I was looking at the photo competition in Model Railroader magazine and won of the wiiners was of a HO shot of 2 B23-7's covered in snow. It was an excellent photograph one that inspired me to order 2 B23-7's. I did notice in the photo these models have the large buzzsaw emblem on the side. I ckeched my MOPAC book and can't see any of these that actually had them on the side. The question is Did they or didnt they? The Atlas models do not have them on the side. As you can see from this photo I beleive this is the only scheme they were released in?
colonel thet never had them with the buzzsaw, only cabside eagle or up colors, these were ordered justprior to the merger
Thanks Mitch I tohught that was the case so the modeller of the two in model railroader must have taken a modellers licence
Paul: The picture you show is a B30-7 in the as delivered scheme. However the B23-7's were originally delivered with the buzzsaw on the cab and screaming eagles on the long hood like all other turbo-charged engines. They were also numbered in the 2200 series. When they were renumbered to the 4600's they were repainted in Jenks blue.
Great pic of a diverse lineup Paul. If I recall correctly, the Mopac B30-7s were actually classified as "B30-7A", with the "A" for higher horsepower 12-cyl. plants instead of the usual 16 - so killer "B's" indeed. ~Tim
