FVM announces GP 60M and GP 60B

[Puddington]

... and if you model 1973 like I do this means nothing but I'm guessing some ATSF and BNSF modelers will be pleased.....

http://www.foxvalleymodels.com/pdfs/jpgs/June11GP60M.jpg

 

NS and SP guys will have to wait...or paint !!!

[lock4244]

Not really Pud... NS and SP don't have GP60M or GP60B's.

GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L GP40-2L

[ednadolski]

I do hope the paint colors will come out better than the BNSF GEVOs did,  but nonetheless this is really awesome.

(Time to check on my supply of PB wire  ;D)

[Puddington]

Ok; so they had GP 60's....Hey; railways "stopped" on December 31, 1973 for me so................

[lock4244]

Ok; so they had GP 60's....Hey; railways "stopped" on December 31, 1973 for me so................

Yeah, we know... a year before the GP40-2L 

But not too early for the PSC van, muah, hah, hah!

[Hyperion]

I have no logical reason for actually having a pair of BNSF-lettered Warbonnets, I doubt they ever touched the KCS outside of perhaps some regular power-shares on intermodal runs between Alliance and Shreveport, but I just love the GP60M, so I think I'll get a pair anyway.

[GaryHinshaw]

Weren't these announced a few months ago?   ???   Great to see, nonetheless.

I do hope the paint colors will come out better than the BNSF GEVOs did.

+1.  I only bought 1 BNSF GEVO because of it, whereas I could have used half a dozen.

-gfh

[James Costello]

Weren't these announced a few months ago?   ???   Great to see, nonetheless.

Yeah, but preorders now available for ATSF (as delivered) and BNSF (HII) in 4 numbers for both the M & B.

Good times!

[ednadolski]

I only bought 1 BNSF GEVO because of it

The ES44DC was a little better, but the good news is that it's something that can be fixed in a future release.

Ed

[3DTrains]

These are a welcome addition to N Scale. The only other offering was the OMI brass version, no? Nice to know I won't have to pay brass prices for these.

Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains.com

[Nato]

           I will definately have to get a cab and a booster. I kitbashed one usuing a Bachmann Santa Fe Painted high hood GP50. I used the cab from an old Lima FP45. The model wasn't exactally accurate ,but had the look of the prototype. I submitted a construction article with photos to N Scale Magazine .it would have run in maybe issue #2 Hundman even sent me the proof sheet of how it would look in mag. Rail Model Journal (I believe ) ran an article on building one in HO. I sent a letter to the editor at RMJ along with a B&W photo just saying I had bashed one in N. I guess Hundman saw my letter,because my article never was used,and I never wrote to him to find out why. I have two nice resin cast bodies,one for the Cab and one for the Booster I believe the manufacturer was FS Engineering. I never built them.    Nate Goodman (Nato).

[kiwi_al]

Chuck you have mail !  ;D ;D Just preordered 4  ;D

[Chulvis]

Chuck you have mail !  ;D ;D Just preordered 4  ;D

What a guy!!!!

[kiwi_bnsf]

Fox Valley have chosen some interesting road numbers for the initial release of Warbonnet GP60Ms.

They really restrict things to the early "as-delivered" era:

    113 got BNSF on the long hood in September 1996

    129 got BNSF on the long hood in January 1997

    152 was wrecked in November 1990

I model ~1999 so I'm going to have to renumber them, or wait for a subsequent release. Thankfully 147 was only patched to BNSF in June 2001, and the B units were only patched on the "short hood"

It's a bit annoying as there are plenty of road numbers that were not re-lettered with BNSF on the long hood. I was surprised to find these three in Kingman Arizona in April this year:





Still I'm sure subsequent releases will cause appropriate pain to my wallet!

[Rossford Yard]

I was a bit surprised to see no BNSF sub letter or relettered long hoods.  I would love to hear how mfgs think on something like this, because as it happens, I don't like the Orange/Green scheme on these, and would only buy BNSF sublettered or relettered versions in Red/Silver.  But, I am just one customer.

I know there are always second releases, and maybe they figure any of us interested in the BNSF versions will buy the Orange/Green type now, and wait to buy any BNSF Red/Silver's later, after letting our wallet recover.  I am guessing, however, that after a long wait for these engines, that most of us will buy multiple road numbers, and if we like Red/Silver better, "holding back"  a popular scheme for the second release to boost later sales seems risky, over putting up your probable (IMHO) best selling red/silver schemes first.  Kind of like holding back your best pitcher for a later game in the WS! I think I would put my ace on the mound, but again, I am only one customer.

BTW, are there any of these units in shortline or lease service that might make for interesting paint shcemes in later releases?  I know there is the Marersk scheme, which while a one off, would probably sell pretty well, too.