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Post by shwrailroader on Mar 30, 2011 18:02:39 GMT -5
A good friend a few months ago handed me a bag full of different shells from F7 A's and B's, a Baldwin S12, and a little something I wasn't suspecting, a true EMD GP9B. Needed some clean-up, removed a lot of oversprayed paint and old peeling decals, added it to an old Athearn GP7 chassis, and here she is:  |
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Apr 7, 2011 9:27:07 GMT -5
Nice, how are you going to paint it?
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Post by 1stcajon on Apr 7, 2011 10:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by shwrailroader on Apr 8, 2011 8:51:27 GMT -5
She'll stay black and will eventualy receive the Penn Central worm. I just added an Athearn GP7/9 handrail set the other day. Rolls really good on the dummy chassis.
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Post by T on Apr 11, 2011 16:00:42 GMT -5
The PennCentral GP9B's were actually PRR Ex Pennsylvania RR GP9B's The New York Central Railroad did not have GP9 B units..
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Post by shwrailroader on Apr 14, 2011 14:17:58 GMT -5
The PennCentral GP9B's were actually PRR Ex Pennsylvania RR GP9B's The New York Central Railroad did not have GP9 B units.. Correct, only the UP and PRR had them. And they did not last very long on the UP. PRR's lasted into Conrail as CR 3838 was a CR Blue GP9B. |
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