Actually I think TVRM's ALCOs are RS-16's or something like that aren't they?

ahh my bad there rsd1-s

wonderful picture. i asume she doesn't run right?

Looking at the roster it's listed as operable.

ahcool. ^^

Kazunheight!

I used to ride one of these at a museum here in KY. Great little engines and nearly impossible to kill. Looking at this model I question the flanged middle set of drivers on the trucks. It was my understanding that the middle drivers on the ALCO models were blind much like the one I used to ride. Caused quite a bit of bucking the cars if you started going up grade because the middle drivers would start turning at speed before the flanged drivers even started moving.

That and you can only fit two men in the cab, three if you don't mind sitting a guy in your lap.

Its possible the trucks are different. I could not discern how gauge on this engine was changeable.

Yah, the cab looked rather cramped from ground level.

The axles are actually two pieces and hollow which allows one to telescope into the other. There are sets of pre-setting holes which line up in the two sections when adjusting to the required gauge. Once these are lined up large pins are secured through the holes and hold the axle at the selected gauge.

Ahh, so that's how it's done.

Hehe! I was actually looking for some part of the sideframes that physically moved. When I next go there (Who knows when that might be) I'll have to snoop a bit under the trucks to see if I can see the holes.

Good old Alcos...