Proto 1000 RS-11 Measurements

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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When they first came out, there was some complaints about the dimensions of the Proto 1000 RS-11 and RS-10/18’s.

I found some measurements on this interesting site:

http://hosam.com/alco/rsdim.html

According to this website, the walkway should be about 5’ above the rails and the walkway to roof top height should be about 9’.

I found that overall height of the PROTO 1000 RS-10/18 is about right at 14 feet. But it seems that the walkway is 6" too high off the top of the track and, as a result, the measurement from the walkway to roof top height is 6" too short.

Can someone compare these measurements to a brass model and/or Atlas RS-11 to see how they compare?

Thanks in advance,

Mike Sowsun

Oakville, Ontario

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Here are some from my VanHobbies/SAM RS 18:

Overall ht to top of fan: 14’ 6"

Rail to walkway: 5’ 9"

Walkway to top of long hood: 8’ 9"

Help or confuse more?

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Mike is that your layout, looks nice!

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Yes, it is a nice layout, but it’s not mine. It is the “York Railway Modellers” club layout.

http://www.yorkrailwaymodellers.info/

Here is a couple more shots of the layout:

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Pathfinder, It does confuse me a bit because your measurements don’t match the “HOSAM” RS-11 dimensions http://hosam.com/alco/rsdim.html or my P1K RS-10.

MODEL

RS-11

ENGINE

1800 HP

ENGINE TYPE

251-12 CYL

C toC TRUCKS

31’-00"

C TRUCK to FRONT PILOT

11’-00"

C TRUCK to REAR PILOT

10’-06"

PILOT to PILOT

52’-06"

TOP ENGINE HOOD

14’-02"

TOP CAB HOOD

14’-06"

TOP WALKWAY

5’-00"

WIDTH WALKWAY

9’-07"

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Well, it is an older (mid 80’s) release, so maybe not so diligent on the dimensions. I will pull out my Atlas RS11 tomorrow and see what I get with that.

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Here is what another post on another board got for measurements:

Van Hobbies MLW RS-18, Alco Models “RS-18”
Top of long hood to running board : 9 feet
Top of long hood to railhead: 14 feet

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Here are some measurements from CNR #3675 RS-11M in January 2003:

I braved the cold and ice to measure 3675 today at lunchtime.

I measured 62" (5’ 2") from the railhead to the top of the platform and 106" (8’ 10") from the platform to the top of the short hood.

This makes exactly 14 from the rail to the top of the hood.

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Here are some (fuzzy for some reason) photos of my Atlas RS11 (on its way to be a BCR RS18) and my VanHobbies/SAM RS18 (not the Alco Models version). Maybe these help a bit or just add to the confusion?