Elvas Tower: TWO (2) PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 65-TON FREIGHT LOCOS #1616, #1617 - Elvas Tower

TWO (2) PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 65-TON 1601-CLASS FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES
BALDWIN-WESTINGHOUSE CLASS-D TYPE ELECTRIC INTERURBAN FREIGHT ENGINES.
6.2 and 7.2 Meter Wire Heights
3D MODEL AND TEXTURES ©2005,2008 By Tim Muir
Cabview by Tim Muir and Chuck Zeiler, using elements from Wayne Campbell (Throttle, brakes, sander) Bill Hall (Reverser) and Kenji Kimura (light switch), and Rod Fishburn's photos of PE 1624's cab.
Sounds, lighting and physics by Chuck Zeiler.

This model is "Bin-Capable", meaning it is able to reverse ends by keying 1 twice. To reverse the single trolley pole, key Ctrl+NumPad8. Lighting and cab is adjusted automatically.
!!You must have at least Bin Patch v1.7.1022 installed in your MSTS root folder to use this model or you will get engine file errors!!

Pacific Electric Railway 65-Ton Electric Freight Locomotives, road numbers 1616 and 1617. Entering service in 1921, big engines 1616 and 1617 were the last of the Baldwin Westinghouse motors bought new by PE. (Their price was so steep that when new freight motors were needed, PE underbid Baldwin for 1619-1631 and built them at the railroad's Torrance Shops). 1616 and 1617 were fine engines and were usually worked out of West Hollywood, switching industrial spurs along Santa Monica Blvd., Highland Ave., and Beverly Hills. These locomotives had improvements over their predecessors and in 1920 were the ultimate in interurban electric locomotive design. This model recreates the motor after the 1949 repaints, with the SP-style lettering, black and orange tiger-stripes of the era. With 900 Horsepower, maximum tractive effort with traction motor blowers going was 30,000 lbs, under ideal conditions. Weight, total, was 130,000 lbs. Control equipment was Westinghouse Type HL-Duplex 600/1200 Volt DC. Brakes, Air and hand, West.Automatic Type EL-14 with K-14-A Brake valves. Builder's construction numbers: 1616,53260; 1617, 53259.

(Historical Data from Ira Swett's "Interurbans" special #37, "Cars of the Pacific Electric, Vol.III, 1965).

2005 Model built in TSMv1.1© by Abacus®, using plans of a basic "Off -the-Shelf" Baldwin Steeplecab furnished by Chuck Zeiler. Many railroad-specific parts had to be made by eye-ball "guess-timations". I think we have come up with a very plausible virtual model of the originals. Many parts were made using photos from the Pacific Electric "Baldwin patterned" (assembled by PE Torrence Shops) #1624, from Rod Fishburn, furnished by Paul DeVerter. The cabview is made from the 1624's cab.

2008 Model rebuilt using TSMPro by Abacus ®. Much new information has come into my possesion since the original model was made in 2005, so some details has been improved, corrected, or added. Also, new animations have been added for the trolley pole, cab doors and windows. See "ANIMATIONS_readme.txt" for instructions for using these.

Credits:

Paul DeVerter for supplying Rod Fishburn's photos of PE 1624 at Orange Empire Rail Museum for many details.
Chuck Zeiler, for the many Baldwin's photos and the plans and his help with all the editing of the engine files, sounds, lighting and help with the Cabview, not to mention his patience. Wayne Campbell for his spark codes and wheel textures.

Thanks, all.

Tim Muir
5-5-05
10-13-08
Railroad Earth Models

Original File Name = PE1616_1617.zip