Jiles/Spoor

Recently been diving down the rabbit hole that is mine railroads, with the BM&LP & DPRR really catching my attention.

Currently working on this MOC of a second batch BM&LP E60CF, should hopefully be done soon!

Some electric power to haul coal straight your mine to your powerplant!

This was certainly a locomotive to work on, it was kind of a challenge but I quite enjoyed it & I hope you do too!

I've finally began building my RAm TEE I MOC, after about a year of telling myself that I was going to redo it. So far I've only got the locomotive/powercar done, which took me about 4+ hours of building (not counting the fixes I had to do later on) & looking at pictures of the real thing, along the only surviving (very low quality) image I have of the original render.

Compared to my original MOC this version is longer, has interior detail, better roof detail, more accurate window placement, & a more accurate paint scheme.

Anyways, I'll probably start work on the trailers tonight if I feel up to doing it. Thanks for reading this, & have a good day.

Engine history/background

No. 5 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive, built by ALCO in 1922 for the Magma Arizona Railroad. It would be the only standard gauge engine that the Magma Arizona would ever purchase new.

The No. 5 pulled trains on the MARR until 1968, when it would haul the last steam powered freight train on the MARR on September 3rd, 1968. In 1970, the locomotive was sold to the Oregon, Pacific, & Eastern Railway for excursion service & was used to do so until 1987 when the line closed.

After the closure of the OP&E, No. 5 was sold to the Galveston Railroad Museum. There it would become Center for Transportation & Commerce No. 555. CT&C No. 555 is currently on display in non operational condition at the Galveston RR Museum.

Also during it's career, No. 5 would appear in multiple films, shows, & commercials. With its most notable appearance being in the 1973 movie "Emperor of the North", where it would play multiple engines throughout the film, with those engines being: 4, 5, & 27.

Yup, I made a Santa Fe FP45 in the classic Warbonnet! I also made a few passenger cars to go along with it, but I'll do a separate post for them.

I should point out that I did change the coupler height, it was too low & wouldn't work with any rolling stock or other locomotives I made. That was a major oops on my end Lol