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 Posted - March 12 2012 : 10:25:44 PM
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Hey guys:
Just thought I'd share this example of someones Kitbashing workon another forum. An Athearn BB Kitbash of a CNR F7Aum trailing position only Booster that kept them in service up into the 90's
Credit to champstermike (DDF)
-Gareth
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Edited by - romcat on March 12 2012 10:46:01 PM
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Posted - March 12 2012 : 11:46:34 PM
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| Interesting choice for a build! Any pics of them in service?
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Posted - March 12 2012 : 11:54:57 PM
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Hey Chris:
Best I can do:
F7Aum, class GFB-17b
rebuilt from 9174 May 1983 by stripping cab appliances and covering windows
used only in trailing positions
retired December 1989
-Gareth
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Posted - March 13 2012 : 12:16:14 AM
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no windows? Why? 
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Posted - March 13 2012 : 12:58:50 AM
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Ben:
Read the note in the first posting;
"...trailing position only..."
Use your imagination.....
-Gareth
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Posted - March 13 2012 : 11:43:19 AM
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ohhh so like a B unit dummy? 
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Posted - March 13 2012 : 11:58:29 AM
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Yeah Ben Essentially. They stripped the cab controls etc. Not a dummy in the sense that they still had their Prime mover.
Some were just traction motor equipped and took their power from a Mother Unit, a "Slug-Daughter"
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Posted - March 14 2012 : 1:50:56 PM
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Love that the RR's don't just throw stuff out! 
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