IC GP10 8394 Arrives Today

Intermountain LokSound Equipped IC 8394

I am pretty excited about today's equipment delivery.  This includes my first InterMountain locomotive. LokSound equipped IC GP10 8394 is now a member of the Meridian Speedway fleet!  Overall a great looking locomotive though I would prefer that the number board numbers be less transparent.  There will be many more GP10's added to the Meridian Speedway stable in the future!

I found a couple of images of the prototype IC 8394 on-line.  The most recent image captures the IC 8394 as  the second unit on an Illinois Central coal train.  Is photographed is creddited to Tom Golden and can be found in the Sam Beck collection on rrpicturearchives.net.

The next image was take by Ralph Hawkins at a place I visited often in my childhood--Covington, Louisiana!  In this January 1985 view we see the same locomotive wearing orange-and-white dress as ICG 8394.  What a great photograph!

Today's shipment also included a couple of freight cars.  I got Broadway-Limited cryogenic tank car UTLX 80074 decorated for Liquid Air Corp.

Athearn RTR 50' FMC 5347 Box Car SRN 5281 completes this new equipment delivery.  The Sabine River and Northern ranks among my top-ten favorite shortline railroads.  I recall seeing the distinctive red box cars quite a bit in the 1980's and 1990's.  

Chris