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The "Sweeps" were made using SW1200RS switchers and replacing the hoods with those from GP-9's - SW + Geep = Sweep; CN called them GS-413's. I made one many years ago, and my article on its making appeared in Railroad Model Craftsman (Nov. 1987). I used Athearn components, an SW-7 and a GP-9 (or -7, I can never remember what they call it!). I just cut off the SW-7 hood at the walkway, did the same with the GP-9 and merged the two. The only change with the GP-9 hood is the dyanamic brake fan has to be removed and the roof changed to being the same level as the rest of the roof in the area. New exhaust stacks were mounted in the space. I made my model using only a single three-quarter front view of the prototype, so the rear of the cab on mine was left stock. I later discovered the prototype has a different window arrangement, with additional windows below the main center ones. There are probably photos of the prototype in the CNLine SIG website :http://www.cnlines.com/index.html but I've never checked. Good luck! Bob Boudreau
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