you be willing to sell these for the non scratch building type?

Hi Kenny:

 

Your enthusiasm is commendable and I hate to burst your bubble but before you spend any money for plans or a model, please be advised that this very well done custom-made scale model by Pro Hobby is NOT a model of a car that was used in East Pittsburgh to ship generators.  This car is a model of WECX #801, a 36-axle Schnabel car built very recently (in 2012) by Kasgro in New Castle for the Westinghouse Electric Company nuclear operation (now owned by Toshiba) which is based in Cranberry Township (formerly based in Monroeville).  This car is designed to ship large components for nuclear power plants not generators. 

 

I’m a retired Westinghouse and Siemens employee who started out and worked for several years in East Pittsburgh.  Unfortunately I was never involved with the manufacture or shipping of the generators like your father had been.

 

The Schnabel cars which were used to ship generators out of East Pittsburgh were smaller cars and had numbers WECX #101 (20 axles) and #102 (22 axles).  They are still in service and are now owned by Siemens who purchased the turbine-generator business of Westinghouse in 1998.  Today they are primarily used to ship new gas turbines manufactured at Siemens’ Charlotte, NC plant.  But I believe Pro Hobby may have made a model of one or both of those cars as well and may have the plans.  I’m sure he’ll chip in and let us know.

 

BTW the Schnabel cars made by MTH are models of a 14-axle car used to transport transformers and were probably not used in East Pittsburgh either.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Bill

On the MyLargeScale forums, someone recently completed a model of the WECX 801 in 1:32 scale. He's posted some very nice large clear photos of his model which was largely constructed of parts made with a 3-D printer. So the builder not only has those, but he has 3-D images that would be very helpful for someone looking to build one of these.

 

I've been considering asking him for additional screenshots of his span bolsters, as I'm translating Pro Hobby's plans into styrene construction with the help of additional photos, video and another diagram I found in the MLS thread.

 

---PCJ