Bud, Nope never knew Charlie Newton. Then again I might have met him at some point and just don't remember.
As for the AC GP7's. When the WC bought the AC, the WC simply put a WC herald on the nose and changed the number boards. The WC a short time later (maybe a year or not even that long) started to shop the units at Fond du lac, WI and they came out of the shop with a chopped nose. Still not painted WC though. So my thoughts are going to do a pair of them eventually. One in WC paint and one still in AC paint but with a chopped nose. I know I ran the 1502 and 1507 a lot. Those seemed to always be up here. The 1507 had that old can throttle. Boy did that thing suck. LOL. Michael Ostertag -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Bud Rindfleisch <[email protected]> wrote: --- In [email protected], "Gavin" <csowry@...> wrote: > > Did you ever come across any of the New Zealanders that went to WC? > I worked for a WC Vice President, John Bradshaw, when WC took over NZ Rail > for a time. > > --- In [email protected], Michael Ostertag <wsmwrr@> wrote: > > > > Guys, > > > > I have decided to change the railroad I am going to model in S. I was > > going to do the Milwaukee Road, however, I have finally realized that > > even though I am a huge fan of the Milwaukee, it's not really where my > > heart is. I was only 15 when the Milwaukee Road passed, and although I > > remember riding my bike own to the yard to watch my dad work (he was a > > conductor for them for 14 years), I never one time took a camera or took > > notes. Conversely, when I started to work for the Wisconsin Central in > > 1990 and again in 1993 I took a lot of notes as well as kept almost > > everything (except switch lists and work orders) that the railroad ever > > gave us. I have kept a log from time to time detailing what engines I > > ran. I have just found on dating from March of 1998. Also, my > > railfanning days didn't really start until I started to work for the > > WC. Well it's been over 10 years now since the WC has been gone, so I > > figure it's time to model what I am most familiar with. I still run > > some WC power (SW1500's) and still run on the same WC lines I have for > > the past 19 1/2 years. So I am going to begin to design my layout based > > on the Wisconsin Central in 1995 to 1998ish. I think I may just be the > > 1% of the 1%ers on this one. My AM GP9 will now be getting transformed > > into one of the Ex-Algoma Central GP7's with the Chopped nose (WC > > 1501-WC 1508). I would love to hear what you think. I am going to be > > going down to Des Plaines hobbies in a couple of weeks and plan on > > picking up the shells and other parts I am going to need. > > > > Thanks > > Michael Ostertag > > Green Bay, WI > > > Michael, I didn't know you work for a railroad, you might have mentioned it > before, maybe I missed it. There are more than a few career railroaders on > this list, some of us retired ex-railroaders, its nice to hear of another > amongst our ranks. The WC seems like a good choice for you then, a nice color scheme for sure and with the impending DesPlaines SD-45's you have a good start. I don't recall seeing the chopped nosed Algoma Central geeps but I did admire the AC F's! In your WC days, did you know Charlie Newton? I met him only once but he was a friend of a friend, a former D&H guy, I think he might have ended up with NS. Bud Rindfleisch
