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 #1118437  by timberley
 
For anyone interested in CN's GP40-2W, or some of the second hand owners of these locomotives, Atlas has announced the second run of their HO model with additional road names and numbers.

http://www.atlasrr.com/HOLoco/hogp40-2w ... Mi4ALYtc00

New schemes include:
-CN Zebra stripe on "early" version (no ditch lights, forward horn, etc)
-CN North America Map
-Aberdeen, Carolina and Western
-Central Michigan
-Huron and Eastern
-PanAm Railways
-Undecs

Also more GO Transit numbers announced.

Despite some dimensional issues with the cab, these are very well done locomotives. The details are excellent, and they run fantastically well. The new schemes should appeal to a wider base of modellers as well. I know I've seen some PanAm guys on here in the past...I expect this should be good news for them!