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Reply to "Alex's Red Caboose GP9 and F3 Projects"

The repower kit from P&D is awesome!  It is basically the same one used on the '80s- early '90s Weaver diesels which was THE best drive in my opinion.   The Car Works used this drive in many of its brass diesels in the early 90's due to reliability and smoothness. The original Red Caboose GP-9 was available in 2  or 3 rail and can actually take a 16" radius curve.  My pike was a traction pike that I "converted" to diesel and small steam.  I have 18" radius curves formed from old Atlas (black ties, super flexible) track and the GP's will negotiate them with ease, I just had to modify the couplers on the locomotive and first freight car.  The rivet counters will poo poo this for sure but I have fun and can run a wider variety of equipment now vs. just traction models.  Real traction companies that converted to diesel such as the Springfield Suburban in Ohio did similar things so I tell folks that I am just following standard railroad practice. Even the mighty Lehigh & New England had to modify couplers and add a "dummy" air line between their RS-2s and first freight car when negotiating the super sharp curves out of Catasaqua, PA when they retired their 0-6-0's with blind center drivers.

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