Another cheap geep for the Peoria project. This one is an Athearn RTR GP35 in Western Pacific silver and orange livery.
The ebay listing advertised it as a basket-case but this locomotive is actually in very good shape. This is a reissue of the old Rail Power Products shell, with some extra detailing and see-through fans. The chassis is DCC ready and it's a nice little model. The only issues with this one are missing coupler pockets, snapped handrails and a front truck with damaged sideframes.
The previous owner has broken the sideframe mounting pins and then attempted to fix the problem by drilling holes through the plastic and using plastruct tube to refit the frames. It's a bit of a mess of glue and plastic, so the easiest way to fix it will be a replacement truck (any Athearn GP7 or F7 truck will fit). So it needs a little work, but for the price it was a steal.
Photograph of High Hood N&W #1309 from http://www.nwhs.org/
I plan to turn this loco into a high-hood N&W unit, the handrails will either be glued back together or replaced with brass wire and I will fit a Cannon high nose.
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