Southern Pacific GP9E 3816 build

[torikoos]

I've just finished building another SP locomotive.
It started out as a factory decorated GP9 Pennsylvania RR Lifelike Proto2000 model I bought in the late '90's , so it's probably approaching 20 years old.
I stripped it, detailed it, repainted, converted it to DCC with sound, using an ESU Loksound V4 and a sugar cube speaker.

All that's left to do now is some weathering, but here she is with 'factory new' paint.

   

   

Thanks for looking.

Koos

[faraway]

That is a real beauty. The paint job looks excellent!

[torikoos]

Thanks Reinhard, I'm quite pleased with the paintwork myself. There are a few details that worked out a bit coarser that I'd hoped, but I can live with it, and I also need to remind myself that this is a 20 year old shell I used, and can't really compare it with the current Genesis versions. They both still look good together though.

Koos

[Tyson Rayles]

Nice work. What does the E (GP9E) stand for?

[torikoos]

The E suffix means it's a rebuild unit.

The SP also used R , here's an explanation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://utahrails.net/sp/sp-r8-grip.php">http://utahrails.net/sp/sp-r8-grip.php</a><!-- m -->

Koos