August Fun with EMD

[bbrunell]

I wanted to post a couple of pictures of two locomotives I have finished lately, since it's pretty quiet here during the summer.  The first pics are of a Reading GP39-2 I created from an Atlas GP40-2:


This next consist is a physical impossibility - because both engines here have the same frame number.  The Reading engine is an out-of-the-box Atlas GP40-2, lightly weathered - #3671.  This engine wound it way through the Contrail years to eventually wind up on the NS roster, finally painted black sometime in 2011.  I built this one from some spare GP40-2 parts I have and was able to add a few details unique to this unit - the lack of sunshades, but the Reading drip rail and in a cool nod to the engine's heritage, the guys at the paint shop added "Safety Always" to the steps of this unit.  I'm almost accurate - mine are in yellow font, not white like the prototype.  But, this will have to do until Chris adds these details to one of his NS sets.

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer...
-bill

[emd16645]

Those are some great looking locos!!

[c415rock]

Hi Bill,

Those are some nice looking RDG and NS units.

Are the photos taken on a layout or is that a module? It gives the impression of running along the Lehigh or Susquehanna river somewhere in N.E. PA.

Erik

[bbrunell]

It's a module, Erik and that is a river in the front - great eye!  I do believe I managed to get my own shadow in one of the pics too, lol...

[m a y o r 79]

Nice looking locos and module. I like that 3671 and 3001 are in fact the same loco, if you hadn't pointed it out I wonder how many people would have noticed?

[bbrunell]

I don't think many would have. The only reason I picked up on it is because I read the publication "Railpace" which focuses on the Northeast. Each region is covered by different staffers and the person covering the Reading area pointed out one of the three Engines in a recent issue, when the unit came back home and was photographed. It caught my eye and I thought it would be a fun thing to do, since I like both lines. After reading the caption on the photo, the first thing I noticed was the Reading-style drip rail over the side glass - a dead giveaway for a Reading engine.

-bill

[m a y o r 79]

I would do stuff like that at shows with a few of the guys in my modular club. We'd run things like the GN and Amtrak versions of the Empire Builder, or the 50's and 60's versions of the same Milwaukee Road Morning Hiawatha train. Another time I had my model of a Milwaukee SD10 and the SD7 that it was made from both running on the layout at the same time. No one picked up on that one but we had fun with it anyway.

Most people never noticed what we were doing, but every once in a while someone would comment on it.