Good quality EMD Power

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Anonymous

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Good quality EMD Power

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:13 PM

Where is a good place to start (web sites, manufacturer, etc) to locate good geep power that would have been on a railroad circa 1955-1962? I have a really nice Atlas GP-7 and an okay Walthers GP-9. These earlier model diesels seem hard to find. Is it just me?

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ndbprr

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Posted by ndbprr on Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:47 PM

I don't understand your question. Model or a reseller or rebuilder of engines for railroads. If models what gauge? Thanks

Texas Zepher

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From: Colorful Colorado
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Posted by Texas Zepher on Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:39 PM

You didn't specify which scale but mentioning Atlas and Walthers makes me think HO.

TrainWorld has Proto-2000 GP7s and GP9s in various road names starting at $39.

http://www.trainworld.com/lifelike/lifelike_proto.htmhas

I would say other than the F units, the GP7-9 are the most over produced diesel locomotive model in HO scale. Athearn, Atlas, MRC, Lifelike Proto-2000, and Front Range all come to mind off the top of my head. For a while one couldn't open a magazine without Proto-2000 or Atlas publishing another "run" with new road names for them. For the time line specified you could also include GP18 and GP20s. Once again Proto-2000 has made multiple runs of both those. And GP30s came out in 1961.