Prime Movers

 A pretty interesting load being moved, outside of the Lambton Diesel Services shop in Sarnia back in mid-July.  Not one, not two, but three diesel prime movers on a single flatcar. The eight-cylinder engine at the right-hand end looks like it is opened right up.  The other two look to be 12 cylinder versions.

I can't see a reporting mark or number on the flatcar.

I guess one of them must be from this switcher...

Essex Terminal switcher 105 is, was, or will be, an SW1200.  Originally built in March 1956 according to rrpicturearchives.net.  Wouldn't something like that make for an interesting model on a layout?   

Walthers makes a model kit called the EMD Prime Mover, which represents a 16 diesel cylinder engine. Here's a link to that kit on that on the Walthers website. https://www.walthers.com/emd-567-prime-mover-kit  The kit doesn't take long to put together, as it's quite straightforward to assemble and only costs about $10.

Here's a look at the one that's been sitting around the JSSX maintenance shop...

Leaser locomotive GMTX 2001 shoving the loaded maintenance flatcar toward the shop.

A little bit of a closer look

I made the frame for the engine to rest on from balsa scraps, but looking at the prototype picture above, they all seem to be sitting on smaller wooden blocks.

A close up look at the Walthers prime mover.