Does any one know of a source for scale drawings or erection drawings for the
SP cab forwards???
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Originally Posted by Ron H:
Does any one know of a source for scale drawings or erection drawings for the
SP cab forwards???
You might try a copy of the Robert J. Church book "Cab Forward". That book has more information than one could imagine about all the articulated locomotives that the SP owned.
That is your definitive source. The photos will help with the distinctive details. You can use the drawings for classes AC-8 through 12; the only real differences are the cab roof and the piping.
Railroad elevation drawings are huge, and would just be in the way. And now, they are very expensive. Check with Cal State Railroad Museum.
Thank you gentleman.
Ron
Bob2,
Cab roof? I had thought that the cab roofs on all of the classes AC-8 and up were the same.
Steve
Check out photos carefully. The AC-7 and 8 had a more gentle curve from above the windows back. The AC-7 also had different front windows. I like the AC-10 best, because of the extra pipes on the forward left side.
