Triplex I saw you posted in the paint shop post. I just posted there , I was wondering how accurate those drawings are. Do you know, is this a good example of what you are saying about the athearn not being quite right? Thanks
DD35s don't have flared radiators... but DD35As do. I think this was to hold down the overall length of the engine.
There were only 3 DD models, the DD35, DD35A, and DDA40X. The DD35 came first and was basically 2 GP35s back to back on a common frame, except it had no cab. They were meant to be run with GP35s in A-B-A or A-B-B-A consists. The DD35A was introduced later and is a cab version of the DD35. Since the cabless version was a DD35, the A was added to the DD35A to differentiate between the 2. SP had DD35As and DD35s, I don't know if UP had any.
The DDA40X was basically 2 GP40s on a common frame. It had flared radiators and a wide body cab. This is the UP 6900 series that is so famous.
The Bachmann model is a DDA40X. The athearn appears to have a narrow cab and flared radiators so it is either a DD35A with the wrong radiators or a DDA40X with the wrong cab.
Dave
According to "Diesel locomotives - the first 50 Years" EsPee operated 3 DD35s while the other 27 went to Omaha, along with the 15 cabbed units.
Yeah, I had the owners wrong. I looked it up on Wikipedia after I had made that post and found that Espee had the first 3 DD35s. All the other DD35s and DD35As went to UP. Sorry 'bout that y'all.
As for DDA40X vs. DD40AX I don't know. Shoot, I don't even know what the "A" stands for.
Why is there always a beer can in my pictures?aussie