Any ideas about how to transform this:

Into a much less environment-friendly diesel engine? My future railroad will be diesel-electric (for now), so an electric loco won't fit very well. I want it to be motorized (PF), so any ideas of what I can do with it would be greatly appreciated .

PS: What's the proper way to say it in English, diesel-electric or electro-diesel?

This one is easy, just take the bit off the top and replace with a 1x3 black tile.

Did that with mine this loco looks more diesel that electric from my view looks very much like a uk diesel.

Well, that was the first thing I thought, but it seemed an overly-newbie solution even to me .

I was hoping for some pics to use as ideas for the project - I plan to get the Yellow Cargo Train set and MOD the engine into a diesel.

The yellow freight loco is simple to convert because it already has diesel like cooling fans on the roof so all you need to do is remove the pantograph and add a exhaust for the diesel engine and you're done.

I always felt it looked a lot like a British Rail Class 60 diesel-electric locomotive;

Even the colors are pretty close. Replace some of the yellow on the sides with some light bluish gray and it will be pretty proto-typical.

Dan-147

Whoa, I didn't think it would be that easy for once .

Well then, I already have a starting point (and best of all, I don't think I need to BL parts !), so that's the least I'll do.

Any other ideas for a something "more American"? I would l-o-v-e to do something local, like these:

GE U23C

GM G-22U

Any ideas about how to transform this:

Into a much less environment-friendly diesel engine? My future railroad will be diesel-electric (for now), so an electric loco won't fit very well. I want it to be motorized (PF), so any ideas of what I can do with it would be greatly appreciated .

PS: What's the proper way to say it in English, diesel-electric or electro-diesel?

I've always thought it looked like a German BR 218.I'm not sure if you'll find a yellow prototype since all the DB and DB AG ones I know of were red, but you might as they have done advertising paint jobs on some newer engines, and older ones have been sold off to freight and rolling stock rental companies.

Diesel-electric is the usage I'm familiar with, I've never seen electro-diesel used.

I can't help with American stuff since it's not my area of interest.

That looks very good! I would have to "round the corners" though.

BTW, is the engine on this set actually based on a real one?

I researched Peter's sugestion and look what I found:

Bahnbau Gruppe BR218

Almost like Lego used that one as the basis for the 7939 loco?

BTW, doesn't that look like a long VW camper on rails?

PS: What's the proper way to say it in English, diesel-electric or electro-diesel?

They are different concepts. Diesel-electrics are solely powered by an onboard diesel engine coupled to a generator. An electro-diesel has an onboard diesel engine AND the ability to connect to an external electrical supply, the latter usually being the main power source.

Any other ideas for a something "more American"? I would l-o-v-e to do something local, like these:

GE U23C

I've posted instructions for a GE C30-7, which was the model immediatly following the GE U23C in GE's catalog. If interested, follow this link;

http://railbricks.com/instructions/ge-c30-7/

Dan-147

They are different concepts. Diesel-electrics are solely powered by an onboard diesel engine coupled to a generator. An electro-diesel has an onboard diesel engine AND the ability to connect to an external electrical supply, the latter usually being the main power source.

Thanks for the info! I wasn't aware of that second concept.

I've posted instructions for a GE C30-7, which was the model immediatly following the GE U23C in GE's catalog.

Fantastic! Thanks a bunch .

That's an amazing set of instructions Dan, - I particularly like how you've modeled the diesel engine.