I am well aware that there are significant differences between the Lima and Baldwin center cab diesel locomotives and impossible to make a Baldwin locomotive from a Lima locomotive. As I said, I saw these EJ&E center cab almost daily from 1955 until they were replaced by the second generation diesels. As kids in the 1950's we watched the "J" freight drags, waved to the engineers and on numerous occasions watched the flat switching of cars on the siding track. The partial kit bash is not prototypical but maybe this orange and green diesel will bring back the childhood memories of the smells and sounds of this Baldwin diesel many long years ago.
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