C-420 Builders Drawings

Hello, I have "googled" on every key word I can think of looking for detailed drawings for the C420 but have had absolutely no luck. A search of the forum has turned up nothing as well.

Does anyone know where I can find detailed drawing of the C420. I would like to build a 1/32 scale model of the thing and don't want to have to reverse engineer the Atlas HO model to determine the exact size/dimensions for the build. Plus, I would like to be a little more accurate in the details.

Tim

Hi,

I did a search for c420 drawing and this link came up, which has the ones I know about:

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/73000/882785.aspx

Hope this helps,

Thanks for the reply.

I saw that link in my initial search. I can find lots of links with drawings that contain general dimensions (such as overall length and width) but I am looking for something that has detailed dimensions as well.

Perhaps what I am looking for does not exist.

Not online (there was a time when nothing was online), but-

Extra 2200 South, Issue 62 (Oct Nov Dec 1977) covers the C-420's in depth, including Win Cuisinier drawings of a Phase I. Full roster info as of that date, lots of photos and information.

You should also take a look at this thread on Railfan.net's Lehigh Valley forum:

http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?bo ... 1280115230

Hi,

I guess I don't understand what you want. If the major dimensions are noted and there is a scale on the drawing (or make your own), then everything can be scaled off the drawing? I've rarely seen a drawing of a RR locomotive more detailed than that either on the web or elsewhere. (I'm not saying they don't exist, just that they are not typically available to the average fan).

Found what I was looking for...sort of....

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/cmanf1-1.jpg

I would like to find something a little more detailed as far as showing the measurements for the curves on the hood, etc. Think of it this way, when Atlas decided to make the HO scale C420, they went out and took measurements. I would have thought that there would be blueprints from ALCO that contain all the original engineering specs.

Thanks for the input!

bleedinred wrote:Found what I was looking for...sort of....

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/manual/cmanf1-1.jpg

I would like to find something a little more detailed as far as showing the measurements for the curves on the hood, etc. Think of it this way, when Atlas decided to make the HO scale C420, they went out and took measurements. I would have thought that there would be blueprints from ALCO that contain all the original engineering specs.

Thanks for the input!

Good luck! I am in the process of scratchbuilding a C420 in 1/24th scale and found the same things everyone else here found - that there isn't too much and what is there leaves much to be desired. What I did was to take reference from drawings on the Railroad Paint shop, from the century manual, scaled them up to 1/24 and referenced to many, many different photos. There was also an article on LV C420's in Flags, Diamonds and Statues Vol 8, No. 2 published by the ARHS which also has drawings.

JP