Model Railroading > Bachmann BNSF GP40 #3001 and caboose

This was from the Bachmann "Rail Chief" train set I bought a year back to start my comeback into HO scale, acquired at Hobby Lobby.

Yes, it actually reads "GP40-2R" on the frame sill. As for the caboose...it didn't stay in the BNSF livery for very long. I gave it a standard coat of red and left it at that. This is a Bachmann caboose that  has been around forever it seems.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/18 12:43 by bodkin6071.

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Unlike my PRR #9832, it exactly matches its real life prototype. Was previously the BN #3501, and originally the CB&Q #177.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/18 13:00 by bodkin6071.

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This style cupola caboose, I'm pretty sure, existed on the earlier Chicago Burlington & Quincy in silver.

You are correct. It's a "Havelock" caboose assembled from a kit at the Havelock shops at Lincoln. When new they were Silver but ended up in MOW orange and Cascade green. They are a "Q" only design.
Steve

boejoe Wrote:
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> This style cupola caboose, I'm pretty sure,
> existed on the earlier Chicago Burlington & Quincy
> in silver.