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 Posted - December 18 2006 : 11:19:15 PM
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The topic about walthers locos reminded me that I have one... so I figured it was time to mock another railfanning shot:
That's my "superdetailed" GP15-T. I added hoses, grabs, lift rings, shades, wipers; Chessie-spec horns, bell and rock pilot; a few other bits here and there, numerous paint touch-ups (recoated all the blue and painted the walkways, steps, and turbo hatch) and a light coat of weathering. The paint still looks satiny but I actually intend for this to be one of the newer units in my roster, so that's OK.
As for the load of new Beetles spied with a late-80's Ford 150 in the foreground: Shhhh! They don't call this particular train the Contrabandolero for nothing! [:D]
Edited by - GoingInCirclez on December 18 2006 11:21:21 PM
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 Posted - December 18 2006 : 11:41:31 PM
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| Nice detailing!! Were the MU cables colorcoded on all Chessie locos? I never noticed that in any photos before. I will need to pay more attention. Where did those VWs come from? Aren't they still in production in South America someplace?
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Posted - December 19 2006 : 10:39:02 AM
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Excellent Work Tony L.! Didn't know the Walthers GP15-1 could look that good!
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Posted - December 20 2006 : 12:02:48 PM
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Hey!
That actually looks like the AtlasO one!!![:D]
Nice job on that GP-15T, one of these days I will get around to doing that to mine!
Did yours have the nose Chessie Cat on it? Mine don't, and again one of these days, I have to rectify that.
Some Chessie's had color coded fittings on the MU connectors, it depended a lot on where the locomotive was assigned for maintenence.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Huntington did this, and Cumberland didn't.
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Posted - December 21 2006 : 10:43:47 PM
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Mine came with the Ches-C on the nose. You should be able to use the nose Ches-C decal from any EMD power set. The logo on the carbody is a uique size; the smallest ever applied to a Chessie EMD because the loco is so small!
I've seen pics of the GM50 unit with color-coded, and later uncolored, MU hoses. So you can probably make the case for any version to suit your preference; I thought the colors were a nice touch. You can check the Chessie Photo Archives site run by Dean Heacock for more info: http://www.trainweb.org/chessiephotos/
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Posted - December 22 2006 : 08:10:13 AM
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My Walthers Chessie GP15 had a naked nose too. Was surprised they missed the logo on the nose, but I guess some DID have the Chessie cat on the nose?
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Posted - December 22 2006 : 8:17:01 PM
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According the the article in Diesel Era, all of them came from EMD with the full Chessie paint, including the nose kitty.
A point of useless trivia, from the same source, the GP-15T was the last EMD to be delivered with the famous "rock pilot" that was a Chessie trademark. The later SD-50s were delivered with a standard EMD style snowplow.
I had a leftover nose kitty from a Microscale set, that I used, after painting the inside of the nose. Seems that mine looked like it was at Three-Mile-Island the way that nose glowed!
GM50 seemed to favor the Cumberland shops in it's golden years (pun intended) that may explain the color coded fittings.
I remember seeing it at a coal tipple near Stoystown Pa. in the mid 70s. Now, THAT was a strange sight, run down tipple, and this gold locomotive pulling the hoppers thru!
And me with out a camera (heck, I was only 13 at the time!!![:D]
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