MOC: Texas State Railroad Engine #22

[SavaTheAggie]

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Texas State Railroad GE 70 ton switcher #22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_70-ton_switcher

Built by General Electric in May 1956 for the Texas South-Eastern Railroad as engine #22. It operated on the Texas State Railroad when the TSE operated the line under lease. Source

I have visited the TSRR many times, but I have never seen this one out of the Palestine shop. I do not know of her operating status or of any plans to change it.

--Tony

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME again 'Sava' a totally beautiful engine....keep them comming and Brick On !

[BillytheKid]

A great moc. Very good looks and a lot of work for using the colors like that. job.

[AussieJimbo]

Another mighty fine TSRR loco to add to your collection, Sava.

Top job.

:classic:

[Selander]

Also a very nice design.

Same question:

How is it powered ?

[SavaTheAggie]

Thanks all.

Also a very nice design.

Same question:

How is it powered ?

It's not. Three of the four TSRR diesels are unpowered, as they're either too small or the design too complex to be powered in any fashion.

--Tony

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Great engine 'StA'. Excellent, detailed work! The colors are great as well, keep up the great models

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very beautiful diesel shunter SaveTheAggie!

I like both your models but in my opinion this one it's a little bit better!

Great building technique and fantastic yellow rigid hoses

[22kane]

I went into the picture album and noticed the RS-2, very impressive. I was just thinking today how I would go about building one. Your loco's are quite impressive and I was wondering how possible it would be to power the RS-2? I'm guessing it would need re-designed and may not look right as it may end up over-sized. Looking forward to more of your designs, excellent work!

[SavaTheAggie]

I went into the picture album and noticed the RS-2, very impressive. I was just thinking today how I would go about building one. Your loco's are quite impressive and I was wondering how possible it would be to power the RS-2? I'm guessing it would need re-designed and may not look right as it may end up over-sized. Looking forward to more of your designs, excellent work!

Do you mean powering it with Power Functions? My ALCO RS-2 is already powered with 9v. To power it with Power Functions would be easy except the battery box - there's room for everything else. To fit a battery box would require one of three things - redesign to "fit" a battery box in the design in spite of it not being accurate, hollow out the fuel tank and extend it further down to hide a battery box inside, or build a custom battery box (which is what I'd probably do).

Speaking of which - you can purchase the instructions to my RS-2 and my MRS-1 in my bricklink shop.

--Tony

[roamingstop]

Im using a 9V PP3 to PF adapter (custom made from the 9V --> PF cable) - I was able to fit it inside the 4512 Dark Grey locomotive - but only by making the body 5 wide (the PP3 needs 3 stud width). If you have space to use Panels then the walls can be 4 studs wide. The 5 stud wide panels also allowed the PF receiver to be effectively hidden....

Ive not done it with Sava's models (yet) but hope it is reliable...

[22kane]

Speaking of which - you can purchase the instructions to my RS-2 and my MRS-1 in my bricklink shop.

--Tony

Yeah I saw that and I may just have to. I would be using PF as I've sold off most of my 9v stuff. Now that I know I can fit PF I'll probably be purchasing the instructions in the next month or so. Such a cool Loco!!