Atlas U30B Phase 2 in HO Scale

[NW Modeling List]

At 08:35 PM 9/4/2008 -0400, you wrote:

>posted here, you ask. They are doing the high hood version in the 

>first run, covering N&W. There will be three road numbers with sound 

>and three other numbers without sound. The paint scheme will be the block NW.


Essential loco for the 1970s.  There were 25 in the phase/scheme 
being done by Atlas.  With minor changes, the slightly earlier black 
hamburger units could be done, although I don't know if Atlas is 
planning to do so.  They do now have the U-boat style high nose, so 
they could do a Southern U23B at some point in the future.

The U30Bs had a short service life on the N&W... 10-12 years for 
most, with some reportedly seeing as little as 6 years actual 
service.  But they were everywhere in their time, perhaps more common 
on the western lines.  And occasionally seen in solid sets when 
fairly new.  The U30B is a run-of-the-mill U-boat, the N&W's version 
stands out as being quite a bit more interesting.

Andy