ATSF GP7u
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lajry Wrote:Reinhard
Here's what the All Time-Time Diesel Roster has to say about your 3821:

2879:1 GP7 EMD Nov53 18896 del BSZ paint, rnd cab, sg, rmvd sg [date], rpnt to BYW2 paint aft 26Aug72, rblt/rnum to GP7u 2247:2 Apr73, round cab,
rnum 1311:2 Jan77 rnum/rpnt to BNSF 3821 H1 paint 5Jun98

ATSF 1310-1329 GP7 power delivered with high short hoods and rounded cabs; 1310 class equipped with slug m.u. connections at rebuild. And looks like all repainted H1 3820-3838 in late '90s. So are you still going to leave yours in blue/yellow Warbonnet? Smile

One of the reasons why I rebuild the 3821 into the 1355 with a new cab :o
The few surviving BNSF round cab have been used as slug mothers (different road numbers than the normal GP7u with 13xx) and some of them got the pink baby dress too. Remember it was my first conversion of a GP7 into a GP7u at that time and I did not know how to do an angled cab. I was happy to chop the first nose.
After I did the 1356 successful with an angled cab the 3821 needed a rebuild into 1355 with an angled cab badly.

ps. I do still not fully understand what Topeka did in detail on the angled cab invented and designed in Cleburne for the CF7 and build in Cleburne for the CF7 and GP7u. A question in Trainorders is still pending without response.
Reinhard
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