12-12-2009, 01:41 PM
The only thing that I don't like about the Athearn Geep is that the hood is too wide. I got a deal on about 6 ex-Front Range Gp7s & 9s from the owner of Trains Unlimited at a GAT show years ago. They were attempts at doing Santa Fe zebra stripe that came out badly. I got them for $5.00 each and removed the paint. The Front Range shell fits the Athearn chassis fine with very little modification. Otherwise I run a lot of old Athearn blue box power units. I like Athearn's new screw mount hard plastic motor mounts over the old "gummy bear" mounting, but those are readily available for 6 for $10.00 if I remember correctly from Athearn.