I have been interested in trains for some time now, even have pictures of BN engines from the late 70's and early 80's, that I took when I lived in the Walla Walla and Pasco area of Washington state. Always knew that at sometime in the future that I might try model railroading. Anyway I was hoping to be able to upload six engine pictures that I saved on my PC, for help in identifying what type of engines they are. I think they are GP-9's, but just not sure. But just found out that my file size is to large to upload to this forum. Will see if I can get these pictures in a smaller size and will post them later. Anyway have really enjoyed reading alot of the posts here. Steve
Welcome to TrainBoard!!!!!!! As for your images, how big are they and I or someone else can help you get your images upload for all to enjoy... :boy::boy::boy::boy:
Stourbridge Lion Thanks for such a fast reply, here is what it says about one of the six that I have, and this one is the largest. 0615100-R1-E001.jpg: Your file of 1.35 woo woo woo bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 100.0 KB for this filetype. Thanks for any help you can provide. Steve
Yes, attachments need to be small; but, I think the better option is to get you started with our sister site, RailImages. By being a member of TrainBoard you automatically have an account on RailImages too. Click on and then click on Upload Photos. Via RailIMgaes the initial size of the image can be up to 2MB and then the software will automatically reduce the image to a more forum friendly size. Drop more questions as you have them and we will tackle them one-by-one.
Likely the one that didn't upload was 2MB or more in size. Try looking at this topic: Picture too big? Here's how to downsize it. You likely have other Photo Editing software on your PC that will do the same thing. A quick way to reduce the file of the file is to reduce the size of the image to something like 900x600. Great Photos by the way!!!!!!! Poster: caldog (see this users gallery) Need help in finding out what type of engines these are.
Oops didn't see your post on down sizing the photos before I loaded pic number six. Thanks for the help. Steve
Thanks Stourbridge Lion for your help this evening, and your advise on uploading those pictures. My reason for asking my first question is that because this is the type of engine that I would like to use when I build my railroad. Now it won't be of BN engines, I'm thinking of making it from several areas that I have lived in my life. So where is a good place to purchase GP-9 engines? Can't go to my local hobby store as they just closed.:angry: So not sure where to look. Also since I'm modeling from make believe, is it easy to repaint these engines in whatever color scheme that I come up with. And for a beginner, how is the best way to learn these painting techniques? Also I couldn't find any posting on GP-9's here on the board. Is there any that I might have missed? Steve
I will let the model guys help more with those questions You will find a massive wealth of knowledge from the membership here so post your model questions in various TrainBoard forums that make since and you will get allot of advise. The Inspection Pit DCC & Electronics Layout Design Discussion G Scale O Scale S Scale HO Scale N Scale Z Scale Narrow Gauges My Local Hobby Store (LHS) is Caboose Hobbies which you will likely get references too but there are other great places you will get advise on as well. Also Railfans such as myself post a ton of photographs and you will find those photographs useful in modeling over time as well. :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb:
Welcome to TrainBoard, Steve. To answer your initial question, all are GP9's though a couple are of the TT (Torpedo Tube) variety used on passenger trains. 1713 was NP 213 1751 was NP 313 1754 was NP 316 1783 was GN 710 1848 was NP 222 1849 was NP 223 Which scale are you modelling in? If you are considering N then both variants of GP9 above is available from Atlas. Check the online store in our advertisements above and they may be able to help. In HO I would need someone to chime in with availability though they have been offered by several manufacturers. In regards to the photos you have taken, might I suggest if you have any more of these 1970's BN loco photos, or any BN equipment, you contact Charles Biel and ask if these could be of use. He created the BN Photo Archives some time back and updates as new material is found. He has over 4000 images currently on site dating from the early 70's at BN's creation. A quick intro to being a contributor can be found here with an email address at the bottom. The archive can be found here. Enjoy.
For HO scale, then I think looking at the Proto 2000 range is probably your best starting point, they make several 'phases' (build differences) of GP9 plus they do shells that feature dynamic/non dynamic/torpedo tube. Proto 2000 did ph3 GP9's as BN1941 and BN1949 many years ago, you may find one second hand. More recently they ran 4 numbers of Ph1 GP9, two with sound. BN1953, BN1958, BN1956, BN1964 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-31121 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-31122 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-31123 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-31124 If you just want 'something close' and easy to start with, then Atlas made GP7's in BN green a couple of years back painted as ex GN long hood forward units, not a bad model. http://www.atlasrr.com/HOLoco/hogp71.htm The previous railroad is worth knowing, the ex GN ones were set up with the long hood as the front, the other way around to the ex NP ones (see 1783 has it's nose stripes on the other end), and there are other interesting features to look for like NP's rooftop bells. BN had a huge fleet of GP7 and GP9, spread right across the dates the types were built, to the specifications of one of the 4 original predecessor railroads - so the opportunity for making yourself a small fleet with lots of differences is quite high!
Thanks everybody for your replies. I will make this real quick as I'm late for work now. I'm wanting to model in N scale, as this is the only size that I will have room for. Also I have about three or so N scale models cars, that I brought a long time ago. More later. Steve
In Stock I just checked Caboose Hobbies website and they have various GP9's in N Scale available. Searched for category="LOCODS" scale="N" keyword="GP9"
Very nice site. Did as you suggested, and saw a lot of GP-9's for sale. Thanks for pointing this site out to me. Steve
Welcome, Steve! This is a great time to come aboard N scale, there is a lot happening in the hobby. Time to do a lot of reading and looking and asking! Nice greenies!
