sd45 UP lococontrol weird roof plates

has anybody ever scratch built a sd45 UP roof mounted ping pong table for the roof of a nscale UP/sd45 with lococontrol electrics?

 

I looked through a few UP SD45 pics on the net and couldn't find any with this roof plate.

If I can get some decent photos this might make it as a detail part. Also, I read on a site that the cab control box was moved behind the engineers side of the cab. Is this sort of like the cab signal box's on the Conrail units?

Thanks

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Craig, you were at the UP details site, right?

I couldn't find any pics of any SD45s much less with the ground planes on the internet! There has to be some somewhere though.

If you are serious though, the March/April issue of Diesel Era(vol 11-2) has an article on the UP SD45s. (i'm looking at the issue at this very second) They have 11 photos with the ground planes, but i don't know if they are good enough to produce a part from. They should be okay for modeling though.

 

Thanks for the info Tunnel88

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UP put them on most of their 50 sd45 from the late sixties till they retired most of them----the electrical box apparently would sit on walkway behind the firemans side of engine---the platform with 2-tin can attennas went on the roof

 

Craig-This roof plate would be a great addition to your parts dept. Does anybody make the winterization hatch like the UP used on their E units. John

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John Nutt
Des Moines, IA
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Has anyone found a picture of this yet? I really am interested in doing this part if I can get a couple of good pictures. Thanks!



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