I just looked at Athearn’s new products announcements, and found GP40Xs in Saint Lawrence & Atlantic. Where’d they get those from? The link to the announcement:
http://www.athearn.com/newsletter/051606/GP40X_051606.jpg
STL&A 3805, 3806 GP40-3M Ex-Southern Rwy 3210 & 3209; rebuilt from GP40X in 2003. (From http://www.thedieselshop.us/StLA.HTML )
Correction on those ex SOUTHERN no.s They were 7000 &7002 the other one was of course 7001.
Thanks for the replies! Though I’m still a little foggy on those StL&A numbers… The Diesel Shop needs to work on some of their accuracy…
Here is another source Mark-
http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/766066.htm
Somewhat diifferent than the Diesel Shop.
cool wondering about that myself
Didnt GP40X have the flared radiators?
SP and UP had flared radiators and the SP untis had the bloomberg m type trucks, very strange looking
Are they still High Hood or have they been converted to standard?
M636C
Peter,
The Ex-Sou / Ex-NS high hood GP40X 7000 and 7002 were chopped when rebuilt by NRE and leased to St Lawrence and Atlantic as 3209 and 3210, which in turn were rebuilt as GP40-3 mother units for RM1 slugs in Mexico and purchased by G&W (SLR). They are now 3805 and 3806. Can’t say for sure about the outcome of SOU/NS 7001.
Dan
Thanks guys.
Strangely, I see that Bachmann have finally put a standard nose on their GP50 model, luckily I have an old one in Southern colours. After years they now make a reasonably correct GP35.40 and 50.
M636C
A sad, sad sight