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Norfolk and Western Railway GP30 #541

Here's my attempt at a N&W GP30, circa 1980 or thereabouts. Model based on the excellent HO Scale Proto 2000 high-nosed EMD GP30.

This was a "quickie" detail project, but it still took me a while to get this done!
And.. I still have a fair amount of weathering to do.. sigh..

Factory paint, just a bunch of little added details including Details Associates Winterization windows & firecracker antenna, AMB window glass, .008 phosphor bronze coupler lift bars, Details West Speed recorders, 5-chime airhorn, DW MU and air hoses, DW headlight lenses, Cannon & Co. Dynamic and 48" radiator fans, Proto 2000 GP9 36" fan per prototype, Kadee #58 couplers, Shellscale decals for the numbers and numberboards, Digitrax DH163LO decoder, stock LEDs inside, working class lights.

Thanks to Jarrett Mullen for the use of his GP9 fan up top!

All photos Copyright 2007 by Harry K. Wong
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Norfolk and Western #541, the way I remember her..
Norfolk and Western #541, the way I remember her..
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Dangit.. gotta get rid of the ejector marks on the drop step!
Dangit.. gotta get rid of the ejector marks on the drop step!
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The long hood is the front end on the N&W!
The long hood is the front end on the N&W!
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36 1st gen fan per prototype photos, All 48 fans from Cannon & Co.
36" 1st gen fan per prototype photos, All 48" fans from Cannon & Co.
details up top, with modified coupler lift bar visible.
details up top, with modified coupler lift bar visible.
The black guppy.
The black guppy.
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