Simple idea. De6 without a cab but it still has the diesel engine and the traction motors. Same tractive effort etc but only works as a multiple unit.
#DE6 B-Unit
spark hedge
static orchid
Simple idea. De6 without a cab but it still has the diesel engine and the tracti...
You mean the Slug?
spark hedge
Slug doesn’t have a diesel engine
static orchid
A Slug with an ENgine then?
torn harbor
Yea thats pretty much a B unit
spark hedge
Would probably be a relatively simple thing to make using car changer but I haven’t got the slightest clue how to do that.
DE6 B-Unit
unborn dirge
I think B-units often still have some basic controls on board, so it can be moved under its own power without a full locomotive attached
dreamy kindle
The Haysi RR (Clinchfield area) had a remote control B-unit that it used for switching duties.
The Rock Island's Idea of a B-Unit.
Started off as an E6.
misty junco
Simple idea. De6 without a cab but it still has the diesel engine and the tracti...
I don't know why this post didn't have any reactions, but it's a good way to 'up' the slug for a price higher. Slugs aren't good at faster speeds, B units, depending on the loco modeled after, would be.
hoary stratus
I'd love some B units in the game. It would make long trains so much better, I could look past the long hood of the DE6 and see what I'm pulling intsead of the other cabs