At 110' long and pumping out 7500 hp, the worlds largest and most powerful diesel locomotive, PW's SSD40-3X sits by the engine service facility for last minute inspections before heading out to haul an 82 car mixed freight train ... all on its own.

Nicknamed "Bertha" the model is actually fictitious, there is no locomotive like this in the real world. It's simply too big for practical usage, but the beauty of modeling is, you can throw out rules of the real world and do as you see fit. I "kitbashed" the model from five others, and in the photo, it sits on my own locomotive service yard (yes, I built and decorated it too) which is connected to my local club's modular railroad layout.

Many people don't view model railroading as art, but I strongly disagree. A painter uses a canvas, brush and paints to create a scene, while we do the same but using wood, plaster, glue, paint, electronics, foams, and many other items too numerous to list. The difference is, a painter's scene is 2 dimensional, while ours is 3.