Silver and Orange

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As WP should be remebered. :cool:
 

brakie

Active Member
Greg,Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.

BTW..In the 55 years I been in the hobby I only met one modeler that modeled the WP in the silver/orange scheme.
 

Nomad

Active Member
Greg, thank you. I always like seeing that " feather " herald. It sure seems like it is getting hard to find on a model though.:(

Loren
 

bigsteel

Call me Mr.Tinkertrain
great pics greg,id love to find any mdel with the feather herald,for some reason i've never seen it in HO scale.--josh
 

CCT70

Member
Greg, thank you. I always like seeing that " feather " herald. It sure seems like it is getting hard to find on a model though.:(

Loren

They're certainly out there, and Walthers and Athearn sure seem to like the old Silver and Orange in HO. In fact, the past few years has been a GREAT time to be a WP modeler!
 

steamhead

Active Member
Hi...You mean like this one..??

It's an old Athearn kit (metal) from my ol' man's collection (dates from 1950 +/-).
 

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TrainNut

Ditat Deus
Those are some beautiful engines!

Funny, my boxcar is just opposite... silver on orange. It's n scale though and I bought it at my LHS about a year ago.

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WP 707 hit the mainline in 2004 for the WP Historical Society's annual convention. Seen here at Ronda, ex-WP trackage between Winnemucca and Gerlach Nevada.
 

steamhead

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TN...Is that a protoypical paint scheme..?? (No, I'm not a rivet-counter...just would like to know...).

Greg...I was just about to say that somebody had done some really fine detailing...until I realized I was looking at a 1:1....!!! Great looking engines, those....
 

TrainNut

Ditat Deus
TN...Is that a protoypical paint scheme..?? (No, I'm not a rivet-counter...just would like to know...).
Quite honestly:confused:, I have to plead ignorance on this one. I was pawing my way through drawers of boxcars and came across this one and snapped it up. Not much help... sorry. I'll clean out my desk and be gone by the morning.:mrgreen:
 

Nomad

Active Member
Greg, wonderful picture.
I noticed the second engine is numbered 2001, is there a reason for that, do you know?

Loren
 

steamhead

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Greg, thanks for the info..... :thumb: BTW, what type of locos are those..?? (When it come to diesels, I'm at a TOTAL loss...). :cry:

TN...No need for that.....Monday'll be fine..!! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
 
WP 707 is a GP7 while WP 2001 is the first production model GP20. WP numbered them by their horse power, the GP20's that is.
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Here is a frontal view of 2001 taken in 2003.

Greg
 
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