DmChylde

MOC: EMD DDA40X (WIP)

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Santa (bricklink) put some parts under the tree for me.

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I also updated the trucks (again) these don't twist as much the others, they would derail at higher speeds exiting curves.

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Put the first run of the decals on the side the yellow is still off thou.... I may need a better printer for this..

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Friggintastic! :thumbup:

It's possibly the most sunning modern engine I've ever seen made of Lego.

Thank you Werlu Ulcur that means a lot, I think Swoofty http://www.flickr.co...s/swoofty/sets/ has modern diesels well covered

Im not one for diesels but this is amazing.

Thanks Spitfire2865! Go big or go home was the thought when I started this plan 1 year ago

Absolutely STUNNING!!

Thank you lostdriveway.

Awesome !! This locomotive is one I want to build at some point.

Thanks riograndefan, I think a U50C is next on my list.

Great to see this loco in it's completed form :classic::thumbup:

Thank you Locomotive Annie, I'd kinda hit a brickwall & endless frustration with the decals, but finally got them done in time for her first public show this Saturday @ http://www.brickscascade.com/

I had that loco when I modeled in N gauge. It was big then

Do trains with long bogies like this run well over flexitrack?

Its an awesome engine Pop Bumper Pete, I've yet to be next to the real thing hoping to see the #6913 in her new home in the next year or so. Mines is close in size to MTH's o scale unit at around 25" or so. I've not run it on flex track just PF or 9V tracks, I went thru 4 D-D truck designs before I found one that gave me the least gruff on exiting a normal lego radius curve. On wide long radius curves I suspect she'd run like a champ.

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This is a great Locomotive. :wub:

The amount of details is stunning. :thumbup:

I've got a question: Did you modify some parts because I can't place the antenea and flashlight on the cabin roof.

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This is a great Locomotive. :wub:

The amount of details is stunning. :thumbup:

I've got a question: Did you modify some parts because I can't place the antenea and flashlight on the cabin roof.

Thanks UrbanErwin! There are I believe 14 out of 1940 or so total parts that have been modified from very minor too unholy amounts, I'm not a 100% purist but in some of the details and the truck engineering it had to be done to work correctly, but it's all stud & tube no glue. The 2 which you inquire is this part for the antenna http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=3957 but just the top 1/2" or so I cut off and stuck into this http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=3794. The light is this http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=58176 stuck thru a http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=3070b that I drilled out to the diameter of the light and then under it is this http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=3062b to hold it all in place.

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That is just a massive engine! You did a great job, you really captured it!

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Massive!

Thanks zephyr1934!

That is just a massive engine! You did a great job, you really captured it!

Thanks Ballast it was quite the project.

Wow.

Thanks Thorg23!

simply stunning!!!!

Thanks Konrad!

She won Best Train at Bricks Cascade last weekend, I was really suprised, there was some stiff competition in the railyard!

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She won Best Train at Bricks Cascade last weekend, I was really suprised, there was some stiff competition in the railyard!

Fantastic, well deserved!

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Sorry to bump this; but I just watched video of a DDA40X in action and wanted to see if someone has done a Lego version. I actually tried doing one as a young teenager, but it was atrocious!

Your's is spot on! I've seen two DDA40X units in display (Ogden Utah and Portola California) so I can vouch for your accuracy

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Your's is spot on! I've seen two DDA40X units in display (Ogden Utah and Portola California) so I can vouch for your accuracy

Thank you for the kinds thoughts, I tried to keep it true as I could given the fixed bricks within which we build, my fleet is growing at a snails pace, here's an update:

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DDA40X #6936, HEP UPP #207, U50C #5037 by J.J. Williams, on Flickr

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That's an interesting Head End Power generator baggage sleeper car for Union Pacific. 4 wheel bogie at one end and 6 wheel at the other end.

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That's an interesting Head End Power generator baggage sleeper car for Union Pacific. 4 wheel bogie at one end and 6 wheel at the other end.

It was a lightweight AC&F car remodeled to accept the additional weight of the heavy power generation equipment on the one end at some point from the baggage car it was.

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