News: Locomotives

As a follow-up to yesterday's updates on the 3D-printer files by the RamBros Workshop, the shop called "nullroute" has expanded their line-up by releasing designs based on, or compatible with, the RamBros Dragon Railway system. These are files that you are free to download, modify, and print yourself. The files include the body and the frame; use the RamBros' wheels and trucks, if so desired. The RS-3 is their design, while the MP15AC is based on the RamBros Workshop original design. Note that the models are sitting on track based on the RamBros' design, and that is on top of a trestle bridge span that is of nullroute's design, both available via their respective Printables' pages.

Alco RS-3
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EMD MP15AC (Eastman Kodak)
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The company has made available EMD Blomberg B truck files that you are free to download, modify, and print yourself. The files included produce a truck that is meant to be fully functional and operational. The company has a separate web site where they sell the motor, gearing, and hardware. This truck is used, for example, by their MP15AC.

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The company has made available new models under their Dragon Railway system. These are files that you are free to download, modify, and print yourself. The files include the body and the frame. The company has separate files available for their trucks and wheels and their couplers (see their page).

EMD GP60B
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EMD GP60M (BNSF)
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EMD GP60M (SF)
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EMD GP15 (CSX)
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EMD GP15 (BNSF)
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EMD MP15AC
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EMD GP60 (CSX)
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TSG Multimedia presents a video on how to install a Soundtraxx Blunami DCC sound decoder with a current keeper into an American Models E8. Blunami allows for control via a regular DCC command station and also via a cellphone. The video includes how to disassemble the AM locomotive, fitting and installing the components, testing, cellphone set-up, and running.

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Carey Williams has posted a YouTube video featuring four Rex steam engines running on his layout.

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John Agnew recently completed another run of the Alco RS-2/3 kits. He sold all but two of them. This will be the last run of these pewter metal kits, so if you want one, this is the last chance to get one. They are $399 USD.

Start an e-mail message (john@railmaster.co.nz).

Jace Kahn's Photo of the Kit (click to go to the RM web site)
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New to this web site is Heyer 3D Design, a 3D-printing service company based in Sturgeon, Missouri. They offer custom printing of designs using either resin or filament. Additionally, the company has several products available for sale. They print in all scales, including some interesting items for S-scale. The company offers a kit of 3D-printed parts to convert an A.C. Gilbert 4-8-4 Northern, such as #332, into a Southern Pacific GS-4 streamlined engine. They also offer a separately-available tender for the GS locomotives, to fit either the A.C. Gilbert chassis or the American Models chassis. The company makes available a number of front boiler cover doors for the streamlined SP GS-series (single- and dual-light), which they claim fit the A.C. Gilbert, American Models, and Lionel GS locomotives, but none of those companies have produced a streamlined GS engine; Overland Models is the only one who has produced a streamlined GS in S-scale. Nonetheless, the parts are available for those who might be kit-bashing or scratch-building those types of engines.

A.C. Gilbert PRR K4 Pilot/Cattle Guard Part (shown with scale coupler, and modified A.C.G. pilot)
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Southern Pacific GS-4 Kit
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Southern Pacific GS-4 Tender-only Kit (for A.C. Gilbert-based chassis)
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Southern Pacific GS-4 Tender-only Kit (for American Models-based chassis)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-2/3/5 Front Boiler Cover (for A.C. Gilbert)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-4 Front Boiler Cover (for A.C. Gilbert)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-2/3/5 Front Boiler Cover (for American Models)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-4 Front Boiler Cover (for American Models)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-2/3/5 Front Boiler Cover (for Lionel)
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SP 4-8-4 GS-4 Front Boiler Cover (for Lionel)
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The company offers S-scale 3D-printed resin detailing parts for diesel engines. The company is based in London, Ontario, Canada, so expect some extra shipping/delivery fees.

Diesel Engine Exhaust Stack (EMD)
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Torpedo Tubes
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John Agnew announced that he is doing a re-run of several of his diesel kits, including the RS-2/RS-3. The kit for both engines is the same, and the modeler can decide which by using the appropriate included parts. These kits are $399 USD which includes the mechanism.

Start an e-mail message (john@railmaster.co.nz).

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