Model Railroading > N&W high hoods

Fouond this nicely weathered GP 40 high hood for a bargain price at the Timonium show a few years ago, finally got around to hauling it out for photos.

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beautiful image

Very nice photo.

Just asking, didn't the N&W normally run long hood forward and short hood aft?

Yup. I got around this by declaring this to be the only unit on a local, thus requiring it to run bakwards on at least part of the trip.

Plus, you did see NW units running short hood forward at times.

Great shot, hard to tell it is a model unless you stare at the uncoupling pin. Scenery is as nice as the loco.

Bruce Stikkers

Lovely. How was the sedimentary rock done?

WrongWayMurphy Wrote:
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> Very nice photo.
>
> Just asking, didn't the N&W normally run long hood
> forward and short hood aft?


Ironic, Wrong Way Murphy asking about the direction ...

Rick

WrongWayMurphy Wrote:
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> Just asking, didn't the N&W normally run long hood
> forward and short hood aft?

No, that's not the case at all. All of the N&W's high hood locomotives were equipped with dual control stands, so that the engineer could easily operate the locomotive in either direction for maximum operating flexibility.


Chris Toth
NSDash9.com

lnrr1066 Wrote:
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> Lovely. How was the sedimentary rock done?


Not to go all commercial here, but the rocks are Shale 9 (at the bottom) and Shale 8 (at the top) from our Rubber Rocks product line. They are thin sheets of textured latex rubber, cut to fit the space available and then hot glued to a foam insulation board substrate. Part of a demonstration diorama that I haul around to train shows.

Gardiner Cross
Cripplebush Valley Models