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For those of you who may not be aware. The Flickr Train Group is holding a Building Challenge for the Baldwin AS616 Diesel Locomotive. So I thought I’d take a break from my usual steam shenanigans an build an entry.

Pennsylvania RR #8971 Baldwin AS616

Baldwin Locomotive Works built 12 of the AS616 diesels for the Pennsylvania RR between 1951 and 1954. They used Baldwins eight cylinder 608sc engine and were rated at 1,600 horsepower. Two of the Baldwins were delivered with steam generators for use in passenger service.

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I modeled the PRR version of the AS616 because I’m a Pennsy fan (It was one of the RR’s running into my home town of York Pennsylvania) and the Pennsy ran their early diesels (including the AS616’s) long hood forward instead of the usual short hood forward that most other RR’s used. The long hood forward practice stems from a nasty grade crossing accident in the 1930s. After which the Pennsy decided it would be safer if the crew cab was moved farther back instead of directly in front of the locomotive to better protect the crew. This influenced the center cab design of the GG1’s, the redesign of some P5’s and the Pennsy’s early practice of running diesels with the long hood leading.

I chose to model #8971 because she was one of the two PRR engines built with a boiler for steam heat in passenger service. Unlike her sisters which were freight service only. This gives me the option to pull a passenger consist as well as freight for added variety. I tend to like odd diesels and a Baldwin AS616 running long hood forward and pulling a passenger train would be certainly be different.

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This is an amazing work! Great job and thanks for sharing it with us. It's incredibly beautiful.

Please explain to me how you achieved the yellow lettering on the black bricks. Thank you.

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Very, very nice. I don't recall that many actually model the prime mover inside of the locomotive, for the sole reason that it'll never be seen, so this is a nice change of pace. Not a big fan of the all-black paint-job, but hey, that's PRR's problem, not yours! :wink:

Thanks for sharing!

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This is an amazing work! Great job and thanks for sharing it with us. It's incredibly beautiful.

Please explain to me how you achieved the yellow lettering on the black bricks. Thank you.

Thanks. The lettering is done with decals printed out on my home printer. I used Ben Coifman's RailFonts to get the proper PRR font. The yellow lettering was placed on a black background and printed out on sticker paper you can find at most office supply stores. After they were printed I sprayed the decals with a few coats of Crystal Clear Acrylic Spray to give them a glossy finish. Once they

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Excellent model, i love how the sides open up to show the engine! :thumbup:

I googled about to find an image of the real thing, but i couldn't find a good one.

Could you supply us with a good image for comparisation?

While there seems to be plenty of AS616 photos on the net there aren't any of the Pennsy's. The closest I could find were some diagrams from this PRR Equipment diagrams page. The photos I worked from I found in Pennsy Power Volume 3 By Alvin F. Staufer and Black Gold, Black Diamonds Volume 2 By Eric E. Hirsimaki.

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Thanks. The lettering is done with decals printed out on my home printer. I used Ben Coifman's RailFonts to get the proper PRR font. The yellow lettering was placed on a black background and printed out on sticker paper you can find at most office supply stores. After they were printed I sprayed the decals with a few coats of Crystal Clear Acrylic Spray to give them a glossy finish. Once they�€™re cut out I take a colored marker and touch up the white edges which helps them blend in better with the surrounding brick.

I do a lot of customs but haven't found good white waterslide decal paper. MicroMark has incredible clear waterslide paper. Do you just print those on mailing labels? A brand and model would be appreciated if you have it. Thanks so much! :sweet:

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