help iding BC rail loco's

[shawn-118]

Does anyone know what the following loco's are and where I can find them in N-Scale.They are all used in the late 70's to now, and are used by BC Rail in Canada. M-420W, C-630M, C-425, GF6-C. If these are not made in N-Scale what would be a good sub. Thanks

[BentnoseWillie]

First, I don't think any of these types are still in service on BCR. All but the GF6C are Montreal Locomotive Works products, and BCR purged their MLW engines a few years ago. The General Motors GF6C electrics were retired when the Tumbler Ridge coal line was shut down. there may still be some M420W's in storage, but if so they'll be gone when CN takes over operation of BCR.

I think current operations rely mainly on General Motors SD40-2's and General Electric C40-8M's, plus some other GE products purchased from other roads.

The C425 is the only one available in N, from Life-Like. The M420W, C630M and GF6C are Canada-only models that are not currently available.

Now for some good news...[:)]

Kaslo Shops will be releasing resin kits for an M420W in HO and N this year:
http://kasloshops.com has the latest scoop.

For a C630M you could start with the forthcoming Atlas C628 - You can get the details athttp://atlasrr.com - search on "c 628". This would take quite a bit of work to make into a C630M, but it's the closest starting point in N. I've done a similar conversion of a C628 to a C630M in HO.

The GF6C is the hard one. Unless they were done in brass, I think you're out of luck there. They aren't even close to anything else. At best you could start with a commercial drive and scratchbuild a new body.

[nfmisso]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BentnoseWillie

The GF6C is the hard one. Unless they were done in brass, I think you're out of luck there. They aren't even close to anything else. At best you could start with a commercial drive and scratchbuild a new body.

Start with a SD40-2, some pantographs, and a pile of sheet styrene and/or brass (which ever you prefer working with)

Have fun.

[shawn-118]

http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/BritishColumbia.html here's a pretty cool site that gives you the roster and more for alot of different Canadian and some western US RR's