RAPIDO EMD E8A HEP GREEN SCHEME BURLINGTON NORTHERN dc/dcc BN SND

Description: RAPIDO BURLINGTON NORTHERN GREEN SCHEME EMD E8A (w/HEP)READ THE STORY FROM RAPIDO "MASTER CLASS"FOR SALE: ONE Rapido EMD E8A Burlington Norther Executive paint w/ HEP. Available in road numbers: 9904 1 avail, 9915 2 avail. YOUR OPTION. ESU LOKSound. Development of General Motors’ Foray into Passenger Diesel Production "The diesel that did it" is often used to describe General Motors’ Electro-Motive FT freight diesel, a reference to its ability to persuade most railroads that diesel locomotive technology was superior to steam locomotives in regards to flexibility, maintenance and overall costs. While undoubtedly true, EMD’s E-units are also known similarly as the diesel that knocked steam locomotive off America’s premier passenger trains. Early diesel designs had their limits, and as a result the Burlington’s Zephyr and Union Pacific’s M-10000 were not just locomotives, but fixed-length trainsets. A single passenger steam locomotive, such as a 4-6-2 or 4-6-4, had enough power to pull a variety of train lengths, allowing the railroad’s to simply add more cars to a train when demand warranted it. The Zephyr, Flying Yankee, Green Diamond and M-10000, featured consists in which the motive power and train were inseparable. One representative of a steam locomotive builder commented after the development of these early diesel trainsets, “The truth is that this new 20th Century development of dieselized lightweight trains has not yet touched 19th Century performance with steam.”And GM’s diesel engineering staff knew this. These trainsets were limited not only by how many seats were available, but also by the fact that these early diesels lost all but 10% of their starting drawbar pull when they hit 70 or 80 miles per hour, and thus being limited to very lightweight trains of fixed length. GM’s engineers began work to design a new locomotive that would equal such existing passenger steam engines as the 4-6-4 Hudsons that were in vogue on many mainline passenger trains in the 1930s. Eventually, they came up with a pair of 900 hp Winton 201A V-12s in a boxy 4-axle prototype, and lessons learned from that led to Baltimore & Ohio purchasing one, numbered 50, and Santa Fe purchasing a pair, numbered 1 and 1A. Lessons were, again, learned, and one was that the crews were too far forward, causing them to occasionally become transfixed by the blur of the railroad ties passing underneath them. Around this time, EMD was moving fabrication and construction to their new factory in La Grange, just southwest of Chicago. And their engineers and stylists were hard as work re-imagining both the construction and appearance of these new locomotives as well. The entire carbody was changed to a truss construction for improved strength (visible whenever the side panels are removed in the shop). Also, the carbody was redesigned to a more streamlined appearance, with the cab set back and a stylish slant-nose ahead of it. Also, the trucks were changed to 3-axle A-1-A trucks, with two powered axles per truck with a non-powered idler axle in the center, which spreads the weight of the locomotive more evenly over the track and counteracts the tendency of trucks to oscillate at high speeds, which is a problem with 2-axle trucks.These earliest E-Units had a very streamlined nose with a steeper front angle, and a variety of porthole/window styles and locations on the sides. (Want to see Rapido Trains produce early E-Unit models? Click here to request them!: https://form.jotform.com/210555532174249 ) By the time the E8s were in production, EMD had settled upon round portholes and, as on the earlier E7s, the rounded but slightly less-streamlined "bulldog" nose found on their primarily-freight F-Units. The E8 was such a classic design that the later E9s had the exact same body, other than a headlight gasket and slight variation in the side porthole rims having changed. (Of course, perhaps the design team had just gotten complacent…) NOTE ! Buyer pays postage & handling via USPS & delivery confirmation. Insurance is YOUR option Shipping worldwide outside continental USA at your option/peril with eBay applicable Global Shipping Program .. extra charge added by eBay; seller has no option w/ pricing GSP. I accept PAYPAL only held until cleared. There is no reserve! Bidders with negative OR undesirable feedback may be denied participation. Questions always welcome via e-mail. Thank You !

Price: 334.99 USD

Location: Hopkins, Minnesota

End Time: 2024-11-18T04:04:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 16.89 USD