I have a set of decals and an old AHM ex-PRR flat tail observation car. Does anyone know what the interior looks like after EMD modified the interior for the test equipment - Pictures or diagrams?
Jim
Hi, Jim
I can’t help with the interior arrangement but here’s a photo showing it with all the shades pulled down! Good excuse for not worrying about the interior…
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2640884
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/emdET800.jpg
There’s references to an old EMD promo film, “Research Rides the Rails” but I have not seen any sources for this on the web.
Good luck with your project, sounds interesting, Ed
Maybe this will help…
American Milemaster, Ex S-P (round end chopped off in 1957) the car EMD converted to ET800 was then sold to Conrail as a rail geometry car 22. I found a floorplan here:
http://issuu.com/mr-hobbyist/docs/mrh-2010-sep-oct-ol#download
Navigation is a little goofy but I was able to view the image on page 85 of this issue. It shows the Conrail floorplan but I am guessing CR didn’t have to make too many changes to the layout of the car.
As of 2013 the car still exists in Scranton, PA.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3432739
Hope this gets you in the ballpark, Ed
You can directly download that issue of MRH here: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/back-issues
Then it’s just a PDF you can view normally.
–Randy
Yeah, but for that 2010 issue I get a 404 error and they are using some kind of mag viewer issuu (?) that’s buggy.
I found a mirror here that seems to work:
http://macrodyn.com/assets/files/MRH09/MRH-2010-Sep-Oct.pdf
but still, if you click to enlarge the image of the floorplan I still get a 404 error. Page not found.
Thanks
I just downloaded it from my link, works fine. Use Non-Flash download. Right click, save as (it tells you that if you try to click, actually) and you get a PDF on your computer. That’s why I posted the link I did, so you can get your own PDF instead of use that Issuu viewer thing which seems pretty flakey, to read online. There are several options for that issue - read online (yuck), Flash download, non-flash download, and a printer-friendly version with Flash download. Forget Flash (I’d use a stronger word, but not suitable for posting here) - not just for this, but everywhere it appears.
Hmm, I guess someone moved a file. Possible downside of all electronic - have to keep all the files in the same place they were at the time of publication. However, you can zoom in 200% and still see the outlones, can’t read the fine print though. I even tried the embedded version, which is supposed to include all the media. Nope, still links to a storage section where the file is missing.
–Randy