In the South

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Reinhard, you might find these interesting. I think they could be bashed onto an Atlas Gp7 or 9, but they are a bit pricey for a cab only.
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Russ, I do not have the skill to do kit bashing at the shell and end up with an acceptable result. May be I get the cutting and gluing done but I have no chance to do a paint finish I will accept. I tried it several times about some years ago with NYC engines "black only", IHB "yellow only" and some two color designs (Chicago Beltway) but it is far away from professional finish. It tends to end up with a thick layer of paint leveling all details. The paint loves it to have a great party under the masking tape. The airbrush is not my friend....

But you might have read my report about the very successful motor exchange between Genesis C7 and RTR CF-7. I am very happy to have two CF-7 running as smooth as I like it! Gary added the option to use P2K Geep trucks at the CF-7. That worked also great.

So I got GP30u, GP35u and CF-7 for LAJ up and running. That is not to bad.

ps. The CF-7 have still an ATSF shell. LAJ CF-7 are on order but my LHS does not expect them earlier than 1/11. Athearn slipped from 10/10 to 1/11. May be March when they pop up in Germany. I think about canceling the order and get them from Trainworld now.