els of grimy black and yellow E-units. No. 501 was originally built by Elec- tro-Motive Corporation in November, 1939, for the Atlantic Coast Line as an E3A (construction No. 959), but it was wrecked and rebuilt by Electro-Motive Corporation in the 1940’s as an E6A. The rebuilt locomotive served the ACL and (after the merger with Seaboard Air Line) SCL until 1970, when it was traded in to General Electric. By then it had racked up more than six million miles. It was purchased from GE by Richard McKinley in 1972 and moved to Denver, Colorado, where it was stored on a siding alongside Union Station. In 1977, it was purchased by Glenn Mon- hart and later moved to Janesville, Wis- consin. There it was restored to its orig- inal silver and purple Atlantic Coast Line colors and operated occasionally on the Wisconsin & Calumet Railroad. In 1998 the 501 was purchased by the North Carolina DOT Rail Division. It is now housed at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C., and is well worth a visit.
Modeling SCL 501 Broadway Limited makes an undeco-
rated A and B set of E6’s that are per- fect for this project. My research showed that nearly all E6’s were differ- ent in appearance. The main differ- ences were in the porthole window arrangement. The Broadway Limited models have pairs of square porthole windows, while the 501 has single square porthole windows with louvers. It made sense for me to design my own etched brass panels and replace the en- tire body panel rather than trying to cut out, fill in and reshape these port- hole windows. Doing my own brass etchings would also allow me to create other parts necessary, such as the engi-
CHRIS D’AMATO: DENVER, CO; JUNE 12, 1977
For 30 years the 501 whisked passengers to and from Florida and in the process logged over six million miles. To accurately model the 501, the author modified the porthole window arrangement on the sides of the model (above) and made other changes, in- cluding a second headlight. After its retire- ment, the 501 was purchased and moved to Denver (right). It is one of only a few surviv- ing slant-nose E-units and today resides in the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
mismatched equipment and motive power that rarely passed through the wash rack. These are the trains that I remember and am fascinated by. Seaboard Coast Line passenger serv- ice in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s definitely falls into this category. The Silver Meteor, which was once pulled by sleek purple and silver ACL E6’s, was now being pulled by different mod-
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