Well, I have decided to do a little mini project while im waiting for supplies to continue working on my La Mirada Project

I have 2 Athearn RTR SD45T-2's lettered for Southern Pacific, Roadnumbers 9173 & 9191. Ill be patching them with the yellow UP patches on the cabs, and leaving them in the SP paint.

Here are a couple pictures:

Here are some pictures of the newely patched SD45T-2. This is former SP #9173 which has been patched for UP #4859. I failed miserably on the numberboards and trying to paint over them, I tried free handing them and that didnt work so well, so then i tried masking them and that didnt work out either and the paint ended up lifting the tape and bleeding under. I cleaned it up, but it removed some of the SP Gray paint, which will is alright because ill be weathering the units and it will be just part of the weathering. I ordered some Microscale Numberboard decals, so when those come in ill just put them over the old numbers and then add the new numbers over the black decal... One other thing you may notice is that both sides of the cab, the number "4", both of them got chipped somehow. Im not sure how it happened, but im not going to replace them. It will add to the weathering when the unit makes it into the weathering shop LOL

Until then, here are some pictures on my Photo Diorama

very cool!

Trucklover Wrote:Here are some pictures of the newely patched SD45T-2. This is former SP #9173 which has been patched for UP #4859....

Is there a public source in the internet what SP roadnumber became what UP roadnumber? I have got two MP15AC and two GP38-2 I may want to patch too.

Here are a few pictures of the other patched SD45T-2. This one has been patched for UP #4832. Like the last one, this one will also receive the same numberboard treatment when the decals come in

Thanks Kevin

faraway Wrote:Is there a public source in the internet what SP roadnumber became what UP roadnumber? I have got two MP15AC and two GP38-2 I may want to patch too.

There actually is, its <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://utahrails.net/all-time/modern-index.php">http://utahrails.net/all-time/modern-index.php</a><!-- m -->

If its not on the list, it probably means that the locomotive was scrapped, rebuilt, or sold off and is no longer part of the UP roster. That was the case with all the former SP/Cotton Belt/D&RGW SD45T-2's that were acquired in the mergers