Central Kansas Railway GP35

[superfleet93]

Here is a model built by another friend of mine, Ryan Mason. These were actual units owned by the Central Kansas Railway and are sporting the last paint job they received before being sold to WATCO. The units still remain with Omintrax, however the CKR is no longer. The Central Kansas Railway was a 900 mile shortline railroad which purchased their track from the Santa Fe in 1992, and officially began operations on January 1st, 1993. Ryan and I plan on modeling some of the first engines they aquired which were all ex-Santa Fe GP7u's. Ryan made the decals for these himself. When CKR actually began painting their equipment, they chose a solid red scheme with white stripes and lettering, and black underframes.

This model began life as a Kato GP35 and has been entirely upgraded with Cannon and Company, Smokey Valley, Details West, and Details Associates parts. This locomotive also sports DCC and sound with working lights.



Perry

[Randy Earle]

Looks great Perry, I'm working on a Kato GP-35 right now....N&W, what else. lol

[CIOR]

Very nice. I had a GP35 from Kato back when they came out in the 90's. It developed a issue, I tore it down and forgot about it. Several weeks back, Christian was over and I was going through old boxes and found almost the entire engine...he has it now...