NYC M497 Jet Car

fifer

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I was in another group last night and this car came up in discussion.
I built one of these in HO many years ago , when I modeled NYC.
Has anyone scratched one in N Scale?
Thanks , Mike
 

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fifer

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ITS REAL

Yes , This car was a testbed full of monitering equipment to test high speed on standard rail.
It was only run a few times and then was returned to it's original RDC configuration.
I think it set a record at the time of 186 MPH.
Mike
 

absnut

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A fellow called Steamguy, on the Atlas forum, bashed one of those last year. It looked pretty good, too.

Dick
 

fifer

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Thanks Dick

Thanks Dick ,I subscribed and tried to go back and look with no sucsess.
I'll go back and try the handle.
Mike
 

absnut

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Mike,

Ken is a nice guy and I'm sure if you email him through the Atlas forum, he'll respond. It was an interesting looking machine he built!

Dick
 

Anachron

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If you would build a train like that it must go in scale speed right? :D
I would like to c a N scale train go in 182mph scale speed :D

182mph is 292km/h = 8111cm/sec / 160 = 50.69cm/sec

thats some crazy speed there :eek:
 

Ralph

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That has to be the weirdest railroad picture I've ever seen! I never heard of it before!!! Amazing! Looks like something the Coyote would buy from ACME to use in chasing down the Road Runner! :) Must have been a thrill to watch it go by! Imagine the engineer radioing in like Alan Shepard, "Let's light this candle!"
WHOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!!
Ralph
 

fifer

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Whooosh is right

That would be the perfect description.
I have seen pictures of this car at speed and it looks MEAN and Scarey .
About 30' behind the car all you see is dust and flying ballast.
Mike
 

K.V.Div

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Originally posted by Anachron
If you would build a train like that it must go in scale speed right? :D
I would like to c a N scale train go in 182mph scale speed :D

182mph is 292km/h = 8111cm/sec / 160 = 50.69cm/sec

thats some crazy speed there :eek:


If you can locate one of the old Con-Cor RDC's it would be the Ideal Kitbash.
First off the units are generally being sold for much less than a Kato one and, If I remember correctly, they ran at a scale 180 MPH:eek:
Sadly, I sold my last two off about 3 years ago.
Cheers!

Terry
 

fifer

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pic4 at speed

This is a picture at some type of speed.
Notice the man seeing whats coming and ducking for some cover!
 

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