The Outcome of the Painting of the Great Lakes Central Locomotives

I know it's hard to see but one of the locomotives came out OK it's GLC #385. The other needs repair and decal touch up. At least the one that turned out OK is the one that works. GLC #391 is a work in progress.

Back To The Original Plan

I have decided to stick to my original plan of painting the Great Lakes Central locomotives to duplicate GLC #391 and GLC #385. The work is almost done, I just need to apply the decals once they come in. GLC #391 will need to go in for repairs at Brasseur Electric Trains in Saginaw Michigan as there is a loose wire that needs to be repaired. I had thought that I could duplicate GLC #393 but after careful consideration I thought that the painting would be to difficult.

Great Lakes Central New Paint Scheme

This is the new paint scheme for the Great Lakes Central Railroad 

The decals I'm using to produce the GLC locomotives

The 2 locomotives I'm am making are EMD GP35's and will be GLC#385 and GLC#391 I have repainted 2 Ann Arbor locomotives and so far all I have left to do is put on the decals.

GLC#393

The second locomotive I am painting is the GLC#393 I am converting the Ann Arbor #393 to Great Lakes Central #393.

GLC#385

Great Lakes Central #385. I will be painting up a EMD GP35 just like this.

The Union Pacific Loop Has A New Locomotive

The picture above is from the Walthers database showing the Atlas Trainman locomotive I just recieved from Walthers. Everything about it is the same except the road number is #1207. It is an EMD GP39-2.
The GP39-2 was offered by EMD as a fuel-efficient alternative to their very popular GP38-2 model. This efficiency resulted from the use of a turbocharged 12-cylinder 645E3 diesel engine, as opposed to the non-turbocharged 16-cylinder prime mover in the GP38-2. The use of a turbocharger increased the horsepower output from 2,000 to 2,300 horsepower with four fewer cylinders. One other benefit of the turbocharger is improved operation at higher altitudes where thin air causes normally aspirated diesels to lose power and produce excess smoke. The largest original fleet of GP39-2s was assembled by the Santa Fe who, over the course of seven years, acquired a total of 106 units. 

Work Has Begun On 2 Great Lakes Central Locomotives

I am in the process of painting 2 EMD GP35's in the Great Lakes Central paint scheme. they will become GLC #385 and GLC #391. I have ordered the decals, and have put the first coat of paint on one of the locomotives.

I cant wait to see how they turn out. I am now beginning to look for rolling stock that I can custom paint with Great Lakes Central markings.

The BNSF Tshirt

My new tshirt has 6 different locomotives on it. It shows the heritage of the BNSF railway. There are 2 Santa Fe locomotives road numbers 347C and 5663, along with a Burlington Northern locomotive road number 6481, and finally 3 BNSF locomotives showing the various paint schemes used by the railway road numbers 964, 4449, and 7748.