my ESPEE MODELERS ARCHIVE

California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

Southern Pacific SD9E

Models:

N Scale:

• Atlas
• LifeLike

HO Scale:

• The Athearn kit - with the too wide body,
• The Railpower Products - Shell with or without their chassis,
• The LifeLike (virtually) RTR model.

O Scale:

• ?

Model References:

• Mainline Modeler Nov. 1989 page 33. - EMD's SD9's, Phase I and III - History, Roster, plans and detail photo's inc. SP
• Mainline Modeler Feb. 1990 page 56. - EMD's SD9, Phase I and III - Roster, plans and detail photo's inc. SP
• Railroad Model Craftsman, Oct.'94 Page 54. - N Scale Detailing article - however still a good source of proto info.
• Railroad Model Craftsman, Mar, '90, Page 84 - Front Range/PPW GP9E superdetail - for Farr air-filter details.
• Model Railroading, Nov/Dec. '83, Page 26 - Diesel Detail Close-Up, SP SD9 4365.
• Model Railroading, November '98, Page 24 - 31 - SD Units, Part #14, SP SD7 and SD9's with history and 14 color/black-white photo's.
• RailModel Journal, Jul. '91 Page 8. - Diesels, Detail-by-Detail SP 4418. in Kodachrome paint.