Ran across this:
"The TP56 is intended as a 'railcar mover' for shunting wagons in industrial sidings. It is based on a cut-down EMD SD40 frame with a Caterpillar C9 industrial diesel engine, and is designed to use off-the-shelf industrial and railway components and to be serviced on-site."
https://www.railwaygazette.com...irst-locomotive.html
Lew
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Huh. We you think about it this switcher is a kind of inverse Beep. The model uses a (more or less) prototype hood on a made-up truck whereas the TP56 uses a prototype SD 40 Flexicoil truck and a made-up home-made superstructure. 
Lew
I'll take one....RMT take note....
In 2 rail, swap our the truck sides on the old Atlas 0-C-0 and call it a day.
The truck under the TP56 is a HT-C truck from a SD40-2, not a Flexicoil truck from a SD40. The group of three holes on either side of the center journal, and the frame extension (to hold the third traction motor) on the truck beneath the cab are distinguishing features of the HT-C truck.
Stuart
joe krasko posted:I'll take one....RMT take note....
You may be in luck. Just this week they "found" another "case" of Bang's... but you'd better hurry, because when they're gone, they're GONE!
That is, until another case is "found". However, that likely won't happen until next month.
As for the above: Perhaps they'll find a case of them, too?
Andre
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