Probably old news but..........
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> Atlas has announced a U30C in HO scale. Looks like it is based on the
> older C30-7 chassis they released 5 years ago or so. Some
> improvements like DCC ready or decoder, better pilot details, strobe > lights etc.
Hmmmmmm
And how close is a U28C to a U30C? Pretty close IIRC. Maybe this will be a good jumping off point for my U28CG fleet. 8^|
Greg
Atlas is doing the later U30C, the early ones had the U28 carbody design. N&W had some early U30Bs like this, and D&H had some of the early U30Cs. I'm not sure how closely the rest of the body matches up, but you'd pretty much have to replace the whole radiator section to start with.
Andy
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1) I probably ought to wait, the way Atlas is going they probably will produce both a U28C and the CG model. They've been pretty prolific. 2) duckcreek is a site devoted to a topic I've always had fascinate me. What was there before they built xyz? I think every city has stuff like this, things you can ferret out with enough research. Houston is no exception. Neato site.
Greg
misc.transport.road has a load of participants who are road archeologists...
Shameless self-promotion:
David Thompson
"The humans founded America, mastered the nuclear forces, and destroyed the original Mars about thirty thousand years ago." "So George Washington was there when they split the atom?" "Could have been."
-from "Triumph of the Terrans", copyright 24L1042
I found out in San Francisco there are "Pre-280" historians, many of whom are also railfans.
The major difficulty I have in coming up with photos of Duck Creek Road is that it had no railroad grade crossings due to it's valley-bottom grade. Four underpasses - N&W, B&O, Milacron, and PRR. But no grade crossings, and the only trolley line that ever followed Duck Creek existed only from 1904 to 1920, and I've never seen a photo of it. Railfans are a great source of historical photos of all kinds, but not where there were no trains. Cincinnati historians have come up with remarkable numbers of photos going back to the turn of the century (1900 that is), but Duck Creek Valley until probably the late
1920's was considered "outer suburban". The historical society's main interest is the old core city and inner burbs. Duck Creek also borders Norwood, and the Norwood H.S. seems to be just getting off the ground. I have yet to get in touch with them but they may be a better source because DC bordered almost 2 miles of perimiter on a 2.5 square mile city.One thing I find so interesting is that the 1948 aerial photos show houses being built along the future R-O-W of I-71, and the continued to build on up to the mid 50's and even 1960. I read a 1959 article about a housing development that figured out after the fact that all the land they had secured was in the expressway's path.
One site which inspired me is this one:
Andy
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Yes... late Adirondacks. The most needed truck of all, appropriate for a large number of 6-axle GEs all the way up through the dash 7 series and I think even some dash 8s. They are doing two journal styles, but only one brake/strut configuration, which is the two outboard struts and low mounted brake cylinders. The truck casting is correct for the high brake version, or N&W triple clasp version, but will take some work to get there. These truck sideframes are going to be a popular parts order option, so I hope Atlas makes plenty of extras... lots of U33Cs and C30-7s to retrofit with them.
Andy
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there's quite a few "road geek" websites out there. They take pictures of signs and stuff like we do locomotives and cars :)
Thanks to all for the replies about the D&H units, I'm primarily an EMD fan but am anxious to do a pair of "rustbuckets". :-)
Steve W
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