Now Comes the E6 from 3rd Rail

Where? I can't see it on my mobile. Are we talking EMD E6 diesel or PRR 4-4-2 steam? 

If EMD diesel, I wish Scott M would do the E3 as well with the demo unit. I am guessing that the demo paint scheme on the E3 was the K C S passenger scheme.

EMD E6. No details yet.

EMD E6's and now I might need to order a couple of sets. Im gonna have to sleep on this one

I thought this was supposed to be a secret, but what do I know?  I sense a set of ATSF units might be in my future. They will mate well with my Warbonnet E8s.

Yeeassss, get me some!

Just reserved my C&NW AA pair with note requesting correctly numbered "5005A" & "5005B".  

The CNW did not have cab-less B units. They ordered A units in pairs and numbered them A & B.

link to Great photo evidence for C&NW E-6:

http://morphotoarchive.org/rvn...20Western%20Railroad

(link to Ron Nixon collection)

I love that rakish profile of the E6.   Really cool with that Art Deco look. 

Norm

Santa Fe is one roadname.  The rest on on the Brochure.  On the website.

Has anyone asked Scott why the B units on the E6 for 3-rail are unpowered? Seems like lately all B units have been powered (E8, F7, PA) so why go back to unpowered? Is it a cost issue or mechanical issue?

Maybe a CB&Q E5A and E5B, with the stainless steel, fluted sides???????

Thank you Scott!!! I've wanted these for the longest time. ACL and Seaboard and Florida East Coast. Hope the SAL will be offered in the as delivered scheme. 

Hope all these roadnames get enough reservations.

Leon

Hot Water posted:

Maybe a CB&Q E5A and E5B, with the stainless steel, fluted sides???????

I'd love to see this be offered in brass by 3rd rail. I don't think there are enough buyers for a correct plastic E5 to be profitable. Perhaps if they go for a brass CRISP TA and it goes well a brass E5 would be more likely to happen???

Ok silly question time but does someone have a picture of the EMD E6 demonstrator "A" unit? It's on the reserve form but I never seen a picture of the real one. Have any of you (esp Hotwater)? I am aware of the EMD demos E3, E7  (Train of Tomorrow), and the E8 a unit. ( How 'bout dat Hotwater! Finally using da caps in the designations! )

enginEErjon posted:

Has anyone asked Scott why the B units on the E6 for 3-rail are unpowered? Seems like lately all B units have been powered (E8, F7, PA) so why go back to unpowered? Is it a cost issue or mechanical issue?

 

Exactly.... especially for Santa Fe engines. An unpowered B unit is really pointless. (the 3R E8 Bs were unpowered)

Santa Fe had 7 E6's total built in 1940-41. 4 A's and 3 B's. 12LA, 13LA, 14L, and 15LA were purchased and normally  ran as an AB set, with #14 purchased as an A unit only. So one powered A unit with a dummy B unit is NOT going to pull a lot of train on a grade especially. Granted the trains they pulled were normally  not large trains, 1 powered A unit is just not enough even with traction tires. Make the B units powered. But what do I know!

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Has anyone asked Scott why the B units on the E6 for 3-rail are unpowered? Seems like lately all B units have been powered (E8, F7, PA) so why go back to unpowered? Is it a cost issue or mechanical issue?

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Exactly.... especially for Santa Fe engines. An unpowered B unit is really pointless. (the 3R E8 Bs were unpowered)

Santa Fe had 7 E6's total. 4 A's and 3 B's. 12LA, 13LA, 14L, and 15LA were purchased and normally  ran as an AB set, with #14 bought as an A only. So one powered A unit with a dummy B unit is NOT going to pull a lot of train. Granted the trains they pulled werenormally  not large trains, 1 powered A unit is just not enough even with traction tires. Make the B units powered. But what do I know!

As I look at the price list, it seems to me that the B units are available both powered ($699.95 in the right column) and unpowered (in parentheses at $479.95 that are only available in 3R) so everybody that's a 3-railer should be happy.  In other words, 3-railers and only 3-railers have the option of choosing powered or dummy B units - dummy units are not being offered to 2-railers.   Am I missing something or am I misreading the order form?

MAN !!!! First E-8s, then Alco PAs, THENNN T&P 610, NOW E-6s ?!#!! Thanks Scott (no really THANKS!). 

Count me in as one person that would like to purchase more then one road name (ATSF, IC and C&NW) but I have to ask, what do any of you plan to pull with these new engines (excluding the Santa Fe modelers).

It would be much easier to get behind a passenger centric engine project if there were some indication that a matching set of passenger cars was to follow, not necessarily at the same time, just sometime down the road.

I did speak with Scott at length about this BTW and he said it is very difficult for the smaller, less popular road names, and that I do understand.

However, I am in no position to keep these as shelf queens, so I need a passenger set to move forward with a commitment.

Charlie

I was in for some Santa Fe's but the dummy b unit kills it and takes me out. I was also contemplating the CNW units but have nothing to pull with them so I'm out on those too. I'm done buying trains all Willy nilly, I need focus and a goal these days to pull the trigger and no train fir the C&NW set is a deal breaker and dummy B-units is also a deal breaker. 

Matt Makens posted:

.....I was also contemplating the CNW units but have nothing to pull with them so I'm out on those too. I'm done buying trains all Willy nilly, I need focus and a goal these days to pull the trigger and no train fir the C&NW set is a deal breaker.....

 I think that's half the reason CNW passenger engine offerings get cancelled so frequently......Unless Scott surprises again with an accurate passenger set I hope these get made otherwise I'll have a K-Line passenger set with no locomotive!

Hmmmm...

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