by timberley
Hi everyone,
I've been trying to track down some information about a particular former Southern Railroad of New Jersey locomotive, and was hoping you might be able to help me out.
The locomotive in question is SRNJ 1548, a former Conrail DeWitt-rebuild RS3m that was owned by SRNJ in the late 90s. It was then sold to Andrew Merilees, and ended up at the Canada Starch (CASCO) plant in Cardinal ON until it was scrapped several years ago. The locomotive is quite unique, because during its time with SRNJ (or possibly just before they acquired it, I'm not entirely sure), someone put in a lot of work to restore its Alco appearance. This included changing much of the hood, but retaining the EMD prime mover that it had been re-engined with. The only obvious external evidence of the 12-567 hiding under the hood (apart from the sound) is the second exhaust stack (interestingly one of the two skinny EMD-style stacks is inside an Alco-style stack).
Here's a photo of it during its SRNJ time:
And in it's CASCO incarnation:
One of the changes involved adding the original Alco-style radiator fan housing at the end of the long hood. What I don't know however, and am trying hard to find out, is what they did with the fans. Did they in fact replace the twin 36" EMD fans with an original Alco fan, or perhaps a single larger EMD fan? Or did they just recess the existing EMD fans into the hood so they fit under the Alco-style cover?
I'm working on building a model of this locomotive in its CASCO incarnation, and want to model it as accurately as possible. I have not yet been able to find any photos of the unit from above, so I don't know what the fan setup is. My model will have the fans visible through the top screen, so I would like for them to be modelled correctly. If there were in fact twin 36" EMD fans hiding under there, I think it would be really neat to see them through the grill.
Does anyone here by any chance either know this information, or know someone who might be able to help? I know it might be a long shot, but I figured I'd ask anyway!
Many thanks,
I've been trying to track down some information about a particular former Southern Railroad of New Jersey locomotive, and was hoping you might be able to help me out.
The locomotive in question is SRNJ 1548, a former Conrail DeWitt-rebuild RS3m that was owned by SRNJ in the late 90s. It was then sold to Andrew Merilees, and ended up at the Canada Starch (CASCO) plant in Cardinal ON until it was scrapped several years ago. The locomotive is quite unique, because during its time with SRNJ (or possibly just before they acquired it, I'm not entirely sure), someone put in a lot of work to restore its Alco appearance. This included changing much of the hood, but retaining the EMD prime mover that it had been re-engined with. The only obvious external evidence of the 12-567 hiding under the hood (apart from the sound) is the second exhaust stack (interestingly one of the two skinny EMD-style stacks is inside an Alco-style stack).
Here's a photo of it during its SRNJ time:
And in it's CASCO incarnation:
One of the changes involved adding the original Alco-style radiator fan housing at the end of the long hood. What I don't know however, and am trying hard to find out, is what they did with the fans. Did they in fact replace the twin 36" EMD fans with an original Alco fan, or perhaps a single larger EMD fan? Or did they just recess the existing EMD fans into the hood so they fit under the Alco-style cover?
I'm working on building a model of this locomotive in its CASCO incarnation, and want to model it as accurately as possible. I have not yet been able to find any photos of the unit from above, so I don't know what the fan setup is. My model will have the fans visible through the top screen, so I would like for them to be modelled correctly. If there were in fact twin 36" EMD fans hiding under there, I think it would be really neat to see them through the grill.
Does anyone here by any chance either know this information, or know someone who might be able to help? I know it might be a long shot, but I figured I'd ask anyway!
Many thanks,
Tim
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