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I want to start a new thread as something separate from heavyweight car conversion I talked about these a few years ago, and also RDCs. The Z community was fortunate to get the Budd RDCS. I would love to have a doodlebug. They were the same kind of thing as the RDCs (I am sure RDCs were called doodlebugs and dickeys in some places) but the ones I am talking about are Gas Electric cars. A good link about them and a blueprint for one could be found here www.mtmuseum.org/jsr/roster/cbq9735.php
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but about ½ that price on eBay). I think this would be a great product for AZL to look into making. They’d probably sell even better than their RDC’s.
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You know, they made so many of these and they were all different, if 3 companies made them that would be cool, as long as they were different types and models. That thing Sea-Rails made with the Mack truck front end was a the granddaddy of them all. (though the real one had 4 wheels in front for a pilot and 2 drive wheels in back not four) CB&Q had one at the turn of the century and sold it to another railroad where it ran for year and years afterwards.
But if someone wants to make one for real, I would like this one. CB&Q 9844 www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=762729
abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?march12/03-26-12/CB_Q844WmMiddleton_ScanColl.jpg Earlier picture, it was renumbered to 9844
I have diagrams of it too and I can scan and send to anyone interested in making this model. Truck centers are 57 feet, 3 5/4 inch apart.
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Here is a link to some history of EMC cars many built in late 1920's at St Louis Car company and under license in Australia in Victoria state
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today the most likely ones to be seen are the ones operated by Sperry rail services if still in service. DC3 was the last one I saw and it was in the Toronto area in 2002. Many of Sperry's fleet started life as doodlebugs or gas electrics and several were purpose built for Sperry by EMC and St Louis car company. many were converted to diesel electric as late as early 2000's, but today most have been replaced Mack hi line trucks. Those cars acquired by Sperry had a long service life.
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shoot the drawings over, I will have a look what can be done. A doodelbug is fine with one powered truck, what should it pull apart from 1 other carriage? Power pick up with some metal wheels on the rear truck is on the list.
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That would be fun to model.
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Hirailtruck wrote: A doodlebug would be nice. I've seen video of a PGE doodlebug hauling a passenger car.
That would be fun to model.
have you got a URL of that photo?
I lived near the PGE or BCR and don't ever remember doodlebugs though I have seen pictures of several interurbans that were converted to doodlebugs with gas engines pre WWII. In my time PGE ran an RDC train from North Vancouver BC to Prince George BC 3 times a week and in winter it was made up of two RDC units and in the summer it could have as many as 4 but 3 was more common. The only passenger train I saw on those rails was the Royal Hudson excursion train from North Vancouver to Squamish during the summer for many years with a 2-8-0 stand in if the Hudson was out of service for any reason
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