GP-9 and RS-3 Models (was: Durham District in the '50s?)

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Hi Bob;

As you are happy using a Mantua 4-6-2 as a stand-in for E2a 578, just stick a high nose on the GP20, and paint it.  It will be close enough for 99% of the people.

The N&W did not have any GP7 until after the merger in 1964, they came from the Wabash and the NKP.  GP9 shells turn up from time to time on ebay and at train shows.  Cary (metal), Front Range and Life Like Proto2000 are all good starting points, with the P2K generally preferred.

Nigel F Misso
nfmisso at mchsi.com

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  Nigel:

  Thanks. I wonder if there are any good sources for a GP7 chassis that would snap on my old Mantua chassis. Its one of the best running locomotives i have, along with a Mantua 4-6-2 my dad gave me for my 10th birthday. The 4-6-2 is lettered for N&W 578, I wanted to make the Geep into something suitable for about 1955 or 1956...

  Bob Welsh
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    Bob;

    The GP20 chassis would make a good one for one of the Redbirds, but the shell needs to be replaced, there are just too many things required to change it: doors, remove turbo bulge, exhaust stack, rear fan, radiators, cab, for starters......

    Nigel F Misso

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      What would it take to make a GP20 into a GP7/GP9? I have a GP20 that runs great, lettered for Burlington.. would not fit in age-wise to a mid-50's N&W-themed layout.....

      Bob Welsh

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        Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:28 PM
        Subject: GP-9 and RS-3 Models (was: Durham District in the '50s?)


        On 3/29/2005, Bill Smith wrote:


          I would like to have an HO model of the initial - 1955 version before 
          renumbering - diesels custom painted - both an RS-3 and the GP-9...
        Bill,

        The original run of P2K GP-9 diesels were painted in the as-delivered paint scheme.  Life-Like offered locomotive numbers 710 and 713 in that run.  Doesn't take much work to make them into very good models of N&W GP-9 locomotives.  

        On the other hand, no one makes a credible RS-3 for the N&W.  The reason is the dynamic brakes that they came equipped with.  If you get some decent measurements and photos of the RS-3 at the museum in Roanoke, you can probably scratchbuild your hood with the dynamic brakes.  However, the first thing you will have to do is find a good RS-3 locomotive to start with.  Maybe Athearn's re-tooled MDC RS-3 will answer that problem, but you will still need to scratchbuild the dynamic brakes.

        Cheers,
        Kert Peterson
        Fircrest, WA

        Modeling the Norfolk and Western Ry in 1951, when Precision Transportation was still steam powered! 



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