NW-Modeling-List Digest, Vol 129, Issue 16

[NW Modeling List]

Dave,

Thanks for the information. I did remember changing out the air horns, but
not the MU receptacles. Would you happen to have the Detail Associates part
number for the correct MU receptacles? It's never to late to correct a
model :-)

Cheers,
Kert Peterson
Fircrest, WA


On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 9:00 AM, <nw-modeling-list-request at nwhs.org> wrote:


> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:54:41 -0400 (EDT)

> From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: NW-Modeling-List Digest, Vol 129, Issue 14

> To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org

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> Kert and Carl:

>

> I have both of those; I'd have to check (they're currently packed away),

> but I think I had to change out the air horns to a correct version, and for

> sure  I had to add MU receptacles (Detail Associates had what I needed).

> Otherwise they lined up pretty well with photos.

>

> Dave Phelps

>

>

> In a message dated 4/18/2014 4:51:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

>

>

> Carl,

>

>

> A decade or so ago, Proto2000 put out a Phase II GP9 in  the original steam

> era paint scheme for N&W. The two road numbers were 710  and 713

> (renumbered from their original numbers of 10 & 13). I installed

>  SoundTraxx sound in

> them and have enjoyed running them since. So, if you can  find any of

> those,

> you will have some decent N&W freight GP9  locomotives.

>

>

> Cheers,

> Kert Peterson

> Fircrest, WA

>

>

>

> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:08:34 -0400

> From: NW Modeling List <_nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org_

> (mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org) >

> Subject:  HO GP9's

> To: "'NW Modeling List'" <_nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org_

> (mailto:nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org) >

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> So what are we supposed to do for the  plain old freight HO GP9's?  Even at

> the time of the merger, there  were more GP9's on the roster than any other

> model.  No diesel based  layout is complete without them.

>

>

>

> Athearn has a Phase III  undec scheduled for later in the year.  Is this

> our

> best  option?

>

>

>

> Carl Woods

>

> Richmond,  VA

>

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