Short Line Engine Purchase

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wjstix

When the BN merger happened, many of the engines just had a new BN number assigned with a small “BN” added, the rest remained the same. If the number of the NP engine works for your railroad, you could just use decals to add the initials / reporting marks of your free-lance road near the cab road number. On an engine or car, the reporting mark initials and road number are the official “name” of the engine, heralds and such are basically just decoration.

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I model the BN as well so i have locos that are sublettered so that’s not the problem. As to the other part, read the response to the next quote.

Doughless

Perfect. I believe BN started scrapping their RS11’s in late 1970’s. Perhaps your shortline was allowed to buy the pick of the litter of BN green RS11s.

No need to stick with a yellow box version, which I think Atlas did paint for BN. The Atlas Classic version has updated shell details and is a better model. They show up once in a while on the Bay.

Problem with that plan is that after the merger, all the Alcos went to either Washington state or to Minnesota as those areas had the most knowledge of them. I can’t imagine they would have worked there way back.

As to the detail issue, I’m looking at budget. I’m also per

But you were at some point considering a BL2 which is the same engine in different packaging?

And the GP20 is a successor to the GP7/9/18 models with an upgraded version of the 567 engine and turbocharger.

EMDs and ALCOs are entirely compatible to run together, so there’s nothing restricting that other than your (very reasonable) thought of the shortline operating a consistent fleet from one builder for maintenance reasons.

The RS-3 or RS-11 would bascially be the ALCO equivalent of an EMD GP7 or GP9.

Since he’s talking about 539T-compatible power and ‘streetcar motors’ why not have him purchase a DL109 with appropriate gearing? [:)]

The New Haven had one left in its sentimental-scrap collection that survived into the early '70s… he could obrain and ‘rebuild’ that. Put in a Draper taper back from the cab windows to make running it bidirectionally less of an ‘exercise’…

I did end up purchasing the RS-1 I was looking at. It ending up going a bit higher than I had originally intended but I think I can come up with a reasonable scheme for it without a lot of repainting. The old roadname and number and the endrails to white from the existing yellow should be the only needs. It is a blue one and I think I can do a reasonable bicentennial scheme from that I will have to order more decals of course.