Weekly Photo Fun 1/10 -1/16/13

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Patches and ditch lights made the CR GP15-1 suitable for my post year 2000 layout. The bulbs are replaced with 1.8mm LEDs. They are a perfect replacement.

ps. I is hard to find prototype photos of CSX GP15-1 with that old CR paint scheme. A bunch of CR GP15-1 with Quality paint scheme made it with CSX patches many years after 2000. The new Athearn CR GP15-1 have that paint scheme. I plan to patch one for CSX use (probable #1554 catches on photos in 2011!)

I don't think I've seen any CSX patched GP15-1s not in the quality scheme, though I'm sure there must have been for at least a brief period.

On the other hand, you might be asking for trouble sticking with CSX. While I do remember seeing a few CSX patch jobs, CSX was much faster to repaint its ex-Conrail units than Norfolk Southern. That said, 1554 did last surprisingly long in Conrail Blue, and was probably literally one of the last CSX owned engines to be Conrail blue. One caption I read suggested at the time of the photo, there was only one other CSX unit in Conrail blue, period.

To be honest though, I havent seen any GP15-1s in a while, but I used to see them all the time years ago. I think NS retired/sold most of theirs, and It seems to always be NS locomotives down in Hainesport these days, despite being a Conrail Shared Assets operation. The last GP15-1s I saw were either Conrail/NS patched, or in the "Dark Future" CSX scheme. I might have spotted a repaint NS GP15-1, but I don't remember.

[faraway]

...I don't think I've seen any CSX patched GP15-1s not in the quality scheme, though I'm sure there must have been for at least a brief period.....

The only photo found is the the CSX 1539 from 1999. I expect an Athearn CR GP15-1 in quality paint scheme to arrive within the next weeks to be converted to CSX too. Either 1554 (last photo 2011, without snow plow ) or 1541 (last photo 2010)). Next oldest would be 1551 from 2004.
I think that supports your memory. Plain CR paint scheme was gone by 2000 and only very few quality paint scheme survived for a longer time.

[Sumpter250]

C&NW GP!5-!, 4416
   
I first saw this in Waukegan, Il. on my way to a service call. This was one of my earliest Diesel "kitbashes".
It turned out to be a fun project.
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Of all the photos of the modules (old, and new, in this case, one of the old), this is one of my favorites..
   

[bdw9535]

Reinhard,

Here's two pics of 1554, the first at Millville, NJ 1/08 and the second at Burlington, NJ 2/09. I may have some others but after the computer crashed last year I lost several years of photos, let me know what your interested in and I'll look thru my pics.

Bruce        

[faraway]

Bruce, thanks for the photos. I found plenty of ex. CR engines with quality paint scheme. The older plain CR paint scheme on CSX engines past the year 2000 was the big problem to find. The 1539 is the only engine I found on a photo from 1999/2000.
http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/csx4290/csx...p151cr.jpg
I took that as a marginal prototype for my patched model. Nothing newer on the internet or private collections?

[bdw9535]

Reinhard,

Have you checked this site <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/model_GP15-1.htm">http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/model_GP15-1.htm</a><!-- m --> they have the repaint list with photos.

Bruce

[faraway]

Reinhard,

Have you checked this site <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/model_GP15-1.htm">http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/model_GP15-1.htm</a><!-- m --> they have the repaint list with photos.

Bruce

Thanks a lot. That is a very interesting site