ttc0169 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 [ATTACH]27536[/ATTACH] Having just arrived back from my first visit to the U.S.A,where I travelled on the New York-Chicago Lake shore limited and Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr, I had no choice but to commemorate this trip by purchasing this locomotive while in New York, as I travelled behind four of these impressive locomotives while traversing the country, I was also fortunate to spot 190 on shed in Chicago, What an impressive system and it has given me inspiration to maybe do a small diorama of a small loco depot, I hope to get a few Union Pacific C44 locos as I was most impressed by the size and sound of these machines,in particular around Roseville depot. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmail Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 This is my layout, it s freelance Canadian/North American small maintenance depot. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1836-Campbell-Riverside http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71194-campell-riverside/page-2#entry2710794 https://www.facebook.com/campbellriverside/?ref=bookmarks Regards John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Sound fitted Union pacific SD 70 ACE 8718 meets some of its Irish cousins on Tara junction 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connollystn Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Lovely model of the SD 70. Have started getting into Railroad models, very impressed with my SDL39. Wouldn't mind getting a few SD40s, there's just something really American about the protruding platforms at the front and the rear of the locomotive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, connollystn said: Lovely model of the SD 70. Have started getting into Railroad models, very impressed with my SDL39. Wouldn't mind getting a few SD40s, there's just something really American about the protruding platforms at the front and the rear of the locomotive. The sound and functions are nice and basic on the SD70-I wouldn't mind a BNSF ES44 at some stage.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connollystn Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 minute ago, ttc0169 said: The sound and functions are nice and basic on the SD70-I wouldn't mind a BNSF ES44 at some stage.... Yes, have been looking at the Scale Trains line of GE locomotives. The ES44AC models in BNSF are nice, the NS heritage paint schemes are very tasty looking also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 That's like, sooo awwsum, y'all! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) On 28/11/2022 at 2:40 PM, ttc0169 said: Sound fitted Union pacific SD 70 ACE 8718 meets some of its Irish cousins on Tara junction .....exI ept the US cousin has a tractive effort almost three times that of the 071! Regularly see quad- and quintuple-headed UPs hauling a mile of freight cars, literally, pretty impressive even though ihave to wait several minutes for it to pass over the grade crossings. Harder to find but my personal favorite livery would be the Norfolk Southern livery which is still see here with some frequency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD70_series#/media/File:Norfolk_Southern_SD70_(378889478).jpg Edited December 1, 2022 by DiveController 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 29/11/2022 at 7:07 PM, ttc0169 said: The sound and functions are nice and basic on the SD70-I wouldn't mind a BNSF ES44 at some stage.... Careful, it becomes on addiction! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connollystn Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 9 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said: Careful, it becomes on addiction! Very true, this forum could end up becoming 'American Railroad Modeller' 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I do love the Canadian Pacific myself and prior to 1995 SD40-2s ruled! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudfan Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 2:34 AM, DiveController said: .....exI ept the US cousin has a tractive effort almost three times that of the 071! Regularly see quad- and quintuple-headed UPs hauling a mile of freight cars, literally, pretty impressive even though ihave to wait several minutes for it to pass over the grade crossings. Harder to find but my personal favorite livery would be the Norfolk Southern livery which is still see here with some frequency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD70_series#/media/File:Norfolk_Southern_SD70_(378889478).jpg Union Pacific HO Scale Model Train Diesel Locomotives (hobbylinc.com) On 2/12/2022 at 8:03 PM, NIRCLASS80 said: I do love the Canadian Pacific myself and prior to 1995 SD40-2s ruled! Canadian HO Scale Model Train Diesel Locomotives (hobbylinc.com) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connollystn Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 This is what I'd be going for, the good ol Santa Fé. The SD40T-2 is a lovely locomotive also, see below below. Wonder if there'd be room on Tara Junction for them? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) On 28/11/2022 at 8:40 PM, ttc0169 said: Sound fitted Union pacific SD 70 ACE 8718 meets some of its Irish cousins on Tara junction Beautiful looking model, Noel. The SD40-2 has always been a firm favourite of mine, but the 70ACe has surpassed it recently. It's an absolute beast of a locomotive. Edited December 26, 2022 by JasonB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 2:34 AM, DiveController said: .....exI ept the US cousin has a tractive effort almost three times that of the 071! Regularly see quad- and quintuple-headed UPs hauling a mile of freight cars, literally, pretty impressive even though ihave to wait several minutes for it to pass over the grade crossings. Harder to find but my personal favorite livery would be the Norfolk Southern livery which is still see here with some frequency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD70_series#/media/File:Norfolk_Southern_SD70_(378889478).jpg You'd need the entire fleet of 21 x 071s (yes, including the NIR ones!) to haul some USA goods (sorry, "freight") trains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 Giving the SD70 ACe a run to the Lakeview freight yard…who knows what might happen…. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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