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"Oh we're gonna rock down to electric avenue!"
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BC Rail’s electrified Tumbler Subdivision was certainly an oddity out of almost all North American freight rail lines.
Operating unit coal trains with a fleet of seven GF6C locomotives built by GMD in London, Ontario, from 1983 unit 2000. The units put out 6,000 H.P.
However, these models have seen very limited runs in the model railroad market from brass units to modern 3D printed kits.
These reasons have forced some modelers to make due with what they have. Which brings us to this model.This is a GE E60CF from American GK that was custom detailed and painted for BC Rail as number 6001.
I came across this one eBay and thought it was a fun “What If” model. It even is detailed “correctly” for BC Rail with the Canadian style bell mounted on the top of the cab and the four “rock lights” on the pilot, a distinct BC Rail feature.
It’s also in my favorite scheme for the road, the red white & blue “hockey stick” scheme.Is it accurate? Of course not. Is it’s fun? Absolutely!
Fun Fact: the prototype BCOL GF6C 6001 is preserved today at the Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum in Prince George, British Columbia.
