Bummer. Nice to see the Speed Lettering last as long as it did, but I don't blame the current owner for wanting its name represented, not a fallen flag.
Bummer... Now they should repaint it to look like this: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/28438/004%20D&RGW.jpg
there goes the last unpatched SP SD40-2T. I was very lucky to see it in summer 2009. I traveled more than 2000 miles to see this locmotive! will post some pic after I get home
That would be cool Hemi! I am debating wheather to get an N Scale one like that or with the speed lettering.
Shouldn't be too terribly bad to build in N scale--the handwheel brake is different than the intermountain model, as is the unusual MARS lite. A block of about ten Tunnel Motors got the oddball MARS lite nose treatment. Notice the weird box it is mounted in, and it's lower on the nose than most D&RGW units were. Not sure how to build that, if I were to try. Undec would be the way to go, to avoid surgery on a painted model.
I always wanted to take a picture with the 5387...I was going to visit gasden again this fall, as my cousin just got accepted to Anburn university.
