CN GP38 High Nose

[Anonymous]

I have an Atlas GP 38 painted CN road number 5506, and has a high hood. It is an older yellow box version. I pretty sure it is a 38 and not a 38-2. I have searched the web and reviewed Rail Canada by Donald Lewis, but I can not find any real engine that fits this description. I am wondering if it is simply a figment of someone's imagination at Atlas.

Has anyone got any information or links where I could track down a prototype of this engine. Thanks for the help.

[cmurray]

CN never had any high short-hood GP38's or GP38-2's. It was a figment of someone's imagination at Atlas.

Check out the photo of CN 4707 (originally 5507):

http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery/v/CN-Motive-Power/album51/4707_G.jpg.html

[Anonymous]

Moldy Oldie:

Though CN has no hi-nose GP38s, you can still use it to paint/detail into a prototypically accurate diesel-- Several railroads used hi-nose GP38s, including the Norfolk Southern (and its predecessors Southern Railways and Norfolk Western). You can even kitbash a Burlington Northern GP38B cabless booster unit.

Good photos of some high-nose units here: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel33.html

[Anonymous]

Okay, Thanks guys. It looks like I have a paint job at the least, maybe some surgery. Esquiamalt and Naniamo looks like an interesting possibility. I wonder how Atlas dreams up these things. Maybe I will just do a sales job on eBay.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

There were also some hi-nose GP38-2's running in Mexico, NdeM, CH-P and S-BC come to mind. They were equipped with steam generators in the high nose for passenger service.