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H&N #1 - GE 30 Ton Steeplecab

Here is my first model of 2022! This is a GE 30 Ton steeple cab. According to my research, only two of these were built, and were for the Hutchinson & Northern (Numbered #1 and #2). #1 still exists to this day, and occasionally operates at the Orange Empire railroad museum in Perris California.

 

This model is powered by a circuit cubes system, with the Bluetooth battery cube in the cab and a cubit motor in each truck driving the outermost axles. This model has been in progress for a while now, and I recently got that spark of inspiration to go and finish it.

 

As for most of my models, I don't have an estimation of when it will be built in physical bricks, but since it has a fairly low part count, and is easily R40 compatible, I could easily start and complete the build process quickly, and have it running on my layout.

 

Prototype photos: www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=147184

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Uploaded on January 2, 2022