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Seeing as Minerman's New York Division has just gotten a shiny new thread, it's gotten me in the mood for some passenger operations. If one of our talented repainters could take this on, then that would be great. DTG's F40PH-2CAT pack should have both the locomotive and the cab car, so that makes things a bit easier for the requirements. The locomotives are numbered 4907–4914, and the cab cars are numbered 6700–6714 with the coaches being numbered 6750–6799. Since only the cab car has been modelled so far, it would probably be alright to set up the numbering for both sets.

Railfan722 wrote:

Seeing as Minerman's New York Division has just gotten a shiny new thread, it's gotten me in the mood for some passenger operations. If one of our talented repainters could take this on, then that would be great. DTG's F40PH-2CAT pack should have both the locomotive and the cab car, so that makes things a bit easier for the requirements. The locomotives are numbered 4907–4914, and the cab cars are numbered 6700–6714 with the coaches being numbered 6750–6799. Since only the cab car has been modelled so far, it would probably be alright to set up the numbering for both sets.

I'd be just as interested in getting either of these. I was also thinking, maybe some Metro North GP35Rs as well. They seem pretty similar to Rick Grout's GP40 from the Maine Maritime route. I'll see if I can get started on one. But first, which livery would be suitable, new or old?

New paint scheme following rebuilds from 2013-2017:



Old paint scheme from overhaul in 1991-1992:

Considering most of the Metro North content for TS is in the modern era (M7, M8, P32) I would go with the post-2013 version, plus I personally think the Metro North diesel scheme looks very sharp. Might have to start a Hudson Line ballast train scenario for these.

Awesome, I'll get started but I will use static numbering as there are only 8 units. 107 seems the most photogenic!