N scale Intermountain Paducah Rebuilds

[RSWController]

I didn’t see anything posted but at Trainfest Intermountain has flyers announcing N scale Paducah Rebuilds. I didn’t take a picture of the flyer but there were 6-7 roadnames initially listed and I believe they matched the first HO roadnames. Hopefully someone can post a link.

[C855B]

Rebuilds of what? Are we talking about their GP10s here? GP16s? I didn't realize Intermountain had developed a 4-axle chassis in N. 

Zero on their website or Facebook page, so there may be nothing official to link to yet.

[mu26aeh]

From James' video in the other Trainfest thread.

[C855B]

Ah... interesting. Good catch. Thanks. I looked for it in the video but obviously didn't have eyes peeled at the right time. 4-axle hood unit is something new for 'em, yes?

[Missaberoad]

Nice... Looks like some Twin Cities and Western is in my future...

Yes this would be new territory for IMRC in n scale

[GhengisKong]

Hadn't Paul Graf hinted at doing N scale Paducah rebuilds at one time? Like within the last year or so?

[C855B]

It would make sense if it ended-up as a cooperative project - Atlas provides the chassis, IM handles the specialty shell tooling. IM's forte is shorter runs, frequently with RR-specific details, so the finished product would be a better fit for them.

[GhengisKong]

Hmmmm so sound equipped GP7/9s are possibly on the way then....

[davefoxx]

Rebuilds of what? Are we talking about their GP10s here? GP16s? I didn't realize Intermountain had developed a 4-axle chassis in N. 

Zero on their website or Facebook page, so there may be nothing official to link to yet.

Paducah rebuilds are GP10s remanufactured by the Illinois Central/Illinois Central Gulf of its (and some other roads') GP7s, GP9s, and GP18s.

The GP16s were purely a product of the Seaboard Coast Line, rebuilt from its GP7s, GP9s, and GP18s.

Both the GP10 and the GP16 should give IM a significant number of different paint schemes, considering the mergers and sales that these units were subjected to.

DFF

[tom mann]

The photo of a blurry flyer reminds me of the blurry grassy knoll photos: good story but could be anything.

[Spades]

I know it is in the N Scale section, but I only see HO on the flyer. It is obscuring the Intermountain banner, maybe someone just set a down a stack of HO flyers?

[GhengisKong]

I know it is in the N Scale section, but I only see HO on the flyer. It is obscuring the Intermountain banner, maybe someone just set a down a stack of HO flyers?

In the picture above the Arrows are pointing to the "N". Also note that when you see the "N", it is located in the same color fill that the rest of the picture is in, so it is hard to see, but it is there..

[GhengisKong]

In the picture above the Arrows are pointing to the "N". Also note that when you see the "N", it is located in the same color fill that the rest of the picture is in, so it is hard to see, but it is there..

And also see that the same BNST-style "swoosh" that under lines the HO on the lower part of the page underlines the N on the top part.

[C855B]

I was able to get a better look in full screen when I figured out where it was on the video - 3:02 to 3:04. Definitely "N" on the brochure.

Paducah rebuilds are GP10s remanufactured by the Illinois Central/Illinois Central Gulf...

I knew that, but there were a handful of other models, so to me "Paducah Rebuilds" alone is ambiguous. "GP10s" made sense as the most numerous, but there were also "GP16s" and "SW13s" and other oddballs out of Paducah. It was rather amazing to drive by the shops and see what seemed like hundreds of locomotives on the property waiting their turn for rebuild or cannibalization.

[RSWController]

There was a stack of flyers with the usual Intermountain style with pictures of each roadname. But I didn’t grab one. I’m sure they’ll be announced on the website soon.