Weekly Photo Fun 10/9 - 10/15/15

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Like the B-1 GEC.. It's almost as small as this Davenport I found today in south Kearny NJ.

They tried to hide it the best they could, but half a football field and two fences are no match for the big zoom.,,,Check out the tight radius coupler on it.

Then on the way home I found a five unit set of Alco's at the Gap.

Glad I remembered to take my camera to work.

Gotta love the little industrial switchers. I'm somewhat surprised they aren't better represented by models. granted, class ones almost never owned any (except for a few "mainstream" types like the GE 44 and 70 ton models). This is one area where I like bachmann. They have the right idea making the various small switchers in generic colors, because you can get away with that in most cases. there is potential there for creative modeling without bending reality too terribly.

Still, Davenports, Whitcombs, and others tend to go unrepresented. BLI is making a plymouth, but I wonder how widespread those really are.


Also, always gotta bring the camera! I was loosing my mind for the week I had to send mine back in for repairs!

They look similar to a B23 but this is a new C30-7 on the old P&W line out of New Castle. February, 1979 Charlie

In my slow but unavoidable descent into rivet counting madness, I've learned with the U-boats and Dash-7s, to ALWAYS count the tall engine doors, as the main spotting features are often unreliable at a glance for GE locomotives prior to the current "styling".

I mistook a late model U30B for a U23B for exactly this reason! While the older versions of the U30B are distinctive, the last phases had a more "modern" radiator section. Such is the case with the Dash-7 era equivalents, as well as early Dash-8s.