The GE Citirail ES44AC Gevo was the first locomotive that I learned about what the GE gevo series of diesel locomotives was. When I first saw a HO scale example of the Walthers mainline series, I thought judging by the road name it was a intercity commuter locomotive. I later learned it was a leasing company. I am fond of that memory.I have to ask, if there are any road specific details unique to the Citirail ES44ACs, as something tells me they are just unmodified demonstrator units. being that Intermountain is a long way from relasing their announced new run of the Gevos in HO scale, I asked myself why not create my own for the time being?I had the idea of using a scaletrains HO Rivet counter GECX demonsrator and Citirail decals. But what other road specific details should I know about to put on. Also, while GE stands for General Electric, what does CX stand for?
GE Capital Leasing. It's GE's locomotive leasing and management fleet, along with LMS and LMX.
Mike.
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Any private or non-railroad company has to use an X at the end of it's reporting marks. As an example a covered hopper with the letters ADMX before the car number means it's owned by Archer Daniels Midland corp. A locomotive with on the reporting marks LETX is owned by Larry's Truck and Electric, a company that rebuilds and leases locomotive and locomotive parts. On the other hand regular railroads, regionals and short lines will not have an X. As an example CSX had to include the "T" at the end of reporting marks because being a railroad it could not end in X.
As for as details that set their GEVOs apart from other railroads and leasing companies, it is best just to google Citirail ES44ac locomotive photos and study those. Most leasing companies are pretty standard or basic in options or will follow another railroad's option choices, like one that does a lot of leasing business with them.
Ralph