Passenger locomotives

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Well, I forgot this one, but then again, I do not know when I'll get back to it- an AEM7-AC. These are rebuilt units with all new guts and a modified roof, compared to the original AEM7s from the early 1980s.

So far, I've fabricated the roof air filter boxes, though I still need to make the resistor grids spread across the roof. I plan to use styrene to make the "frames", a casting of the original AEM7 resistor grid box to get some of the "details", plastic screws to represent the grids themselves, and brass mesh to "wrap" over it all to make it see through. I've done something similar with my ALP44 roof, though I plan to try and make this look even better.



prototype photo



Here is one half of the ALP44 Resistor grids. the prototype resembles a pair of these put together. This give the best view of the "see-thru" nature of the grids. Air is meant to flow over the resistor grids to dissipate heat in dynamic braking. Stock Atlas AEM7 resistor grids are solid, so while they look OK, they don't quite give the actual feel of the grids. Besides, in the case of the AEM7-AC and ALP44, the stock resistor grids no longer apply, so I might as well make them right!






Throwing in a few more Electric Multiple Units, some of my Metroliner MUs. I have two 4 car trainsets, and whenever I get the time and decals, I'm going to repaint most of them into "Penn Central" paint, and make two of them into a diner/lounge car of some kind. Until the early to mid 80s, only some Metroliner MUs were fully owned by Amtrak. Most were owned by some other corporation, but leased to Penn Central (and then Amtrak). For this reason, only a handful of Metroliners actually ever got the paint job seen on the Bachmann models.

They'll need work to look perfect, but they aren't that bad considering their age. A fresh coat of paint and some super detailing will do them well.