The latest models of the FM C-liners appear to have two four wheel trucks. All of the prototype data I have been able to find, and the early Atlas models of the FM C-liners had a four wheel leading truck and a six wheel rear truck.
Is there more than one variety of the C-liners? Are both wheel arrangements accurate to the prototype?
jpl4nscale, C-liners had 4 wheel arrangments, ERIE BUILTS HAD 4X 6 wheel setups, normally.
ok, i"m not well versed in C-liners or Erie builts(i"m a HUGE H series fan though!!) however, i do know this, the last # or #"s on FM units denote the wheel arrangements. example: CPA24-5 means:C-liner-2400hp-4wheel front-6 in the back. in otherwords, if you look at the side,you will see 2 front wheels and 3 back wheels=5. long island and new york central had these. i can not find any CFA C-liners with the 4x6 setup though, all the CFA"s i"m finding in my books are the 4x4 setups. dont quote me on this but i belive all the canada made C-liners were in the 4x4 wheel arrangements. SO, to answer your question ,yes the C-liner did come in differant wheel arrangements, but the norm was C-liner=4x4 Erie builts=4x6
Yes, both types are true to prototype (although not neccessarily true to prototype in all the road names the Atlas (Rivarossi) models carried.
As indicated, the five axle locomotives were usually passenger locomotives where the fifth axle served to carry the extra weight of the steam boiler and the water tank required for passenger service. The fifth axle did not have a traction motor so the wheel arrangement was Bo-A1A. The electrical equipment was the same as the four axle freight unit.
Locomotives were built with three different engines, 1600 HP 2000 HP and 2400 HP from eight, ten and twelve cylinders respectively.
In Canada, CFA16-5 locomotives were built for use on light track for Canadian National. These were the only five axle freight units.
Rivarossi sold the five axle C-liner in Santa Fe Warbonnet colours, but ATSF had only the larger Erie Built locomotives (six axle, four motor, A1A-A1A wheel arangement). The Erie Built units were generally similar in appearance to C line units but longer.
So there were three types of FM cab units
C liner four axle
C liner five axle
Erie built six axle
All of these had four driven axles.
Peter
Erie-Builts had 6 x 6 wheel set ups. 4 x 4s and 4 x 6s were C-Liners.
I like the look of Fairbanks Morse’s C-Liners and Erie Builts. I can get a pair of the old Atlas ones with the B-C configuration. How much would they be worth in fair condition?
The New Haven (DER-4 CPA-24-5) C-Liner had four leading and six trailing.
Here is linkto the New Haven CLINER