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need you railwork modlers

Unread postPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:42 pm
by hobotrain
Hey everyone i need some talented railworks models to model me a CF7 and a gp7u

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Unread postPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:15 pm
by jpetersjr
Curious though, what is a CF7 and GP7U

Do you have any pictures?

I might try one if I know what it looks like.

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Unread postPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:14 pm
by SMMDigital
If i'm not mistaken, a CF7 is one of Santa Fe's creations. Its an older locomotive, F7 or F9 repowered and fitted with what looked like a late model EMD Spartan cab. The loco was pretty much stripped and rebuilt by SF from the ground up.

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Unread postPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:27 pm
by MadMike1024
SMMDigital wrote:If i'm not mistaken, a CF7 is one of Santa Fe's creations. Its an older locomotive, F7 or F9 repowered and fitted with what looked like a late model EMD Spartan cab. The loco was pretty much stripped and rebuilt by SF from the ground up.


Image

Many of them weren't even re-powered. Chop off the nose, add a low nose fabrication, and use a scrap gp7 hood.... done.

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Unread postPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:30 pm
by hughes407
That is correct. It was put out by the Cleburne Texas shops, hence the CF designation.

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Unread postPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:53 pm
by SCLALINE
Several of them are on the A Line now as Florida Central Units, along with N&W GP9 #669 (in the photo as #60)
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=304324

got to ride in one a while back

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Unread postPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:35 pm
by SMMDigital
http://qstation.org/CF7

Not sure if its all factual, but it seems to be a good site for infor on these units.

If i'm not mistaken, the Chatooga & Chickamauga, an NS leased shortline just over the hill from me, has one. As a matter of fact, I got a picture!

http://saxmusickman.rrpicturearchives.n ... ID=1323887

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Unread postPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:53 pm
by Csxgp38-2
I LOVE how those look!!! I want one for my future shortline!

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Unread postPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:45 pm
by hobotrain
Csxgp38-2 wrote:I LOVE how those look!!! I want one for my future shortline!

that is why i want one

jpetersjr wrote:GP7U

the gp7u is basicly a gp7 with out the highnose

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Unread postPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:57 pm
by hobotrain
so anyone up for this

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Unread postPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:40 pm
by NDORFN
I'm so up for it. I've been planning on making this bad boy...

CNW CF7.jpg


...to run the restaurant train out of Lenoir on my route.

But that's not gonna happen any time soon. Got SO much to do first. So if someone does make one, I will be their second biggest fan after you!

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Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:35 pm
by hobotrain
lol