Hello
I found this little gem of a whitcomb with a peeked roof (http://'Whit_MB_45T_zps4ebc0365'%20to?)
aussie geoff
(http://i1037.photobucket.com/albums/a458/aussiegeoff1/Whit_MB_45T_zps4ebc0365.jpg)
got it this time
Enjoy
aussie geoff
Nice One!!
If you checl out Accucraft's large scale website there are some rather nice pics of their Whitcomb Diesel loco and also some interesting data on the original full size locos and where they were used, (Hawaii for example)
That's the first exact match to the Bachmann model I've seen.
One wonders why they didn't choose more common options for it.
I wondered that too,
I am just about to watch the Cricket from Adelaide, if I can bear it that is1!!!!!!!
Reverse image search tells us that's the BLH plant switcher for their Austin-Western plant, seen working in 1964. Model is a 45-DE-??, last two numbers would be the number in a series starting from the first of that type.
My previous hunch is right, it's essentially another Baldwin catalog locomotive, just like the steam is. Whitcomb became associated with Baldwin in 1929, although if I read this right they didn't fully purchase the company until 1940. May even be a one of a kind; it would look better on your narrow gauge road with the cab chopped down a couple of feet (and change it to arched in the process).
Which probably isn't that hard to do, make a template, scribe the upper end cab walls through, cut the sides level, glue on a piece of .010 or .020 styrene and rubber bands to hold it until the glue sets, then paint it. Might even be able to get away with retaining the factory paint if you're careful. Will help if the cab is easily removed from the model.