B23-7 - CR #2816

[liquidfantasy]

After receiving the new Atlas truck side frames I did rework my B23-7. I also added the signal control box on the walkway behind the cab on the fireman side which I didn't before. The model comes with a 4 window cab, but it represented the rebuilt version which had two windows on each site plated over. I used a sharp knife and "scratched" off the color of the window glazing to get my post 1980s version ;D









Here Is a close up of the trucks without the bearing cap - looks great!

[liquidfantasy]

Jeff,

you are right when it comes to the anti climber, but there is one exception:

Conrail owned 141 B23-7's, split in two orders. The primary order got delivered in '77 and was numbered 2800 to 2816. (The rest of the units were numbered 1900 to 2023 and were delivered in'78 and '79)

The 17 units form the Primary order were delivered without anti climber and they stayed without it till the end ;-)

Cheers

[liquidfantasy]

believe me I didn't care about when I bought them! Lucky me once I found out that out of 141 units the two I own are from the first batch w/o anti climber.