09-02-2025, 05:24 PM
Love your GP40 Matt! I had a similar situation with my Athearn SD40-2 shell. The front steps look to have sustained some heat damage. I did a little file work, but left them pretty much as is, not thinking a replacement with styrene might look much better!
It's great to save a locomotive with memories. I pitched my boyhood motive power many years ago, but there are times when I think maybe I ought to have resurrected a C-liner or a really bad AHM "GP18" or a Reading 2-axle switcher that are long since buried in a landfill. Then I think of how much money I might have sunk into them and I realize (for me) the money can get sunk into something I really want to see running on my layout.
It's great to save a locomotive with memories. I pitched my boyhood motive power many years ago, but there are times when I think maybe I ought to have resurrected a C-liner or a really bad AHM "GP18" or a Reading 2-axle switcher that are long since buried in a landfill. Then I think of how much money I might have sunk into them and I realize (for me) the money can get sunk into something I really want to see running on my layout.
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