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Ermahgerd, wut is dat thing?

Without further ado the biggest loco project is finally done! It took ages of poking at it every now and again but the result is worth it. I thought I may as well finish it off and send 2014 out with a bang

I got thinking a while back about what a modern day DD40AX would be like and then what if it was more like two SD90's instead fo two SD40. Throw in some inspiration of some of Union Pacific's GTEL's from the 1950's and you get this... thing. I have no idea what to call it so it'll just be known as the 'Monstrosity'. There's quite a bit of American influence here because why not? I haven't tried making something excessively tall like they do in the US yet.

Inside this thing boasts two 6,300hp (EMD 16-265H3) engines set back to back on a rediculously long frame. The radiators only just manage to fit between them though! It features AC traction with each engine powering 3 bogies (2 under the loco and one under the fuel tender slug unit)and to keep axel load down I had to put it on 4 bogies with a span bolster over them, lets hope they're not too flimsy in design. The cab is blantantly stolen from another one of my models but with a new 'pug' nose stuck on it, I think it looks pretty ok but you guys be the judge of it.

It was designed with no real use intended other than fictional long haul, transcontinental trips, hence the massive fuel tender (or 'fuel slug' since it's technically both a slug and a tender in one) and the equilly massive fuel tank under the main loco.

Other views of it:

Loco design and model was created by me and is copywrite

Description
Ermahgerd, wut is dat thing?

Without further ado the biggest loco project is finally done! It took ages of poking at it every now and again but the result is worth it. I thought I may as well finish it off and send 2014 out with a bang

I got thinking a while back about what a modern day DD40AX would be like and then what if it was more like two SD90's instead fo two SD40. Throw in some inspiration of some of Union Pacific's GTEL's from the 1950's and you get this... thing. I have no idea what to call it so it'll just be known as the 'Monstrosity'. There's quite a bit of American influence here because why not? I haven't tried making something excessively tall like they do in the US yet.

Inside this thing boasts two 6,300hp (EMD 16-265H3) engines set back to back on a rediculously long frame. The radiators only just manage to fit between them though! It features AC traction with each engine powering 3 bogies (2 under the loco and one under the fuel tender slug unit)and to keep axel load down I had to put it on 4 bogies with a span bolster over them, lets hope they're not too flimsy in design. The cab is blantantly stolen from another one of my models but with a new 'pug' nose stuck on it, I think it looks pretty ok but you guys be the judge of it.

It was designed with no real use intended other than fictional long haul, transcontinental trips, hence the massive fuel tender (or 'fuel slug' since it's technically both a slug and a tender in one) and the equilly massive fuel tank under the main loco.

Other views of it:

Loco design and model was created by me and is copywrite