CSX-ifying an ACL SD35

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I have just completed the DCC sound install for the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) SD35 - see link - and am now ready to start updating the loco to how it looked in CSX service pre-1994.

DCC install

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/182880.aspx

Now for some photos under the ‘lightbulb sun’. Here’s the loco as bought.

The first task was to get rid of the word ‘Atlantic’, to be replaced by ‘Seaboard’, remove the numbers and distress the double yellow band.

Next job is to patch up some of the missing black paint before she’s moved on to the next stage.

Jon

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Nice work Jon, I like your locomotive work & your scenery efforts, very well done!

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A modelling pal pointed out that the font for ‘Coast Line’ changed with the SCL renumbering and lettering, so off the original came. I have also blackened up the bare areas, ready for the SCL decals.

I used a glass fibre pen to remove the factory-applied decals

Jon

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Jon, always sad to see a ACL unit being modified but glad to see that it’s going off without a hitch!