In the early 70's, Enhorning ran an ad in the S Gauge Herald advertising a GP-40 in a ready-to-run, 2-power truck version, along with an unpowered dummy version. I've attached a scan of the ad that appeared in the December 1973 issue in the group's photo section:
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/browse/bb0b I suspect that because it was near the end, Enhorning never actually produced this model, but I had always wondered if they actually made the dies for the superstructure. As with the F-unit dies that were eventually cast in styrene by Wabash Valley, it would be really neat (if they actually existed) for someone to cast GP-40 bodies in plastic. What's even more interesting is that the American Models FP-7 power drive is the same wheel base as the GP-40. There never was a GP-40 (or it's dash 2 version) produced in S. Overland came close with it's GP-38, but no GP-40. The GP-40 was EMD's most popular B-B trucked second generation unit, and many are still in use today. More fuel for thought. 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