08-19-2011, 12:45 AM
FCIN Wrote:Reinhard;
Seeing your model of a BNSF shoving platform reminded me of a photo that I'd seen on RailPictures.net of a CSX remote control platform: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.ph...&nseq=2399. Interesting concept - couple any locomotive to this thing, hook up the air and MU cable and you have a remote control locomotive! Would certainly make for an interesting and different model.
That is interesting. UP is using an old gray painted GE engine body (without motor, traction, tank etc) for the same purpose. It was always my thought that a remote control unit must be easier to build. The CSX car is what I was thinking about.
Thank you for posting the photo.
Reinhard