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We had a real treat at the club meeting this evening when Jerry Keys placed this unusual one-of-a-kind BL Transfer Engine that he created from some prototype drawings and images of a never-made Transfer Locomotive. Jerry used to own and operate Milepost 38 Hobbies in CA for many years and he constructed this beauty from an extended Lionel Trainmaster chassis with ERR control & sound added. For the body he grafted together two Williams BL2s cut down to simulate a proposed prototype Transfer Locomotive that he had seen some photos of.

He paired it with a MTH Premiere dummy of another transfer loco (I forgot the name!)

Jerry is a recent addition to our club having retired and moving here from CA when he sold Milepost 38 Trains to some friends who combined it with their existing train shop Arnie's Trains. Jerry is a talented and imaginative fellow and has spark plugged several projects this year around the club. Enjoy

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C. Sam

 

Please pass along our highest compliments to Mr. Keys.  He has created a well executed and entirely plausible locomotive, and a good looking one too.

 

What does he call it?

 

Is it a BL-4? A BL-22?

 

With 500 HP per axle it would have been speedy.

 

I would love to see it in the cream and metallic blue demonstrator paint scheme.

 

If he took the leftover pieces of the shells and mounted them on a single power truck the result should be called the BLeep. 

Last edited by Ted Hikel

I have always thought, and expressed such on this forum, that the BLx was the UGLIEST locomotive ever produced.  I'll let these pictures do the talking.

 

 

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If somebody had told me that a guy had kit-bashed a locomotive by joining two BL2 my first thought would be the worlds UGLIEST Siamese twins.  

However, after viewing the results on this thread I must say that I am VERY impresses and the result is actually appealing.

 

I salute Jerry Keys for a job WELL DONE! 

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Oh, my. Such an obviously good bashing idea - so why didn't I and a lot of others think of it?

Funny how "obvious" often isn't.

 

Love it; just love it.

 

- diesel center-cab, as is 

- mount body on a GG1 (sub-scale, maybe?) - an electric

- but, the piece of resistance (almost French!) for me would be some "Alco"-style

Tri-mount trucks (as on a Weaver C-628 frame), remove the fans, add a coal bunker

to one end - and you would have a "Jawn Henry" steam turbine look. You know, like there was a smaller version.

 

Too cool, in any form.

Ken-Oscale -

 

Yes, your thinking is backwards and odd.

 

Mine, of course, is always Correct. Just ask me.

 

Actually, I can't say that I "like" the BL-2, but I do think that it, in it's natural state, gets

a lot more criticism than it deserves. It has some rather interesting shapes.

 

You want ugly? A chopped-nose GP-7 - in fact, any GP7/9 is of questionable esthetics. 

Originally Posted by Doug Murphy:

I also like centercabs and unique creations. This looks great. Can you tell me about how long it is? 

Sorry Doug,  I should have put a tape measure on it while it was there.

I would venture a guess at 22" - 28" long? Considerably longer than the Trainmaster that donated the chassis!

Originally Posted by SAL9000:

I've been thinking about doing something similar but have no idea how to nicely butt two plastic shells together. For the life of me I cannot see the seem. Any tips/hints?

 

Yes, please!

 

Since I will be embarking on my own bashing projects (Franken-ALCo I & II...), learning how the shells and frames were so comfortably stitched together would be fantastic!

 

Thanks,

 

Mario

 

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