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File Name: PE Box Motor 1451 with Standard Trucks
File Submitter: timmuir
File Submitted: 05 May 2012
File Category: Light Electrics

MSTS PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY INTERURBAN EXPRESS CAR #1451
EQUIPPED WITH STANDARD CAR CO. TRUCKS
6.2 METER AND 7.2 METER TROLLEY HEIGHTS PROVIDED
3D MESH CREATED BY TIM W. MUIR
ARTWORK CREATED BY TIM W. MUIR, USING SOME ELEMENTS FROM CGTEXTURES.COM AND OTHER SOURCES
COUPLER TEXTURES DERIVED FROM PHOTOS BY STEVE THOMPSON

You must have the Bin Patch Installed to Operate This Motor.

This is a model of Pacific Electric's express car number 1451, of the 1451-1456 class of wood with steel underframe box motors built by PE in
1915, 1916 and 1918, an improvement on the 1430 Class. They were built to operate on both 600-volt and 1200 volt overhead, so that they could run
on the San Bernardino Line. They were also used as switchers and were later classified as such on the rosters. Their main claim to fame, however,
was the fast and efficient movement of express, packages and even bundles of mail, throughout the vast PE system that has yet to be equaled
since abandonment of box motor service in 1952.

The class rode on unusual (for PE) Standard C-80-P cast steel trucks, with the exception of 1452 and 1453, which rode on Brill-27 M.C.B.-3X
trucks, same as those used on the famed Ten-hundred class.

Although equipped with multiple unit controls, these cars never were operated in MU as PE never installed receptacles or jumpers.

Data:

Car 1451 built in 1915 by PE

Weights:

Car 1451 - 83,360 lbs.

Trucks:
Type - Standard C-80-P
Size Journals - 5"x 9"
Wheels - 33" -750 lbs. F.C.S. Cast iron

Electrical Equipment:
Motors - 4 - GE-205-B 110 HP 600/1200 Volt
Gear ratio: - 20:54
Control - GE Type "M" 600/1200 Volt

Brakes - Air and Hand:
Air Brakes - West. Automatic Type EL14
Compressor - One West.Type D-4-K

Braking Power - 100%


The model was created using Abacus Train Sim Modeler Pro. Textures were first created in Paint Shop Pro 7.2 on a multi-layered .psp format file,
"built" as needed while the model work proceeded. The main ace from which the lion's share of textures are on is a 2048x2048 map. Bitmap copies
of this file were re-sized to 1024x1024 to work in Train Sim Modeler Pro as the art and model progressed. Graphic utilities used to create Kuju
Ace files were PSP7, AceIt and TGATool2a. Polymaster2 was used to create subobjects within the model hierarchy of parts to facilitate the trouble-free use of more than 14,000 vertices.

A second shape file, known as a "freight animation" file, is used to add two crew members and the door chains on each end. The crew members are
modified models created by Tom Werb, used here with his most generous permission.

Model Data:

Main Shape:
Parts: 92
Polygons: 30,727

Freight Anim Shape:
Parts:43
Polygons: 9099

Credits and Thanks:

Thomas Pilder for Polymaster v2. I cannot thank you enough for this utility that has widened the scope of model making for myself and others.
Scott M. Miller for AceIt and TGATool. Utilities that I can not live without.
Paul Gausden for Shape Viewer. Indispensible!!!
Tom Werb. Supplying the TSM resource files of his excellent engine crew figures to allow me to "people" my models.
Jim Bebenroth. Enthusiastic PE equipment user and tester.
And all those at Elvas Tower for their support over the years.

A special thanks to Michael Patris, Jim Bunte and all the contributors at Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society (http://peryhs.org/) and
the Mt. Lowe Preservation Society who have been providing many photos of various cars and equipment of PE throughout it's lifespan on it's
website. Without these photos much detail would have to be guessed at or not made at all.

Also, very special thanks to the late Ira Swett for his invaluable work in preserving PE photos, data, and lore and publishing many works on the
subject. Most notable to this modeler are his books printed in 1964 and 1965 "Cars Of Pacific Electric" coming in 4 volumes, numbers 27, 36,37
and 38 (rare official car records and photos), with a supplemental volume #39 following with addendums and corrections. All of these volumes
together total well over 800 pages and in a library bound edition (less Vol.39) weighs more than 7 lbs! Data for the box motors come from Volume
3, "Combos, RPOs, Box Motors, Work Motors, Locomotives, Tower cars and Service Cars"(Interurbans Special 37). These books show up on ebay quite
often, which is where I obtained my copy.

Tim Muir
Railroad Earth Models
May 5, 2012

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