01-18-2023, 06:23 PM
Won an ebay auction for an Athearn GP38 today.
Looks to be a straight DC model from the early 2000's in Lehigh Valley Cornell Red. A bunch of these were sent to the Delaware and Hudson on Conrail Day 1, so I'm going to patch this unit. They typically got a yellow "7" in front of the 3-digit LV road number, a smattering of red paint over the giant yellow "LEHIGH VALLEY" lettering on the long hood, and some script "D&H" logos were added to the sides and front and rear diamonds. (Found a nice example photo on RailPictures.Net, but it's copyrighted, and I dare not upload it here, but here's the link 2415.1300928201.jpg (1024×704) (railpictures.net)). Bought some decals as well to make the transformation happen. I'll be converting to DCC as well with a Digitrax DH126P. The end state will probably mean the retirement of my two C628's in D&H Lightning Stripe, which pretty much coincides with what happened on the real D&H in 1976. The big six-axles were sent to Mexico. I'll probably be putting them up for sale as well....
My D&H consist would then consist of 2 RS36's in lightning stripe, a ex-Reading GP39-2 in green, and then this unit. It wasn't just Conrail that ran colorful stuff during the Rainbow Years!
It's funny to see the evolution of the paint on these units through the remaining years of the D&H. The short hoods were painted yellow, the rest of the bodies deep blue. The blue eroded pretty fast, leaving the Cornell Red and the "LEHIGH VALLEY" prominent with the yellow on the short hood (link: 24de954213d6f29ad34090ea9dbf2ea6--delaware-choo.jpg (735×512) (pinimg.com). Replicating that paint job would be a real test!
Looks to be a straight DC model from the early 2000's in Lehigh Valley Cornell Red. A bunch of these were sent to the Delaware and Hudson on Conrail Day 1, so I'm going to patch this unit. They typically got a yellow "7" in front of the 3-digit LV road number, a smattering of red paint over the giant yellow "LEHIGH VALLEY" lettering on the long hood, and some script "D&H" logos were added to the sides and front and rear diamonds. (Found a nice example photo on RailPictures.Net, but it's copyrighted, and I dare not upload it here, but here's the link 2415.1300928201.jpg (1024×704) (railpictures.net)). Bought some decals as well to make the transformation happen. I'll be converting to DCC as well with a Digitrax DH126P. The end state will probably mean the retirement of my two C628's in D&H Lightning Stripe, which pretty much coincides with what happened on the real D&H in 1976. The big six-axles were sent to Mexico. I'll probably be putting them up for sale as well....
My D&H consist would then consist of 2 RS36's in lightning stripe, a ex-Reading GP39-2 in green, and then this unit. It wasn't just Conrail that ran colorful stuff during the Rainbow Years!
It's funny to see the evolution of the paint on these units through the remaining years of the D&H. The short hoods were painted yellow, the rest of the bodies deep blue. The blue eroded pretty fast, leaving the Cornell Red and the "LEHIGH VALLEY" prominent with the yellow on the short hood (link: 24de954213d6f29ad34090ea9dbf2ea6--delaware-choo.jpg (735×512) (pinimg.com). Replicating that paint job would be a real test!
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