This page will be under construction for a
while till I can get the necessary photos I want and other pertinent info.
So please enjoy what is here so far.
Eventually there will be pictures galore on this page to view of both track
side
and motive power in detail.
This page is dedicated to the Arizona & California Railroad which
has its headquarters in Parker, AZ. My goal here is
to set this page up from the point of view of a modeler so anyone wanting
to model this road has only to come here to
get all information needed.
Arizona & California Railroad Co. has 10 locomotives on the property.
3001, 3004
GP30 phase I
3002, 3003
GP30 phase II
My belief is these four GP30's are all from B&O/C&O heritage
because all units have the "Mail Box Slot" in the battery
boxes.
3501 GP35 phase 1a
3502 GP35 phase 1b
My belief is that 3501 & 3502 are of PRR heritage because of the
location of the grab irons on the top of the nose and
the side of the nose. They are opposite of where they would normally
be.
3503 GP35 phase 1c
My belief is that this unit is of Southern Pacific heritage because of the split battery boxes under the cab.
My belief is these two units are of B&O heritage because I read that somewhere :-).
3804 GP38
Have no clue where this unit came from.
There is one more GP38 ex B&O GP40 #3802 which is indefinitely leased
to Puget Sound & Pacific. I believe Arizona & California
is the parent company to both Puget Sound & Pacific and California
Northern.
If anyone has any information on the true heritage of these locomotives
and their previous road numbers while in service with
their heritage roads, please EMAIL
me so I can update this information.
MY HO SCALE ACR PROJECTS:
10/29/00
GP35 3503 based on a Kato phase 1c model. I have just started
this project.
11/02/00 PHOTO 1
PHOTO 2
This is a view if the new DA fan housings and DA etched brass grills.
I was lucky enough to get a top view of
this locomotive to know what grills had buttons. Also you will
notice the use of a Life Like 36" dia pan top fan.
I also used a DA sand filler hatch. You will notice the filled
in number boards. I have not had much luck with
filling in number boards with putty. The red putty has since
been sanded. I was able to still feel the gaps and
a slight sunken in area. I have since made up a mixture of Evergreen
styrene pieces and liquid cement (Proweld)
and painted this over the number board area. I now need to smoothen
this out. You will also note the use of a few
Cannon & Co. pieces. The inertial filter hatch and GP35 exhaust
hatch. I still need to add lift rings and lifting tabs.
It is hard to see in this picture, but I also added access doors to
both sides of the DB hatch. I used doors from a
Cannon & Co. hood end. In photo 2 I noticed I need to put
a little filler putty in where the fan hatch grab goes in.
The hole is slightly larger than the wire grab.
11/03/00 PHOTO 3
This is a view of the long hood end. The filling of the number
boards looks rather crude in this picture, but it really
did come out smooth. I only have to find one item before this
end is done. That is the small blank off plate for the
top of the light bracket. I wrote Dan Crews of Sunrise Enterprises
to see if he makes this part. He did make the
large blank off plate. I was able to carefully remove the class
lights and only leave the grommet ring. I added DA
circular ports. After adding the light housing I drilled and
filed it out. The grab irons will be added after painting.
I'm waiting on a blank off plate from Sunrise Enterprises and brass
lift rings from Detail Associates and then the
long hood will be done.
11/07/00 PHOTO 4
PHOTO 5
Photo 4 shows a new fuel filler. Here I simply cut out the molded
on fuel filler, cut the opening to the size of the
mounting ring. Then I made a cup to fit behind the opening and
installed a Detail Associates fuel filler and cap. This
gives depth and dimension to the fuel filler.
Photo 5 shows the finished pilots. Both ends look the same.
I cut off the running boards. installed NBW's in the
appropriate places, added MU grab holders and installed Details West
MU hoses and train line hose. Also added
Detail Associates modern coupler lift bar. Had to modify the
bend so I could put mounting brackets outboard. I think
next time I may try bending my own coupler lift bars. If I can
make these in N-Scale, it should be a snap to make them
in HO. A reinforcement strip was added to the bottom of the pilot
and the lower outside edges were trimmed according
to the prototype. I also notched out the top edges of the pilot
plate for access to the coupler lift bar.
