Can anyone tell me about this interesting looking thing?! ------------------ RR: K, C, & Bird Butt Railroad - SP, NS, and ROCK admirer. Its a coal mining region of a place far far away, that runs, SP, NS, and some CSX.. Also some Custom RARE Bird RR sd40-2's coming! Era: Time stands still round these parts, and we have everything from Steam, to Diesels of today.
According to my Diesel Loco reference book only Pennsy, Seaboard Air Line, and National Railway of Mexico owned Centipede's. It appears only 56 were built. 2 weren't sold and remained at Baldwin Loco Works. They were produce between 1945 and 1948. Their wheel arrangement was 2-D+D-2. Seaboard had 14 of them, only one with a steam generator. Seaboard and Pennsy must have initially tried to use them in passenger service. All of the book photos I have of the SAL Centipedes show freight service as a single unit or later MU'd. All of SALs Centipedes were gone by 1961. Also, these things required a lot of maintenance - 96 brake shoes, 40 brake cylinders. They look really nice though. I didn't know these were ever made in N scale. I've only seen them in brass for HO. Look Ahead, Look South Diesel Locomotives the First 50 Years - Kalmbach Seaboard Motive Power - Withers
Not much space for an underframe fuel tank I have to say that I do NOT like these things, except as a curiosity ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Off the top of my head, I think that the Centipede was sold by Con-Cor. Maybe made by KATO, flip it over and look on the bottom. If it has an "E" laying on it's side with a dot at the end of each leg, then it was made by KATO for Con-Cor. I think that I just saw a few of these units for sale on eBay. Maybe an oldie, maybe a goodie?!? ------------------ Let's Go Run Trains MARK
PRR got the BP60's to do passenger service. That didn't last long. They were down graded to BH50 freight only. Each unit had 8 cylinders with 12 3/4" pistons. 5000 HP (per two units) and mostly two units with a solid drawbar were used. You couldn't stall them, the wheels would keep spining even at a dead stop. Could not go over yard humps do to size. They were mainly used to push trains over the mountains out of Altoona, Pa. I would love to have a set in N-gauge. I have even given thought to kit-bashing one but the project was too big. Just another PRR engine for my collection. ...Eddie ..Eddie ------------------ Eddie Delozier PRR N-scale www.deloziers.com eddelozier@yahoo.com
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by porkypine52: I think that I just saw a few of these units for sale on eBay. Maybe an oldie, maybe a goodie?!? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This one is on EBAY..... thanks people for the info..... ------------------ RR: K, C, & Bird Butt Railroad - SP, NS, and ROCK admirer. Its a coal mining region of a place far far away, that runs, SP, NS, and some CSX.. Also some Custom RARE Bird RR sd40-2's coming! Era: Time stands still round these parts, and we have everything from Steam, to Diesels of today.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by moose: I thought the Milwaukee Road had centipedes too?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You may be thinking of the Milwaukee Road's Little Joe, an Electric Locomotive with an almost identical wheel set. ------------------ Brent Tidaback, Member #234 BNSF Railfan-to-the Max and a N-Scaler to boot! Ship it on the Route of The Roadrunners! The Aransas Odessa & Western, a division of the BNSF [This message has been edited by Maxwell Plant (edited 26 November 2000).]
