DieselWorkshop - EMD Export G12 Series

[martins]

Now available on the website the newest launch Diesel Workshop a G12 992 from CN, access and check.
https://www.dieselworkshop.net

[Schnauzahpowahz]

Wow, this looks interesting. Nicely done

[AmericanSteam]

Nicely done as well but the locomotive looks like a Canadian cube of butter. EMD could have done better job of stylizing. Not an aesthetically pleasing unit.

[ENR3005]

These look fantastic! Originally built for the London & Port Stanley Railway which CN absorbed, they (991, 992) later became exclusive power for CN's Vancouver Island trackage till their retirement and replacement by six axle GMD1s, another oddball CN unit. Being an export unit, there were some weight considerations and design alterations which made them look very different from other EMD products. As I showed in a previous post, a GP9 looks massive when coupled to these units. Well done!

[cnwfan]

According to the website, I see that a NdeM G12 is also in the works. Thank you!!

[dr1980]

That looks pretty cool, something completely different for sure.

[Schnauzahpowahz]

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Great little loco, well made for a tenner. Shameful self plug below

https://youtu.be/9HvWpJxQZJU

[martins]

These G12 models are very interesting, here in Brazil we had many for metric gauge and others for wide gauge.

I have some projects for this "G12" series at the moment, and it includes models like NDEM which is already completed, New Zealand and 991 with the L&PS to CN transition paint.

[martins]

Already available on the site, another EMD Export from Diesel Workshop, a G12 5876 from NdeM, access and check it out.
https://www.dieselworkshop.net

[Antwerp]

That CN G12 is awesome. I can't wait for the ex-L&PS variant.

[cnwfan]

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Well done Diesel Workshop! Thank you for bringing a NdeM unit to the sim.

[CSXK921]

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Great little loco, well made for a tenner. Shameful self plug below

https://youtu.be/9HvWpJxQZJU

Hey, that was a good plug! A good showcase.

[Schnauzahpowahz]

20210211142755_1.jpg

Great little loco, well made for a tenner. Shameful self plug below

https://youtu.be/9HvWpJxQZJU

Hey, that was a good plug! A good showcase.

I appreciate that. Credit to the DW guys, one of a kind, well made engine(s). Theyre responsible for the kind of stuff that keeps TS rolling along, 3rd party devs

[CSXK921]

That is true! Also makes me want to try to finish what I started back in high-school. (modeled a few locomotives but never really learned how to get them in the game properly)

[wacampbell]

I'll add a little G12 trivia since we railfans love that stuff.

The CN991 and CN992 units shown above were actually built for the London & Port Stanley Railway in London Ontario Canada. Many of you know me for my MSTS representation of that line which included models of these locos. The L&PS was an electric railway for most of the early 1900's. In the early days electricity ran at 25 Hertz not the 60 Hz of today. And the L&PS was designed for that 25 Hz power. Eventually Ontario transitioned to the 60Hz system, which actually meant going house by house and providing replacement appliances for anything that wouldn't work on 60Hz. But Ontario hydro kept one 25Hz generator running at Niagara Falls to power the old L&PS equipment. In the 1950's Ontario Hydro gave notice to the L&PS that the last 25Hz generator was being shut down. This precipitated the ordering of two new diesel loco's to replace the old traction units. These were L4 and L5, made in 1955 by General Motors right in their London Ontario factory. The choice of the G12 was mainly due to weight. The L&PS ran on 70 pound rail with light weight bridges which couldn't withstand the load of the heavier loco's. I think these may have been the only G12's to operate in Canada. They last operated on Vancouver Island. I wonder where they are now?