couplers, I hit upon
the idea of using
small washers
between the truck
and the body to
raise the body. This
also had the benefit
of bringing the body
roof ends back into
alignment as well.
I also found that I
had to swap out all
the truck mounting
screws that came with the kits for longer screws.
The engine
The City of Miami was powered by a single EMD E6A
2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW) diesel passenger cab unit.”
No vendor was offering a prepainted engine, but LifeLike was
doing an E6A under their Proto 2000 line. I picked up an IC
#4003 on eBay (they were no longer available in stores). I then
contacted LifeLike and bought an undecorated shell for the
E6A, intending to decal and paint it myself. The undecorated
shell I purchased had no Mars light, which was prototypically
correct for the City of Miami engine.
Working with another fan of this train in 2004, we were trying
to build some decals or stencils for the engine. His for an N scale
version, mine for HO. I was never completely satisfied with what
we came up with, so the engine went back into the storage box.
In March of 2010, I was searching the web and came across
Streamstyle Graphics, run by Todd Brinkmeyer. I discussed the
15: IC E6A 4000, the engine for the
City of Miami.
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