City of Prineville Alco S-1 101

[mountaingoatgreg]

So it is has been far to long that I have worked on any freight cars or locomotives. I have been working on a switching layout and I am needing a small reliable engine with sound. I have always liked the City of Prineville and as they interchange with my principal interest of the SP&S at Prineville Jct I knew I would eventually need at least one of the locomotives. I am starting with an undecorated Proto 2000 S-1 I picked up a few years ago. First step will be to break down the unit and check out all the pieces, then it will be on to gathering all the parts I will need.

[simulatortrain]

I like the look of that unit a lot!

[m a y o r 79]

Interesting. Almost looks SP-ish with the headlight package. What is on the roof of the cab (facing backwards) is that another light? This will be an interesting one to follow.

[PVRR 2647]

I always like to CofP ever since I read an article about them in an old issue of Railfan & Railroad years ago. It's an interesting story about the railroads charter and construction. If you start this project I will also be following it along.

PVRR2647

[mountaingoatgreg]

I have always had a special spot for the CofP, I like quirky outfits and this one really fits the bill. The light on the cab was a gyralight with an amber lenses. What is interesting is is appears they recylced the lights onto their units that use to pull their dinner train up until the early 2000's One piece of literature I read about all the lights was they were worried about log truck drivers, so they added the other lights as protection.