Tim; Thanks... one of Falher's elevators was identical to the one in Dawson (which I had the chance to carry many loads of grain to in the late 90's) and another only differs in that it did not have the narrow walkway peak on the annexes, just one full roof. Mine is still missing the "Farmer owned cooperative" and town name lettering on the sides, and I still have to build the office and the approach ramps.
As far as the GP-9 goes;
Here is the best prototype photo I have to compare to:
The fans are the correct size and the mesh grills (although heavy on the model)
are correct.
It is still the EMD version and not the GMD so it would need to be
"Canadianized" with the high nose mounted bell, proper horn and placement,
winterization hatch and (if you feel the need) the proper GMD steps on the
pilot.
Other details like the Sinclair antenna, wire grabs and pilot details could also
be added by the modeller.
The louvers on the panel just ahead of the "McLennan" are wrong but all the
others seem to be right. The handrails near the steps should be yellow as should the step edges.
The Fonts are spot on and the colours, other than the blue, seem right too. The
correct blue on a model tends to seem too dark under artificial light (in my
opinion) so I don't think that this will be a detraction.
All three units being produced were from the same order and are, therefore,
identical (as far as I can tell). Jeff, wisely, will not produce # 202 which
had a different herald on the nose and #s 206 to 211 which had 48" fans.
"McLennan" is also the appropriate "name" for 201 and the others should be
"Dawson Creek" (for 203... which you might enjoy) and "High Prairie" (for 205).
Note that the names were only applied in 1979 for the railway's 50th anniversary
so if you model the pre-'79 era then this will need to be removed.
Mike Maisonneuve
Modeling the Northern Alberta Railways' Peace River subdivision in N scale
http://nscalenar.blogspot.ca/
