![]() So while the vast majority of my roster is correct, a few are fudged just a bit. (Right type, right color, but different logo or lettering, or right type, right lettering, but wrong color or size.) I have also done a couple of "what if" freight cars, that, while not 100% correct, the railroad could have done them that way. (Although now I ruined it by blabbing it here for all to read. (And it looks so close to the part, while in use it might even fool those who do know the difference between the 4400 & 6000 models if they are not paying close attention to it.) Those who know are expecting it to be a wide cab GE AC6000, and they see a wide cab GE AC locomotive, so they could assume it's a AC6000, even though it is not, and not even give it any other thought. It's close enough that, unless you know locomotives well, and know that WNY&P 6003 is a rebuilt AC6000 unit, people won't notice the difference between them. Concurrently, a budget-beating sister product, Rail-Split DMX, is now offered for those in need of a reliable, no-frills DMX splitter without RDM functionality. The above Athearn and Intermountain units are very much like the AC4400 I am custom doing as a stand in for a WNY&P AC6000 unit. Lighting control expert, Artistic Licence, has introduced a major upgrade to one of its best-selling DMX splitter products, Rail-Split RDM, with no increase to the list price. (Yes, as model railroaders, we know that a AC4400 is not the same as a ES44AC, just like a GE is not an EMD SD70ACe. So although these are all "fantasy painted" units, they are very plausible. ![]() The Athearn AC4400CW NS Heritage units can be exlpained as "close enough" in my opinion to qualify, as could the Intermountain CNW ES44 #1995, UP simply did what NS did, and split their heritage painted units between EMD and GE units. ![]() (Although mine is explained differently - my fictional line hosts NS run through's, and as a concession, NS allowed my railroad to tack a one-off locomotive on their GE order, and since they chose to not do a EL heritage unit, my railroad received the green light to do one.) NS could have done a EL heritage unit, in addition to the Erie and DL&W units they did paint. Like the Erie Lackawanna painted ES44AC I have. ![]() If I can plausably explain it, and like it, I would be inclined towards it. ![]()
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