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@2100Northern wrote:
Steve, I am not positive, but I doubt that the C&EI Geeps went systemwide without the original numbers being painted out, leaving a big black area (easy to model) along the hood.
I agree Genesis is getting pricey, but oh what models! You need to remember I am from the generation that had to put up with incorrect fuel tanks and had to shave off DB features for Athearn blue-box models. I remember when Athearn came out with SD40-2s without DBs! We were in heaven! Jerry
Jerry,
Thanks for the reply. In looking at all my Mop books and personal pix I cannot seem to find a date when the Jenks dipped F’s retired. In my teens in the mid to late 70’s, I would ride out to Wetmore Rd in San Antonio to watch the Mopac freights roll in and I cannot ever remember seeing them, at least on that line from Austin. Lots of SD’s and U-boats though.
Don’t get me wrong I love Genesis locos I have a room full of em. However sometimes I miss the modeling. I still have several of those accurized, super detailed and painted blue box and Athearn locos from the eighties and nineties I spent hours on.
Steve B
