Around the time of WW2 SP ordered new 4-8-4's in the GS-6 class. The War Production Board allocated 6 loco's from SP's order to WP. SP also painted some of its GS-4's in black. Con-Cor is announcing production of the black SP GS-4 as well as the WP GS-6 in N scale for planned delivery by the end of the year. They are requesting that all reservations be sub- mitted through your favorite dealer NLT Aug 8, 2002. MSRP $298.98 Units are all painted black. Here are the stock numbers and road numbers: ====== 3875 Undecorated Painted Black 3876 Southern Pacific #4430 3877 Southern Pacific #4435 3878 Southern Pacific #4438 3879 Western Pacific #481 3880 Western Pacific #485 3881 Western Pacific #486 ======== Prototype info can be found here: ======== SP 4430 http://espee.railfan.net/jpgs/byron_bostwick/byron_bostwick_sp-steam-gs-4-4430.jpg ======== SP GS Class 4-8-4's http://espee.railfan.net/sp_steam_golden-state.html ======== WP 486 http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/WP486.JPG ======== eNjoy [ 16. July 2002, 22:07: Message edited by: dbn160 ]
This is great news and I was hoping CC would do this version. My wallet is taking a major hit this year with the first release of the GS-4 and the Intermountain FT's, now this.
