Here are some of my HO model locomotives
I don't really have many because to stay on my layout they have to earn their keep.
I try to only have locomotives that really operated at and around Bethlehem Steel
in the years I model 1965 to 1975.
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| Above are 3 shots PBNE SW7 #35. The above shot was taken as #35 was delivering 2 covered hoppers to the blast furnace high line. The other 2 were taken in Iron Hill yard on my layout. The model is a modified Proto 2000 Sw8/900. Behind it is PBNE slug #13. I built it starting with an old Athearn locomotive frame. |
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| Above is Lehigh Valley RS11 #7643. It is an Atlas yellow box locomotive. I put a Soundtraxx DCC chip in it and it runs pretty good. The Alco sound is its best feature! |
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| PBNE locomotive #23 passing the sintering plant on the way to the BOF with a loaded hot metal car. This model is a kitbash. It is basically a Brooadway Limited NW2 DCC with sound. The thing that bothered me was that it is a later phase NW2 than the real #23 and it did not have the hood notch right before the cab. I took the body from my Kato NW2 which is an earlier phase that had the notch and modified it to fit on the Braodway. The cab remained the Broadway cab. |
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| PBNE locomotive #23 about to enter Iron Hill yard on my layout. |
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| The shots above and below show the hood notch of the NW2 that is one of the main spotting differences between the earlier and later phases. |
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| The above shot shows #23 pulling up to Iron Hill tower. |
Blast Furnace |
Bridges Accross the Lehigh |
Overall View |
The Electric furnace |