MKT please!
I’d like to see the NYS&W “Susquehanna” offered in the next run. There’s the black and yellow paint “regular” paint scheme, as well as the silver & maroon “heritage” paint scheme recently applied to # 3024.
NYS&W #3024 (Heritage silver & maroon)
I’d be in for at least two pre-orders!
I would like to see a cabless, SD40-2B. But since there were just 3 such prototype locomotives, which of the popular road names, that have a greater likelihood of being rerun, could be the closest one, to modify?
I see these SD40-2B sandwiched between 2 BNSF SD40-2, around a local BNSF, hump yard. Apparently, they were all rebuilt from wrecked Burlington Northern, SD40-2.
2 of them (BNSF 300 & 301) look like the following photo that I took in 2014, with the dynamic brakes in the original location as the SD40-2, but at one time, I also saw an elusive BNSF 302, with the original Burlington Northern livery, that look this HO model, from Scale Trains, with the Dynamic Brake section at the front end.
All 3 have high, short hoods, with much smaller front porch, with the high hood, much closer to the front end of the locomotive, compared to my Sunset, BNSF, SD40-2.
These are just my opinion,
Naveen Rajan
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@naveenrajan posted:I would like to see a cabless, SD40-2B. But since there were just 3 such prototype locomotives, which of the popular road names, that have a greater likelihood of being rerun, could be the closest one, to modify?
I see these SD40-2B sandwiched between 2 BNSF SD40-2, around a local BNSF, hump yard. Apparently, they were all rebuilt from wrecked Burlington Northern, SD40-2.
2 of them (BNSF 300 & 301) look like the following photo that I took in 2014, with the dynamic brakes in the original location as the SD40-2, but at one time, I also saw an elusive BNSF 302, with the original Burlington Northern livery, that look this HO model, from Scale Trains, with the Dynamic Brake section at the front end.
All 3 have high, short hoods, with much smaller front porch, with the high hood, much closer to the front end of the locomotive, compared to my Sunset, BNSF, SD40-2.
These are just my opinion,
Naveen Rajan
The closest tooling to this one would likely be the one that uses the Southern / N&W / Norfolk Southern tool of the high short hood SD40-2. BN units were mostly phase 1a2 production as are the high hood models listed above. Of course the cab would have to be removed, the number boards and class lights blanked, and the ATSF style plate antenna added to the top with some additional details, but not too difficult to model. Painting it might be the most difficult part. Tru-Color GN paints should match for the BNSF colors used on the BNSF factory units. Interesting units to be sure!
Already posted above, but my NS version for comparison with a closeup of the high short hood.
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The SOO LINE SD40-2 versions that would make sense to produce first would be the SOO locomotives built by GM EMD in 1972, 1973 in the original graphics with the curved red front.
Andrew
Missouri Pacific/Union Pacific sold ex-MP SD40-2 locomotives without dynamic brakes to the Grand Trunk Western.
Several were in the Union Pacific scheme with a red GT logo.
Several were painted in the true blue GTW color scheme.
Those GTW variations have never been produced for 2-rail DCC and 3-Rail TMCC.
Andrew
You would need to make a Union Pacific paint scheme version with the Missouri Pacific name.
Andrew
Research all Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway special occasion paint schemes for the next production run.
Andrew
