SPSF Railway C41-8W 7923 & C44-9W 8288

[rock]

To finish off my latest phase of kodachrome locomotives, here are the GEs, C41-8W and C44-9W.  The C41-8W is an Atlas C40-8W with a Kato C44-9W radiator grille.  The C44-9W is basically a stock Kato C44-9W, although I did replace the A/C units on both motors with a RPP detail just for fun.  Note that both have the Santa Fe style gull wing cab so these can be operated to the same York Canyon mine in Arizona.

































The whole kodachrome group together:

[analogbeatmaker]

You are knockin'em out Eric! Those new additions look great.

[MitchGDRMCo]

True that. Was wondering about the C41-8W differences too when you posted them to Facebook, now I know!

[Deleted]

Awesome. I really wish SPSF had come to fruition but your certainly making up for it!

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[jmlaboda]

Makes me wonder what might have been had the merger been allowed to take place... at least we can dream about "What if..."

[rock]

Thanks, everyone! It is really fun to see what it would have looked like if the merger took place. Regarding the C41-8W, I should have mentioned that the split cooling allowed the units to increase their horsepower by 150, bringing them up to 4150 hp, hence the 41. Another interesting unit to model would be the C44-8Ws that CSX had, which were effectively C44-9Ws with the older style trucks.

[detlef10]

Very nice work, Eric. Love the concept and love how you applied the concept to make it believable. Thanks for sharing.

[dave]

great job, I see you've formed an alliance with the Modern NYC too.