This is a heavily kit-bashed Atlas RS11.  The nose was chopped, and most of the long hood was scratch built from styrene.  The bolsters were moved on the chassis to make the truck centers prototypically correct.  The handrails were scratchbuilt from brass wire, including the stanchions.  To see a PDF of a complete construction article for the 405, click here.

The 615 is a nearly stock Walthers SW1 with a modified exhaust stack.  It was custom painted.

The 1241 was built on a Proto-2000 SW1200 chassis which was stretched six scale inches.  The superstructure was built using Stewart VO1000 shell parts and the Proto-2000 SW1200 hood.

This model was originally built in 1974 from a Hobbytown of Boston white metal kit.  It was rebuilt in the mid 1990’s with an Atlas RS3 drive.  This is the oldest model in the fleet.

This model is a kitbash using an Atlas RS3 chassis and a Stewart Phase II RS3 shell.  A complete construction article can be found in the December 2008 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.  I climbed up on the engine house roof to take this picture.

The model was built using an Atlas RS11.  The bolsters were moved on the chassis to make the truck centers prototypically correct.  A new fuel tank was made from styrene.

The model started as a Proto-2000 SD7.  The nose was chopped, one fuel tank was removed and a Kato motor with flywheels was installed.