Northern Pacific Freight pack on its way......

august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

Thanks Rocky - glad you are enjoying them Smile

- this is a superb livery and I think one of Gaetan's most attractive packs.

Rod

august1929 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 632

And last, but not least, a little bonus...

Good night all Smile

Rod

Gaetan · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject:

Wow ! Wow ! Wow! beautiful screenshots Rod, many thanks Wink

GN_Rocky · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 15

I love those GP-18 Cool

Amost as much as I love the GN GP-20s. Are we ever going to see GN GP-20s ??? I am very sure that the cab interior must be very close to the GP-18s cab interior and I know that GN used multiple GP-20s to pull freight. Let me see if I have a screen shot of the new NP pack on the RMD route .... Well not any real good shots yet, mostly the North Coast Limited so far. I'll have to run the route and shoot a few, then I'll post them Wink

Rocky

rfranzosa · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject:

GN_Rocky · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 15

The GN GP-20s WERE high hood units. I believe there were other RRs that had them also, UP I think was one. If Southern had them they would be too. I just have to get some GN GP-20s. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Perhaps there could be a GN frieght pack 2 With GP-20s, GP-35s, U25Bs and perhaps some other frieght cars. I will have to go and look for some other frieght cars that would work. The GP-35s cab must be quite similar to the GP-38. Not sure about the U25B though. Perhaps if you develope the EMD switch locos - ie. SW-12/1200, NW-2, etc. they could be added to the pack too. Let me see if I could find some other good GN frieght cars to add.

Thanks,
Rocky

rfranzosa · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:56 pm Post subject:

Hi Rocky,

There are freight cars in GN packs 2 & 3

http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/GN2.htm

http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/GN3.htm

Let me know if there are others you might want.

Rick

dcarleton · Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 60

rfranzosa · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:59 am Post subject:

Hi David,

Doesn't the GP20 run the 567? Wouldn't the standard EMD sounds work?

Rick

dcarleton · Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 60

CRQ5508 · Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 89

I'm not sure about PC pulling the turbos from NYC's GP20s. While serving their short stint on Conrail, they were still turbo charged. Listening to the restored WP GP20 at Portola CA, they sound almost identical to a GP30/GP35 with a slightly more pronounced turbo whine (mostly due in part to the absolute lack of any exhaust silencing.) The GP38 also came out four years after the GP20 production had ended, so I don't believe that was a contributing cause to the demise of the GP20. Yes, they had turbo charger problems, but like you said, they were EMDs first attempt at a turbo charged unit. UP did have a few high-nose GP20s, as those were the very first "GP20s" ever made. UP built them in-house from older GP7s. Any low nosed GP20s on the UP were ones purchased from EMD when they started producing them.