Locomotive Workshop Undecorated SW1

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Locomotive Workshop

Prototype Info

Category:

SW1

Year/Era:

1939

Manufacturer:

Electro-Motive Division (EMD)

Dimensions:

44'11"

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Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1981

Product Type:

Etched-brass Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Power:

No Chassis

Supplemental:

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Notes:

The kit consisted of the body parts, truck sideframes, and the bolsters. The power chassis was left up to the modeler. Cascade Hobby Products provided power specifically for this locomotive, consisting of a Sagami motor, gearbox with Delrin chain and gears, Hobbytown universals, Lindsay truck gearboxes, and brass-investment-cast AAR Type A sideframes (early editions of the Cascade kit required the use of the white-metal cast sideframes that Locomotive Workshop provided with those releases of the kit).

Dick acquired this model second-hand. He recalls that Bill Basden built it for Larry Sokol, and Larry gave it to Dick. It has S-scale Kadee couplers installed.