How about releasing the GP30, GP38-2, and GG-1 in Conrail colors? If Bachmann does decide to do the GG-1 for Conrail I would like to see the bicentennial version.
Quote from: quark51 on June 25, 2018, 11:46:23 AM
How about releasing the GP30, GP38-2, and GG-1 in Conrail colors? If Bachmann does decide to do the GG-1 for Conrail I would like to see the bicentennial version.
Not sure if you realize this but there was only one Conrail GG-1 in any non-black livery, which was #4800, which was the one painted in the bicentennial colors and also in plain blue. When Conrail took over Penn Central, all the GG-1's were black. In 1976 Conrail repainted #4800 which was retired a few years later in 1979. Likely to minimize costs the only GG-1 to ever be painted Conrail blue was #4800. Below is a picture of what all the other Conrail GG-1's looked like:
(https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4773/38889485880_35a4945d95_b.jpg)This is #4800 in Conrail blue:(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5544/10745304696_3241290478_b.jpg)And this is the 1976 livery:(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/08/e3/aa/08e3aa5b9d4d3257e700d2682d198ee9.jpg)
Williams a subsidiary of Bachmann made this GG-1 in O scale
(http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs025/1102543198138/img/2509.jpg?a=1109832736781)
And Bachmann Spectrum made a Conrail GE E33 in HO scale
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZJ8AAOSweI9a16w1/s-l225.jpg)
I have the E33 in my collection. The E33 is a nicely detailed locomotive.
I am not sure but I think the reason that Conrail only had 1 GG-1 is that they kind of got stuck running commuter rail in NJ before NJ Transit took over. I think GG-1's we're mostly in passenger service on The Northeast Corridor Am I right?
Quote from: Joe323 on July 11, 2018, 07:50:43 AM
I am not sure but I think the reason that Conrail only had 1 GG-1 is that they kind of got stuck running commuter rail in NJ before NJ Transit took over.
I guess you didn't realize in this post alone two different Conrail GG-1's are shown. In fact Conrail had 65 GG-1's in service, Amtrak had 45 in service, and New Jersey Transit got 4872-4884 (13 units) after Conrail got rid of them. The New Jersey Transit GG-1's were the last ones in service and ran until 1983.
ACY thanks as I said I was not sure. The GG1 era was mostly before my time.