01-23-2016, 11:48 AM
Got a Walthers CP GP9u and put the shell on a drive with DCC decoder I did some years ago for the St. Marries. It is a nice runner. Not perfect but for the price a good drive and Zimo decoders love it to teach little motors good behavior.
IMG_4750 by faraway52, on Flickr
My challenge is the shell. The Walthers shell is extreme generic and I have to do a lot of modifications to get it roughly into a CP engine. Let's see how far it gets with my capabilities and without ordering parts from Eric.
IMG_4756 by faraway52, on Flickr
I see many prototype CP GP9u on photos done in this century without ditch lights. I understood ditch light are a Canadian invention and they are mandatory. Is that an indication the engines are used within larger yards only without level crossing and/or no need to run faster than 20 mph?.
There is a similar project at the diesel detailer http://dieseldetailer.proboards.com/thre...ct-ongoing. In fact did that project trigger my interest in the Walthers CP GP9u. I am "borrowing" something there![Wink Wink](https://bigbluetrains.com/images/smilies/wink.png)
At the end of the first day.
IMG_4758 by faraway52, on Flickr
![[Image: 24261835240_62a750a6db_c.jpg]](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1513/24261835240_62a750a6db_c.jpg)
My challenge is the shell. The Walthers shell is extreme generic and I have to do a lot of modifications to get it roughly into a CP engine. Let's see how far it gets with my capabilities and without ordering parts from Eric.
![[Image: 24195242719_c54c4b2b50_c.jpg]](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1615/24195242719_c54c4b2b50_c.jpg)
I see many prototype CP GP9u on photos done in this century without ditch lights. I understood ditch light are a Canadian invention and they are mandatory. Is that an indication the engines are used within larger yards only without level crossing and/or no need to run faster than 20 mph?.
There is a similar project at the diesel detailer http://dieseldetailer.proboards.com/thre...ct-ongoing. In fact did that project trigger my interest in the Walthers CP GP9u. I am "borrowing" something there
![Wink Wink](https://bigbluetrains.com/images/smilies/wink.png)
At the end of the first day.
![[Image: 24539666876_e1fdd15df1_c.jpg]](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1562/24539666876_e1fdd15df1_c.jpg)
Reinhard