Prototype Information
Milwaukee - Builder No. 15039 11/12/41 Phase 1c except side steps over trucks MILW No. 1700 No MU Re# first 991 in 1959 sold 1966 to Cargil Inc
Milwaukee Builder No. 15040 11/12/41 Phase 1c MILW No. 1701 Re# 992 first in 1959 sold 1967 to Railway Equip Leasing Co.
Northern Pacific
Builder No. 15765 3/12/43 Phase IIb NP No. 99 1st had a Buda 205 hp
engine sold to subsidiary Duluth Union depot and transfer co .
Northern Pacific Builder No. 28496 6/28/46 Phase IVa NP No. 98 No mu Tacoma Wa, sold 7/64 to Pacific Car and Foundry, Renton Wa.
Union Pacific Builder No. 28344 3/28/47 Phase IVa UP No. DS 1399, R# 1399 No MU - Omaha NE then MOW service. sold 6/74 to Diesel Supply Inc. #903999The WWSL
None of the Class 1 regional railroads operated GE 44T locomotives in the WWSL operational area.
That said, I saw that Rapido Trains had pre-production ordering of their new GE 44Ts. The fact that they offered correct paint and details for the Milwaukee Road, the Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific was nice. I was more interested in exceptional running gear (compared to the Bachmann Spectrum units I currently owned) for my box cabs and AGEIR diesel boxcab.
I ordered three - one each MILW, NP and UP. I will use the Bachmann Spectrum superstructures / Rapido running gear for WWSL operations, and the Rapido superstructures / Bachmann Spectrum running gear for my locomotive display case.
Reference
Extra 2200 South issue no 50-51 mar april / may june 1975
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