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icmr, that SD70M-2 will be expensive. I'm quite sure IC will be the main focus of my layout. I did some thinking and with that I could still have BNSF run-throughs. I'm going to get a few b-b GP38-2's and paint them myself (IC death star) I think i'll order the decals soon so i'll have them whenever I get the engine(s) i want to paint. I think getting a NS DASH 8 in would be the best way to get a DEATH STAR out of it. Just paint over the NS logo's on the front, back, and sides and the road # and there you go. It'd be easier than getting an undecorated and having to mask the windows, ect. before painting. I just hope the paint would match the NS black Atlas uses. <br />Check this out http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/dto/item006-55666.html <br />I'm still undecided as for what color i'll paint my death stars- i have gloss black and flat black spray paint. I will use them both on something to see what it looks like. A shiny re-built GP38-2 might look cool. Man, freelancing is fun. I can have whatever i want for engines (DASH 8's which IC never had) I think i know why IC didn't have lots of new motive power- in the 1990's IC had the lowest operating ratio of any U.S. class 1 railroad.(But the SD70's weren't that old) IC knew how to save money. In 1994 when many RR's purchased huge fleets of new engines I don't think IC ordered too many. EMD only produced 120 SD70's and not all of them were for IC. But in 1994 BN orderd 350 SD70MAC's at a cost of $350 million Now BNSF has over 5,000 engies (that's more than they need)hundreds of them are in storage and BNSF is still ordering new engines. BNSF needs to either stop buying new engines of sell the older ones in storage.
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