SDL-39 Interest

Hi Dick

As an Englishman always asking questions about Nth American railroads, I quickly got into the habit of asking that brilliant Irishman G O'Ogle first!  My search for 'emd sdl39 diesel loco drawings' threw up the drawing I posted above.  I suspect it is a 'standard' EMD sales brochure drawing(?), tastefully updated!

I was involved with Gilmaur diesel kits a few years ago and we used drawings from the same source in our SW1500 kit.  OK, OK, I'll come quietly officer, but we thought the dwgs would be unwanted/out of copyright(?) by the time we needed them!

Google threw up the usual range of images, one of which referenced this Flickr group:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/emd_sdl39/?rb=1

Absolutely terrific selection.  Don't know if you know, but way back Wisconsin Central's owner acquired other railroads including English, Welsh and Scottish Railways here in the UK.  Great paint scheme for modelers, shame it's gone.

Although I've been modelling Nth Am rrs for 45 years, one of our O-scale manufacturers (Dapol) has announced a Class 66 made in Canada and the USA ... so I must get one in nearly Wisc Cen paint!!

https://www.mainlinediesels.ne...=1000603&lang=en

Jason

The Milwaukee SDL39s used to run a lot in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa as the trackage was old, tired, and lightweight. I photoed a couple of them in Spencer, Iowa, a town of about 10,000 people.

They went from Milwaukee to Wisconsin Central to Wisconsin Southern to Fepasa in Chile. There were only 9 left at that time.

Dick

@Mike Slater posted:

Here is some pictures of one of the two , 3-Rail kitbash I did, this one I did back about 8 years ago.  It is a combination of a K-line GP38-2, an Atlas RSD4/5 for the power trucks  and motors, an overland fuel tank that I cut down.  I also re-arranged the engine doors to match the prototype

How in the devil did you rebuild the side frames?

Dick