Sorry....but only have WM units.....super nice....sure the others are too......

 

Hi Chris.   How about the PRR to give you an idea?

 

 

Hi Chris!

 Sorry for the subpar quality of my iphone snaps. This is my Great Northern A-B-A set which I upgraded last year to PS-2. Fairly good details for the money and a very strong puller before and after the modification. She is ready for the Holiday again this year.

  Vern

Chris here is mine as of yet to be upgraded to PS2. I have rewired the motors in series and replaced the head light with an LED. The detail on these are pretty good. I am to sorry about the quality of the pics 

 

I removed the bad pics

 

 

 

 

Actually, the designation is "FA-1". 

Thanks, everyone.  Those photos of the GNs look good, as I was worried about reports of the washed out colors of the GN GP30s. BAR1959 and suzukovich, do you how the paints on the two models compare?  Are you satisfied with the colors of your FAs?  

 

Chris

I don't have pictures available, but I can tell you that the William NYC FA-1 diesels are beautiful.  Nice detail.  Excellent paint job.  Strong pullers. 

The only difference I could see was the GP 30 seemed to be a little darker, more in line with Pullman green. You need to remember that the GP30 is new manifacture and the FA1 is from older stock. I  am happy with mine and was not disappointed with it. I will post better pics in the morning showing the detail.

Doug

Chris as promised better pics

 

   A Powered C unit Unpowered

 

 

 

   See through metal grills

 

  

 

 

 

Separately applied grab irons

 

 

 

 

 

 

  This should answer the paint question Side by side with my MTH GN SD9 You will notice that

The MTH SD9 the Pullman Green is slightly darker then the Williams FA1.

The orange on the MTH SD9 is brighter than the Williams FA1

 

In most light conditions you will be unable to tell the difference.

  

 

How about an old FA-1,at Williams (Arizona, that is)?

Sorry, couldn't resist posting this photo I took a few years ago:

Where is the pic?

It's right there for me in my post...

Or you could look at it here: http://www.railroadforums.com/...s/data/553/GCfpa.jpg

Lee

 

No pic and when I clicked on the link below is what I got.

 

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Geez, what was supposed to be a simple joke has turned out to be anything but. It won't even be funny anymore after all this.

If this doesn't work, just ignore the whole thing...

http://www.railroadforums.com/...hoto.php?photo=50778

Nice pics, Did you take all of them? Anyway Its an FPA-4 not an FA1 to bad,   

Chris, here is an aspect of the Williams NYC FA1 that might be an issue. The font used for the NEW YORK CENTRAL lettering is not correct. It looks like some generic modern typeface from MS Word. Search for some images of actual NYC engines and you'll see the difference.

 

What's odd is that the Williams NYC Sharks use the correct font, or one that's very close. Not sure why they can't get it right on the Alco.

I knew someone would split hairs on the designation. Yeah, those are all my shots.

 Well that's alright. A Williams 1/1 scale in your back yard, That's cool. Although I did not know they had made an FPA-4. I guess homesteading at Joint Base Lewis-McCord had its advantages.  

FYI, here's a shot of a real NYC FA:

 

http://www.railarchive.net/vintagediesel/nyc1018.htm

 

Here are the Williams engines:

 

http://www.collector-modeltrai...log_item/MT-0496983/

 

The wrong font may not bother everyone, but it jumps out at me, I guess. It just seems like something that isn't too hard to get right.

Thanks, Alan. 

Here is my catalog page for the #20907 Williams FA-1 PRR A-A set. Also shown is the PRR B-unit.