RE: [CBQ] Re: BLI NW-2 Issue 2946 and 2947

["'Nelson Moyer' ku0a@mchsi.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Thank you !

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 3:57 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: BLI NW-2 Issue 2946 and 2947

 

Cribbing this from Don Dover's article in X2200S #41:

NW2 Phase I (3/39-3/43) straight stacks, squared deckplate corners, no hood louvers

NW2 Phase II (7/45-10/46) conical stacks, deckplate corners "bobbed," no hood louvers

NW2 Phase III (10/46-10/47) six solid rows of louvers in hood sides

NW2 Phase IV (10/47-1/49) louver rows broken by 12" lettering space, 4 louvers above, 13 below

NW2 Phase V (2/49-12/49) hood flat in front of windshield and frame "falsies" disappear

 

So:

CB&Q (C&S) 150-152 blt 9/47 Phase III

CB&Q (C&S) 153 blt 12/48 Phase IV

CB&Q (FW&D) 603 blt 6/41 Phase I

CB&Q (FW&D) 605-606 blt 10/46 Phase III

CB&Q 9203, 9204 blt 4/40 Phase I

CB&Q 9205-9219 blt 2/41-5/41 Phase I

CB&Q 9220-9247 blt 7/46-9/46 Phase II

CB&Q 9248 blt 11/49 Phase V

 

Kato's NW2 has most of the Phase I details correct.

 

msw

largofl

 

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:19 PM, 'Nelson Moyer' ku0a@mchsi.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

For the benefit of those of us unfamiliar with Q NW-2 phases, will you give us the spotting features for the five phases or point us to a reliable reference? It would also be helpful to know which road numbers were included in each phase. I’d really like to see a Bulletin on Q Switchers with the depth of coverage given to the SDs. So far, the Alco S-2s are the only switchers covered in Bulletins.

 

Andy Sperandeo wrote an article for Model Railroader some years ago on cutting an Athearn SW-7 shell to form the stepped hood of an NW-2. As I recall, that shell wasn’t really an SW-7, but I don’t remember what it was. I’ve considered doing that on the BLI model. The cosmetic frame modifications should be relative easy, but louvers are a bit more complicated to change.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 9:48 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: BLI NW-2 Issue 2946 and 2947

 

That's not the only discrepancy.  Leaving aside the straight frame skirts (which are incorrect for all NW2s and did not appear until the SW9 in 11/50), the BLI model is clearly a Phase V NW2 (built between 2/49 and 12/49), which does not have the frame "falsies," does not have the flat area on the hood in front of the cab, but does have the six sets of 4/13 hood side louvers.  CB&Q 9244 and 9245 were Phase II NW2s built 8/46, and should have the flat step on the hood, frame "falsies," and no hood side louvers.

 

The BLI model would be correct if numbered 9248, CB&Q's only Phase V NW2.

 

msw

largofl

 

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