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DrifterNL
Posted - 12/30/2011 : 13:10:56
GE ES44AC “GEVO” Canadian Pacific Version Details
After looking at my 2 Kato N scale GE ES44AC “GEVO” CP #8705 & 8718 and pictures of the real thing I was pleasantly surprised at how (out of the box) accurate these models are! The Kato model is based on the 2005 CP version (road numbers 8705 & 8718 also match this date). The only thing I’m not sure about is the horn. I decided to compile info about the GE ES44AC Canadian Pacific version. All info/pictures was/were found at (what a great site!) -> http://www.cprdieselroster.com/
Paint Schemes: 2005 -> 8700 to 8759 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2006(1) -> 8760 to 8799 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2006(2) -> 8800 to 8824 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2006(3) -> 8825 to 8839 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2007 -> 8840 to 8859 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2008 -> 8860 to 8899 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2011(1) -> 8900 to 8907 -> Canadian Pacific with Solid White Safety Stripes 2011(2) -> 8908 to 8960 -> Canadian Pacific with Dashed White Safety Stripes Notes: 8860 to 8877 were painted in the CPR Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 paint scheme with “Canadien Pacifique” on left hood and “Canadian Pacific” on right hood.
Posted - 01/03/2012 : 08:50:30 i have to admit that fvm has more details on their shells.
but still : - shells are glued together - drives are junk
i run a coal train with the following setup : 1 kato es44ac in front, 50 heavy lbf coal hoppers, another es44ac, followed by another 30 heavy coal hoppers.
i can't even run this train with 3 fvm es44ac.
if i say heavy coal hoppers i'm talking about 44gramms each.
DrifterNL
Posted - 01/03/2012 : 00:24:35 It would seem that way. Kato did such a great job that I ordered 2 more of them. There are of course a few discrepancies but this I think has to do more with the small scale of things:
* The size of the front and rear lights seem to large (sorry Sandro but FVM seems to have gotten this better). * The position of the locomotive lifting hooks?/ positions are off a bit and thus some of the stanchions and thus also the position / middle of the trucks, without this the model would probably not work on many N-scale layouts because of the radius of some N-Scale curves (the trucks would hit the steps). * And I'm not sure about the horn,I need to find better pictures.
Born and lived in Ont. Canada
sschaer
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 13:19:31 hmm.....so my kato gevos 8700-8732 are really close to the prototype ?