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[quote user="David_Telesha"][quote user="jbangelfish"][quote user="David_Telesha"] NOBODY YET! It will be whoever does FL-9's first!!! [/quote] Well, I had to look that one up in a diesel spotters guide. I don't see that anyone had them other than NH, so finding someone to make them might be difficult. Looks like a kitbash project would be the only way. I think Atlas made some FP7 or FP9's but you'd have to fabricate your own drive system. E units are A1A so if you could somehow shorten up an E unit chassis and modify an F unit B truck onto the front, you'd be about as close as you could get. Sounds like a challenge but I'm sure somebody could pull it off. Probably not me. I have ongoing projects that began almost 30 years ago. Bill [/quote] On the contrary, you left out Penn Central, Amtrak, Conrail, Metro North, CDOT, Maine Eastern, Morristown & Erie, Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley, and Adirondack Scenic Railroad....not to mention the commemorative Metro North New York Central scheme applied to 2 units, and at least 2 PC schemes, 2 Amtrak schemes, at least 3 or 4 Metro North schemes, combined with a service life of 1957-2006+ and a following in one of the more popular railroads out there (New Haven sells quite well, just ask Atlas and Life-Like) and you have a sure winner the rest of the civilized world knows about. There's always somebody there to poo-poo an FL-9...its getting old folks...as is kitbashing a unit that should've been made yesterday... None of these folks seemed dis-interested: <A href="http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2005121921124531754.jpg:bysearch:FL-9:SEARCHTYPE=ADVANCED&PAGE=1&SEARCHSTRING=FL-9&BOOL=ANY&RAILROAD=ANY&PHOTOGRAPHER=David+Telesha">http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2005121921124531754.jpg</A> [/quote]Oops: Didn't show up in my book. I'm not trying to poo-poo anything, just an observation, albeit an incorrect one. OK, see if you can talk someone into making FL9's. P2k and others seem to be making some of the less common things such as E units painted black widow. This would be a bit different and require a whole new engine. NH is certainly a popular road but it's not one of the biggies like UP or ATSF. Has a brass company ever made one? They have made some that were quite rare. Bill
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