I had the opportunity to work closely with The White Pass and Yukon Route railroad for 5 summers. I became friends with many Conductors Brakemen and Engineers. I used the railroad to facilitate hikes to Laughton Glacier and the Chilkoot trail ending at Bennett, B.C..
I fell in love with this railroad and found myself disappointed with available O-gauge White Pass offerings. Over the past few years it seems that Lionel and MTH have given more attention to the WPYR and I am loving it. my first purchase was the MTH 30-73378 silver White Pass tank car. I also purchased the lionel 6-31793 White Pass & Yukon Freight 3-pack and then by pure accident stumbled onto a K Line White Pass 40' container.
I later acquired the Lionel 6-26422 White Pass & Yukon Ice Breaker Tunnel Car
My next purchase was the New Jersey Transit 4302 GP-40 from the 6-30185 NJ TRANSIT Ready-To-Run Limited Edition Maintenance-of-Way Set. I picked that engine because i was able to find it for a hundred bucks at my local train shop. A nice cheap engine to use.
I have no experience modeling or painting at all so this next part was a big step for me. I decided to turn this GP-40 into a replica of a White Pass DL535E. I saw someone do it in HO and figured it would work for me.
Here is the primer coat
and my yellow coat
This is as far as I have gotten with my set. I am currently attempting to tape off the engine in preparation for a few coats of green paint. I'm just using Krylon spray paint. I ordered and recieved O-scale white pass dl535e decals from Ozark Miniatures in order to finish the project. I am really freaked out about doing the taping on the hood so that the design looks right. Especially with the headlights on the GP-40. Any ideas?
After I finish this, my plan is to custom decal a caboose with the Thunderbird on the sides. But Ozark says they are currently out of stock, but are working on making some more.
MTH anounced in their 2014 volume 2 catalog that they will be releasing a 30-79445 White Pass Heavy Duty Snow Plow in September 2014 and I already have one preordered.
I know That the White Pass is narrow gauge but I love the look and feel of these o-gauge White Pass rolling stock options and I hope to see more in the future. Now I just need to work on a model of the Red Onion Saloon.
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