Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
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Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
I am taking this project in an entirely new direction that I believe will benefit the community. I decided to create a GIT repository for my GE 44ton locomotive. GIT is basically version control, which is a standard in the computer programming world, but has been increasingly used for projects involving a lot of cad files.
What this basically means is that you can either download the files directly, or you can create a free GIT account which will allow you to make a "fork" of the project. With your own personal "fork", you can make changes to the project, while incorporating changes that I make to the main project. The changes you make to your own fork can be submitted(pull request) to me, and I can incorporate the changes to the main project if I like them. This basically turns my locomotive project into a community project.
GIT takes some practice getting used to it, but it is well worth it.
Here is the link to the project,
https://github.com/RB211/GE-44ton-Locomotve
Some notes, this project will stay a "Solid Works" project since the Experimental Aircraft Association has made a student edition of the cad package available to its membership which costs 40$ a year. For Fusion360 users, you can still import the project files and convert them yourself, but if you want to contribute I request you use SolidWorks.
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
Funny thing you mentioned this is one of my all-time favorite Little Engine, I'd like to build its Big Brother the wag Railroad 1700, 132 ton GE Center cab in 1.6 scale
Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
Be sure to share it! With my design, you'd probably want to make the truck frames 1/2" instead of 1/4"ERIE S-1 BERKSHIRES wrote:Funny thing you mentioned this is one of my all-time favorite Little Engine, I'd like to build its Big Brother the wag Railroad 1700, 132 ton GE Center cab in 1.6 scale
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The size of the 132 ton Center Cab trucks are 8 foot wheelbase??, I need to get back up to North East PA! I missed a few of the dimensions and The Equalizer bars this thing is a beast ,
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Love the 44-tonners! Thanks for sharing this info!
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
WJH,
Thank you for making your GE 44 ton project open-source. I believe this will be the path to future success for the Live Steam hobby. Open-source has done wonders for the software sector. Even Microsoft incorporates open-source in their products!
I suggest you label your project as open source so that users know what their rights are regarding its use. An easy way to do this is to apply a "Creative Commons" license to each file. See this link for more information:
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
For example, drawings that I create for the IBLS are marked as follows:
For those that may not know what "Open-source" means, please see this Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Regards,
Daris
Thank you for making your GE 44 ton project open-source. I believe this will be the path to future success for the Live Steam hobby. Open-source has done wonders for the software sector. Even Microsoft incorporates open-source in their products!
I suggest you label your project as open source so that users know what their rights are regarding its use. An easy way to do this is to apply a "Creative Commons" license to each file. See this link for more information:
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
For example, drawings that I create for the IBLS are marked as follows:
In Fusion360 I add a "Comment" field to each drawing containing the text above.Copyright 2018 Daris A Nevil, IBLS
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
For those that may not know what "Open-source" means, please see this Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Regards,
Daris
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
Are there any dimensions I'm in the process of building this engine in 2 1/2 scale for 7 1/4 gauge
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
I've changed my mind (again) got tired of the old one LOL I''m going to 2" scale and 7 1/4 gauge, a friend has loaned me an April 1973 Model Railroader mag that has a center fold the GE 44 tonner, the nice part about 2" scale is just double all the feet into inches , such as 30' = 60" almost to easy.
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The September 1978 Model Railroader also has GE 44-tonner drawings, as do several issues (#51, 52) of Extra 2200 South magazine.
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
Erwin Shops has announced a very limited run of 1.6 scale 44 ton locomotive kits.
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Is there a link or contact information? I have never heard of this company.
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Re: Open Source GE 44 ton 1.6" Diesel locomotive
Check out the Erwin Shops Facebook page.