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Post by josef on Dec 7, 2019 11:55:49 GMT
Anyone know anything about this? 
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Post by fabforrest on Dec 7, 2019 17:36:48 GMT
I think it is a German made diesel hydraulic
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Post by josef on Dec 8, 2019 12:17:42 GMT
I think it is a German made diesel hydraulic [/quote] It has the look of the Kraus-Maffei, but front looks like maybe SP Shop made some changes which I have never seen before. Here's a pic of the Kraus-Maffei as one of many of how they looked when acquired. Attachments:
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Post by highvoltage on Dec 8, 2019 12:39:49 GMT
Here's some history of the engine from Wiki. It appears that the picture you show is from its use as a camera car, which is mentioned below.
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Post by josef on Dec 8, 2019 20:21:57 GMT
Here's some history of the engine from Wiki. It appears that the picture you show is from its use as a camera car, which is mentioned below.
Thanks. That was an interesting read and reason for the front end change. Appreciated.
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Post by sdivtim on Dec 14, 2019 13:21:07 GMT
One left and operating in Nor Cal.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Jan 13, 2020 15:10:08 GMT
One left and operating in Nor Cal. I stumbled across this video of the restored engine on the rails in July of last year: From the comments posted at the time it appears that it was not yet running under its own power, which will be one diesel prime mover instead of the original two. Nonetheless, it's a fine sight to see the results of devoted restoration. P.S. The video is courtesy of a note on 3rd Rail's website, for which thanks to Scott Mann. 3rd Rail is producing an O scale model of this very distinctive engine in both SP and D&RGW liveries.
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