Re: C&S #47, an Sn3 C-16 conversion

Posted by John Greenly on Dec 07, 2020; 3:44am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p16116.html

Jim, I measure this model photo right on 5' 2.5",  the folio dimension.  The cab in the photo is at least 5'8" long.

The difference between the model and the photo is quite apparent by eye to me.  Just look at the proportion of cab side height to length.  The difference between 5' 2" and 5" 8" changes the proportion of that rectangle quite a lot.   This isn't the first time I've noticed these discrepancies- it's bothered me for a long time.  It's the same with my old PFM mogul, the cab length is 5"2",  and all the photos of the relevant engines have always looked to me like they have longer cabs.  I had assumed that they had all been lengthened at some date after the folios were done.  But when I started on my backdating project for my #13 I began to wonder whether the wood cabs with sheet metal on the sides were longer as well.  I need to go back and measure!

Well, and how about cab width?  Yes, I agree as to the folios, I certainly would have thought that the extreme width of the cab would need to be given for clearance reasons,  that's the widest part of the engine.  From Rick's data, The D&RG width of 8' 6.5" must indeed be the extreme width of the cab roof overhangs, which is what the Westside model is, while the actual outside width of the cab sides is 8' 2". The C&S engine is listed as 7' 10".  This is what the PFM model is in outside width, and it's almost ridiculously narrow-  the doors on narrow gauge cabs are never very wide, but that width forces the front cab doors on the model to be barely over 12" wide,  how could people get through them?  And how could they possibly get through inside the cab to that door past all the gear in there, anyway?  On the Westside model, and presumably the real C-16,  those doors are wider, 15-16".

John