Model Railroading > NS's new safety cabs

Hello everyone. I was curious if anybody on here knew of somebody producing these cabs or knows somebody with drawings that include dimensions? I beleive they are called Crescent cabs?

Thanks for any help,
Rick F.

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Rick Fourroux
Littleton, CO
Railfan Models

Which cab are you talking about? NS has two new cab designs they are using. One is called teh "Admiral" cab which is a modified spartan cab along with a new nose. These have been primarly built onto SD40-2's, and of late a couple of cabbed road slubs / mates. The SD60E cab is a different beast in itself and so far has been limited to the SD60 rebuild program. The SD40E program, which is rebuild SD50S's and SD50's used their original cabs.

Regards,
Russ

Thanks for the reply Russ. I'm referring to both actually! I forgot that the SD60Es were different from the SD40s. I'm looking for both the Admiral cabs and the 'Crescent'(?) for the SD60Es.

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Rick Fourroux
Littleton, CO
Railfan Models

Rick;

To my knowlegde, neither cab design has been drawn for publication. I would suspect, with the release of the Veterans unit, that Diesel Era will perform a walk around article within the next few issues.For both models, the backwall of the cabs were not moved, so a decent side-on shot would work dimensionally. IIRC, Diesel Era has provided a square side-on shot of an SD40-2 with the admiral cab, basically from the back of the front truck to beyond the front pilot. I do not know which issue that would have been in. You may be able to get an issue # from Withers if you e-mail them.

Regards,
Russ

"oyw" posted pictures on TO recently.

drgwguy Wrote:
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> Hello everyone. I was curious if anybody on here
> knew of somebody producing these cabs or knows
> somebody with drawings that include dimensions? I
> beleive they are called Crescent cabs?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Rick F.
>
> Posted from iPhone

I sent this Question to Altoona work's. I should be getting a answer shortly. I will PM you my finding's.

hiline Wrote:
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> drgwguy Wrote:
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> > Hello everyone. I was curious if anybody on
> here
> > knew of somebody producing these cabs or knows
> > somebody with drawings that include dimensions?
> I
> > beleive they are called Crescent cabs?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Rick F.
> >
> > Posted from iPhone
>
> I sent this Question to Altoona work's. I should
> be getting a answer shortly. I will PM you my
> finding's.
The message I got from Altoona work's is that they are made by Curry Supply and another part's source. No drawing's are available at this time. That don't help much,maybe trying to contact Curry supply. Bill

NSTopHat Wrote:
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> Which cab are you talking about? NS has two new
> cab designs they are using. One is called teh
> "Admiral" cab which is a modified spartan cab
> along with a new nose. These have been primarly
> built onto SD40-2's, and of late a couple of
> cabbed road slubs / mates. The SD60E cab is a
> different beast in itself and so far has been
> limited to the SD60 rebuild program. The SD40E
> program, which is rebuild SD50S's and SD50's used
> their original cabs.
>
> Regards,
> Russ

Except that one ex-Conrail GE Dash 8-40C 8305 that has received the SD60E cab.

Note: Picture from the NSDash9.com facebook page.

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This a perfect project for 3D printing I believe. If someone can measure these cabs and build a CAD doc, it could be given to a 3D printer for printing.

http://www.altoonaworks.info/rebuilds/admiralcab.html

Bruce

EspeeGoldenState Wrote:
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I didn't realize they could make a GE motor look that ugly!

Russ

> NSTopHat Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Which cab are you talking about? NS has two new
> > cab designs they are using. One is called teh
> > "Admiral" cab which is a modified spartan cab
> > along with a new nose. These have been primarly
> > built onto SD40-2's, and of late a couple of
> > cabbed road slubs / mates. The SD60E cab is a
> > different beast in itself and so far has been
> > limited to the SD60 rebuild program. The SD40E
> > program, which is rebuild SD50S's and SD50's
> used
> > their original cabs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Russ
>
> Except that one ex-Conrail GE Dash 8-40C 8305 that
> has received the SD60E cab.
>
> Note: Picture from the NSDash9.com facebook page.

Re the ex-Conrail C40-8 with the new Admiral cab: are they really going to start fitting these cabs to C-C GEs now? I'm curious to see the final product--could be oooooooooogly or pretty nice. Depends on what other touches they do or do not add to the unit. Should be interesting at any rate.

One thing I like about NS is that they sure have a great variety of units which is expanding all time. I love it!

schmo Wrote:
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> Re the ex-Conrail C40-8 with the new Admiral cab:

That's not the Admiral cab. The Admiral cab is the new standard cab found on the SD40-2's.

The "Crescent " cabs are the ones being used on the C40-8 and the SD60Es. The "Admiral" cabs are being used on the SD40-2's ,a few slugs and now in the process the GP59E . Hope this helps.
MrOGDEN

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No matter what they're called, they're ugggggglllllyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

so... why the change, and yes im not a fan of the new cabs. How much safer are they?

hotmetal-train Wrote:
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> so... why the change, and yes im not a fan of the
> new cabs. How much safer are they?

If it only saves one life...

Larry

Hey Larry, OOO yes I agree 100%. I was just wondering about the modifications, it would appear the roof support is much better,so does this help with absorbing the impact?

I can see how the new design would have much stouter collision posts in the nose.
But the overhanging number board assembly??? What purpose does that serve?

PHall Wrote:
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> I can see how the new design would have much
> stouter collision posts in the nose.
> But the overhanging number board assembly??? What
> purpose does that serve?

I wonder if that reduces glare on the windshields?

ts1457 Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
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> > I can see how the new design would have much
> > stouter collision posts in the nose.
> > But the overhanging number board assembly???
> What
> > purpose does that serve?
>
> I wonder if that reduces glare on the windshields?

I thought that what the tilted windshields was for.