HO Scale Dummy "B" Units

[CG04]

Hey guys,

I'm needing a bit of help here.  Last weekend I went to a train show and picked up some "A" units,  but they had no "B" units.  My searching skills are not the best and I can't find what I'm looking for.  Where are those grand kids when you need them.  I'm needing a dummy "B" unit for an EMD F9 Union Pacific,  An EMD F9 SP Daylight and a F7 SP Black Widow.  All I want is the shell and frame it's mounted on.  I can find the powered "B" units and they are pretty proud of them.  By the way, the EMD-UP and the SP Black Widow are both Bachmann and the SP Daylight is Life-Like.
Any help will certainly be appreciated.

Thanks,

Clif

[ABC]

Bachmann did not make unpowered/dummy B units for the F9 and F7, they only make powered B units, so you would have to just buy the powered units and remove the motors. Or buy Athearn dummy B units, but you may have to do some custom painting to get them to match exactly.
Also, I checked under Proto 2000, Proto 1000, and Life-Like and none of them made a Southern Pacific F9, but they did make F7s of which there were never any dummy B units made, so again if you absolutely need a dummy to mount a speaker in for example then you will have to either remove the motor or buy an Athearn dummy unit and custom paint it to match.

[CG04]

Thanks for the info ABC. 
No wonder I couldn't find them.  So maybe my searching is not as bad as I thought.
I suppose we will have to think about the Athearn dummy units.  By the way, the F7 was a typo.  It should have been F9.  Anyhow, thanks again.

Clif

[jward]

is there any particular reason you want dummy units? having a powered b unit increases pulling power.

btw, the only athearn f9s are the genesis series. they may not have dummy units. the ready to roll b units are f7s. not that it makes much difference. most people can't tell the b units apart, the obvious spotting differences between the f7 and f9 pertain to the a units.

[CG04]

JWARD,

Thanks for the input.

I am needing a total of five "B" units and I figured they would be considerably less expensive than five powered units.  The "A" units will only be pulling 4 to 5 passenger cars and they do that very well now.  I figured one more car won't hurt.

Clif

[Edo]

We have a slightly different problem.
We do have a dummy 'B' unit  SP EMD F7 Daylight #8091. The F7A is # 6441 which is a DC unit. We would like to install DCC in the F7A but would first like to find out the manufacturer and any info on installing DCC in that particular engine.

[jward]

turn the unit over and look at the bottom of the fuel tank area. if you see 4 holes that have rubber motor mounts in them, it is probably athearn. digitrax makes a install kit for these locomotives.

[Edo]

Thank you JWard.
I emailed Athearn in early January thinking it may have been one of theirs since they are similar to ATH80241 and ATH3236. Since they are discontinued I could not get further information.
Yes, there are 4 rubber mounts on the bottom!
Now I know where to find a DCC unit.