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S. Berliner, III
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[See also the HO (1:87.1) Berlinerwerke saga or the Z (1:220) Berlinerwerke-Z saga
Insanity doesn't run in my family, it just sort of dawdles along.
Technical and Historical Writer, Oral Historian
Popularizer of Science and Technology
Rail, Auto, Air, Ordnance, and Model Enthusiast
Light-weight Linguist, Lay Minister, and Putative Philosopher
- The vast bulk of my massive Web presence (over 485 pages) had
been hosted by AT&T's WorldNet service since 30 May 1996; they dropped WorldNet effective
31 Mar 2010 and I have been scrambling to transfer everything. Everything's saved but
all the links have to be changed, mostly by hand. See my
sbiii.com Transfer Page for any updates on this tedious process.
S. Berliner, III's
(Berlinerwerke)
sbiii.com
Apocrypha Continuation Page
THE BERLINERWERKE APOCRYPHA
National Railway Hysterical Society
and the
National Muddle Railroad Association.
(Lighten up - they're spoofs!)
and Berlinerwerke Guest Apocrypha (for taller tales?):
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR FREIGHT ENGINES.
LEWELLEN NORTHERN GARRATTS.
CSXT AC100CBW and NSC CB100W-10 10,000 horsepower locos!
Also, see the fabled BW DDP45 and other EMD engines EMD may never have dreamed of!]
On this Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Page 0:
PRR/BW DD3 Boxcab Triple-Power
Diesel-Electric Locomotive 2-B+3-3+3-3+B-2.
On Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Page 1:
GC&E #13 13-truck Shay!
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 2:
PRR V1 Rocky 4-14-2 {moved from
preceding page 07 Mar 99}.
BW V2 Hiss Bomb.
PRR Genesis Engine (unlikely!).
PRR Centipede Engine 4-D-D-4 (even more unlikely, but oh, 'tis true, 'tis true!).
"Big Hooker" double-ended 250-ton Tunnel Crane
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 3:
BW Climaxiii (moved here from page 1 on 19 Apr 03)
Double-Sided Shays.
Piker and Oscar (moved from main BW Apocrypha page 12 Dec 03 and again to page 3 on 18 Jan 04).
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 4:
Soviet Class AA20 4-14-4!
Parker Parodies - loco research by Karen Parker
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 5:
BW/PRR ASS 0-4-4-0 Articulated Switcher.
BW/PRR AA½ 0-2-2-0 Articulated Switcher.
BEDT #1718 0-4-4-0T Articulated Tank Switcher
BEDT #1920 0-6-6-0T Articulated Tank Switcher.
BW/PRR GBBG1 4-C-C+C-C-4.
BW/PRR E44, E22, and E11 Electrics.
BW/EMD GM6c, GM4b, GM2a.
BW/PRR RCCR1 4-D+D-D+D-4 "Millipede".
BW/PRR BP120 4-D-D+D-D+D-D+D-D-4 "Millipede II".
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 6:
BW/Baldwin/PRR Oil-Fired Turbine-Electric Class CCCC.
On the Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Continuation Page 7:
9,000HP GE-BW Turbine (B-B+B-B)-(B-B+B-B)-T.
9,000HP UP Turbine (B-B+B-B)-T-(B-B+B-B).
12,000HP GE-BW Turbine (C-C+C-C)-(C-C+C-C)-T.
Because the Apocrypha and Guest Apocrypha indices exceeded the capacity of the individual pages, they are now presented in full on a separate Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Index (including the Guest Apocrypha Index).
Before I continue, I should note that all this started with a secret project that is still unfinished and the next major development of the Berlinerwerke was their fabled DDP45:
For more about her and her family, see my EMD page.
THE REMARKABLE PENNSY DD3 - (Juniata '11/Alco '47/BW '62)
Printed in the Winter 1990 NMRA/NER/SRTD CANNONBALL, Vol. 20, No. 4, on Pp. 8 with silhouette asking "What is it?" and on Pg. 9 as "Why It's a DD3, Of Course", by Sam Berlinger. Also printed in the NER Coupler.
With the Berlinerwerke's usual flair for collecting old "junk" (not to mention odd histories), the BW management managed to squirrel away DD1 pair #3932 (S. Soho #10), long thought to have been scrapped. With the BW's equal flair for getting anything to run that might please the railfan, they acquired and completely restored a pair of motor-less old PB-1 Alco B-units (new Athearn #3361 dummies).& It goes without saying that the idea of recreating the old DD3 lashup came up rather quickly.
No sooner said than done! The old DD1 was cosmetically back-dated to its as-new configuration, with over-hanging roofs and large headlights, and the 244-B engines were completely overhauled. Two more pair of jumpers were fabricated and, voila, the recreated DD3 rides again! Thus, railfans, and particularly Pennsy fan(atic)s, once more, or for the first time in their young lives, have the incredible thrill of seeing and HEARING the majestic and historic DD1 running. Seeing the side rods, connecting rods, mainshaft cranks, and jackshaft cranks all flailing around in synchrony beats the monkey motion of any steamer's valve gear all hollow! Hearing the hum, whine, roar, and slap of a DD1 is something special. Couple all that with the simply-delicious sound of a 244 engine, not to mention its unique smoke, even newly overhauled, and you've got quite a feast for eye and ear! The best part of this is that, for the first time ever, the DD1 can be run in non-electrified territory anywhere. BW management expects that the huge DD3 2-B+3-3+3-3+B-2 quartet will be in great demand for conventions and fan trips all around the country. Look for it in your neighborhood!
31 Aug 90 - S. Berliner, III {31 Jan 98 - it should be noted here that the original HO PRR DD1 pair were on open-ended loan and were called back about 1995; happily, another (real) friend gave a me replacement pair, LIRR units, no less, in 1997, so the DD3 continues to run! Well, they sort of run - the DD1 pair had hit the floor before I got them and are kinda sick and then a steel block dropped off a shelf in the workshop and clobbered one of the units! If you want a real kick, the builder of the second set is ALCO Models!}
Everybody's gotta get into the act! Here's Josh Moldover's version of the DD3 (well, the right half, anyway):
Thanks, Josh!
Here are the ca. 1987 and Dec 2003 versions of the DD3:
DD3 - substitute version (squashed DD1s):
[This image is based on the outstanding work of Joshua Moldover,
as shown on his "The Railroad Paintshop";
I am still unable to contact Josh]
The inverted "U" allowed passage through the FB unit and gave access to the dry ice tank and the burners.
Old German workers at the Berlinerwerke named the loco the "Drei Eis" because of it's power source and the fact that it was a three-unit machine.
[My deep appreciation to fellow NRHS/LIST member Doug Nash for the germ of this concept.]
[This image is based on the outstanding work of Stan Lytle, Joshua Moldover, and Jacques Bélanger on Josh's "The Railroad
Paintshop"; I am still unable to contact Josh, Stan, or Jacques!]
The Long Island Rail Road had diesel-only B-C units, the F-M CPA20-5 and CPA24-5 "C-Liners".
Now, turn to the Berlinerwerke-Z Saga Continuation Page 2 for the story of the Berliners Bessere Biffi Bauerei (Berliner's Better Biffie
Builders); you haven't lived 'til you know all about these outhouses made from depleted uranium and the BIFFISCH (Biffie Schnabel) cars that
carry them! However, to reward you for reading this far, here are the whole Biffisch and the biffie itself (my first digital camera images - I've got a LOT
to learn!):
What you can't really see, though, is that that's a real 1:87.1 roll of tissue on a core, hanging from a 1:87.1 wire coat hanger, the microscopic working door hinges, the
newspaper dropped on the floor (because it's now missing!), or the magazine sitting on the seat shelf. Wait - now you can:
I've always known there were real RR Porta-Potties; see the one moved to my RR page 4.
Now, for us Pennsy fans, this is a Genesis engine what's a Genesis engine!
ALCo-GE-BW FPA-1 dual-powered B-C
I always wanted ALCo to have made an equivalent to the dual-powered EMD FL-9, a diesel-electric pasenger locomotive with third rail shoes for service in electrified
territory and especially in tunnels, riding on a four-wheel lead truck and a six-wheel trailing truck (to carry the steam heat houskeeping power). Well, thanks
to the BW, there is such, the ALCo-GE-BW FPA-1:
13/14 Jan 06 image by and © 2006 S. Berliner, III, after S.
Lytle, J. Moldover, and J. Bélanger
on J. Moldover's "Railroad Paint Shop" - all rights reserved)
The Biffisch
[Images restored 31 Dec 2011]
the image didn't upload that well at first but now seems to have "healed" itself!}
note also the train lines between the halves of the car.
Genesis Redivivus!
{duplicated from Apocrypha page 2}
However, #5825 plowed into a hack when a switch was thrown against her, smashing in her nose rather badly, and Herron Rail Services got the contract to repair her; there weren't any spare Genesis nose assemblies available, so Jim Herron, an avid Pennsy Shark aficionado, got a wee bit happy, with this startling result:
Doncha just love it? Hey, Jim; she can't couple nose-to-nose!
{Which can couple nose-to-nose!}
[This image is based on the outstanding work of Stan Lytle and Jacques Bélanger on Joshua Moldover's "The Railroad Paintshop"; I am still unable to contact Josh, Stan, or Jacques!]
{Remember - "apocrypha" - look it up if you forgot!}
Because the Apocrypha and Guest Apocrypha indices exceeded the capacity of the individual pages, they are now presented in full on a separate Berlinerwerke Apocrypha Index (including the Guest Apocrypha Index).
[See also the HO (1:87.1) Berlinerwerke saga or the Z (1:220) Berlinerwerke-Z saga.]
I always wondered at the incredibly tight security at the Berlinerwerke during WWII; now it can be told! See, for starters, the wild site of Sig Case, Rails to the Stars - Steam in Space, files from the National Aeronautics and Steam Administration and the tie-in to the Berlinerwerke V1 on Apocrypha Page 2.
See also the HO (1:87.1) Berlinerwerke saga or the Z (1:220) Berlinerwerke-Z saga
and Berlinerwerke Guest Apocrypha (for taller tales?):
You may wish to visit the Railroad Continuation Page, et seq.
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