I have hunted high and low with no joy
the question is did the santa fe use GP40’S or not ? . know they had GP40 X’S But did they also have GP40’s as i have 3 of them and dont want to use them if not correct.
Any help with this will be much apprecated
Gav
1 that was inherited with the TPW merger and was wrecked and scrapped shortly after. It was numbered after the GP38’s as I recall without looking it up. They did not buy GP40’s new.
Bob
cheers for that mate
so bascally scrap the 1’s i’ve got?
Gav
Here’s a link to a pic of SF’s one and only GP40, #2964. It was rated at 2500 hp.
thanks Jeff
If thats the only 1 then why the [censored] do model companies produce this loco for the sf? also will a GP30 body fit on a GP40 Chassis?
Gav
It’s called artistic license. I don’t think a GP30 body will fit on a GP40 chassis. I think the chassis will be too long.
oh well
at least i can model the 1 they did have
Gav
The Santa Fe had quite a few GP 50s which are basically similar to the GP40, except for the type and size of the radiator grilles. If you can buy or make up the appropriate radiator grilles, and renumber the locomotives between 3805 and 3854, you’ll be fine.
If you think nobody else in England knows the difference between a GP40 and a GP50, just change the numbers.
Bachmann made high hood GP50s which were only used by Southern and later NS.
But if you like, you could combine the GP40 cab with the GP50 hood. However, the radiator grilles of the GP50 were basically deeper and of the “corrugated mesh” pattern, rather than the flat grid on the earlier GP40s, and that’s the main visible difference.
M636C
Here is the story of Santa Fe’s only GP40 http://atsf.railfan.net/gp40/ with thanks to Evan Werkema.
Santa Fe’s only GP40 working in Flagstaff, Arizona.
cheers m636c for the info
ill look into getting some body shells for them as for other people noticing the difference i’ll know they’re wrong.
gp50’s great!!!i’ve also got a hi hood version in sf warbonnet livery so another bu.
Gav