I sold one of my antique garden tractors today, so I bought myself an All Nation F7, currently in GN empire builder colors off ebay. Had my eye on it, made an offer on it which the seller accepted, free shipping if I paid the asking price. Has both trucks powered, and while the paint job is nice, I do plan to repaint. I am torn between doing a model of a ex Milw Rd unit that a local museum had painted up in the Monon passenger colors or a CGW F unit in the early or late scheme. The Monon and early CGW scheme would need the help of a better painter, the late single color CGW I can manage, but that is an awfully plain unit! The faux Monon unit was on loan for a couple years to the shortline I did volunteer work in the shops during my teens. I even got some time behind the throttle on grain trains(with the engineer behind me telling me what to do). That engine sports one of the most beautifull sounding Nathan K3a airchime horns I have ever heard. There are video of her running on youtube, road number 83A on the pizza train. She is now in faux NKP blue bird colors as one of the units EMD sent to the NKP to try and convince them to buy, it didnt work back then. Mike
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