these are the pr0t0 1000 models with two little black plugs or hatchs I don’t know where they go. No papers in the box bought at flea market. thanks rambo1…
I have my paperwork around here somewhere… If I come across it I’ll scan it and post it.
It’s been years ago so I don’t recall, could they be for adding a steam generator for locomotives so equipped? Some (maybe all?) of the CN C-liners were used in passenger service. There would be an air intake and an exhaust stack.
Ed
Those are exhaust stacks related to the steam generator, and for a CN model can be thrown away (or saved for some future project). CN’s 4-axle C-liners were freight only.
The initial production of this model only did CPR, some of whose C-liners had steam generators (model CPA-16-4 instead of CFA-16-4). It was up to the modeller to add them if appropriate, depending on number series and era.
As a result of the success of the CPR gamble, Proto expanded the line to include CNR. I guess by default the steam generator details continued to be included in the parts bag. FYI the 87xx road numbers used on the green versions were pre-1956. They were renumbered to 93xx that year. A-units had even numbers only.
There was another CN C-liner model produced much later by TruLine. This was indeed a passenger unit, but the 5-axle version (CPA-16-5) and came fully assembled.
John
I stand corrected. I saw some fuzzy photos on Google and didn’t look at the rear truck. In the U.S. the five axle units were nicknamed Erie Builts and had similar carbodies, of course longer.
[:$] Ed
No, you’re confusing models. The Erie-Builts were the first Fairbanks-Morse cab units, and were so called because they were assembled at Erie. They had a pair of A1A trucks, so 6 axles.
The C-liners were built at Beloit, (Kingston for the Canadian production) and came in 4 or 5 axle configurations. At least for the 1600hp version (CPA-16-5) the extra axle at the rear was to handle the weight of the steam generator for roads that (like CN) were concerned about axle loading on certain subdivisions. It may have been the same issue with the CPA-20-5 and CPA-24-5 models which also had larger prime movers.
John
Redfaced again! [:$]
I’ll stick with EMDs and Alcos. That’s what I get for not doing proper research! Thanks for keeping things on the level. Ed