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Try Joining the Great Northern Historical Society. They have loads of reference material for the GN. I am in the process of building up a early '50s Empire Builder consist. Some of the cars are difficult to find - i.e. the First Class Full Dome. Walthers Budd and Pullman cars can be detailed out to fit most of the rest at a reasonable price (I cannot afford Brass) The historical society site has lots of GN and Empire Builder timeline info as to modifications to equipment, paint schemes, etc. I recently received a GN F7A (passenger) Athearn Genesis that looks great. I haven't even run it yet but it is the best looking RTR F7A I've seen for a reasonable price. I'm waiting for delivery of a "drop in" DCC decoder (looks like a 1-2 hour job from the instructions) before putting this engine into service. A number of years ago, I built a F7B from a Highliners shell kit and a Stewart chassis. This Genesis model also uses the Highliner shell and detail kit. The Genesis unit saved me about a hundred hours of building my own F7A. Most of the RTR diesels out there are generic bodies and if you are looking for accuracy, you'll be disappointed. Athearn appears to have taken the unpainted Highliners body and used all to optional pieces that come with it to build a GN F7 that is very accurate. Working diaphrams, wire handrails, horns, bells, lights, couplers (magnetic), great paint and lettering. I think some m/u hoses and safety chains will be all that I'll add. I'm going to see how well Broadway Limited does compared to the Genesis as I have a F7A/B combo ordered with sound units. Should make for interesting A-B-A or A-B-B-A consists pulling the Empire Builder in the 50's.
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