09-05-2010, 08:49 PM
Small update regarding the GP60M's for the layout
As you may have read, there will be 6 of them serving the layout. i was originally concerned about getting only Athearn RTR GP60M's from the 2009 run, but since ive heard that nothing has really changed in the guts of the GP60M's from the 2003 run to the latest run of them, I feel better about getting some of the older run GP60M's as well. Also, thanks to Andy, he pointed out that i do not have to renumber all of them because La Mirada gets new locomotives every 90 days, and there will never be the same numbers there. So this is what im going to do:
2 GP60M's in the Heritage II paint scheme, roadnumbers 112 and 157
2 GP60M's in the BNSF Warbonnet paint scheme, roadnumbers 139 and ?
2 GP60M's in the Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme, roadnumbers 144 & 152
I already have a Santa Fe Warbonnet which is #152 and a BNSF Heritage II which is #112. So I will be ordering 4 more, (1) of #157, (2) of #139; one of them will have to be renumbered as there is not 2 #'s available so there is no way of getting around renumbering one of them, and (1) of #144. This will give me 2 GP60M's in each of the 3 paint schemes BNSF has currently and whatever the numbers that Athearn did on them will be just fine since La Mirada wont have the same #'s from time to time anyhow
Im gunna order the 4 hopefully Tuesday
As you may have read, there will be 6 of them serving the layout. i was originally concerned about getting only Athearn RTR GP60M's from the 2009 run, but since ive heard that nothing has really changed in the guts of the GP60M's from the 2003 run to the latest run of them, I feel better about getting some of the older run GP60M's as well. Also, thanks to Andy, he pointed out that i do not have to renumber all of them because La Mirada gets new locomotives every 90 days, and there will never be the same numbers there. So this is what im going to do:
2 GP60M's in the Heritage II paint scheme, roadnumbers 112 and 157
2 GP60M's in the BNSF Warbonnet paint scheme, roadnumbers 139 and ?
2 GP60M's in the Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme, roadnumbers 144 & 152
I already have a Santa Fe Warbonnet which is #152 and a BNSF Heritage II which is #112. So I will be ordering 4 more, (1) of #157, (2) of #139; one of them will have to be renumbered as there is not 2 #'s available so there is no way of getting around renumbering one of them, and (1) of #144. This will give me 2 GP60M's in each of the 3 paint schemes BNSF has currently and whatever the numbers that Athearn did on them will be just fine since La Mirada wont have the same #'s from time to time anyhow
Im gunna order the 4 hopefully Tuesday