Thanks to Railroad Model Craftsman, there are photos of the first painted and detailed Bowser SD40-2 units.
The photos were taken at the National Train Show in Portland, OR.
Looking good!
Click here to pull up a series of posts about Bowser's new Canadian-style SD40-2, including the iconic Red Barn.
Why do the CP units have plows instead of pilots? The Bowser pre-order information clearly states that these will have "rock pilots" and not plows. Concerned.
ReplyDeleteI was just about to paint up a Kato SD40 in the new Ontario Northland scheme like 1733. Guess I'll do a GP38-2 as 1809 instead.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Kerr
Sydney, Australia
I will say that other than the plow these look fantastic! I have seven on order and could use about double that number (plus a Red Barn too). Hopefully they will do a second run with more numbers in the small multimark scheme and on the 5700-series body style!
ReplyDeleteComment for Tyler - not all CP SD40-2s had the pilots, there were a series (somewhere in the 6000s) that had plows.
ReplyDeleteIan is correct, this is my mistake, not Bowser's. According to the Clark book, 6049-6054 were delivered with plows instead of pilots. So the model is correct. With attention to detail like that, I should stop worrying!
ReplyDeleteNice!! I'm definitely looking forward to receiving the 6041 version I ordered!
ReplyDeleteAqui no Brasil temos algumas unidades ex CP rail de SD40-2 e tou loucopara ter uma dessas!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe comment above, roughly translated by Google from Portuguese, says "Here in Brazil you can find former CP Rail SD40-2 units." Which is true, and which also sounds like a reason for a future blog post . . . .
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