Southern Pacific
Classes
AC-7 And AC-8 CAB Forward Articulated Locomotives
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Following in
the footsteps of Challenger’s successful portrayals of other Southern
Pacific classes, we are pleased to announce our latest project, cab
forward classes AC-7 and AC-8. Although built in the 1930’s, our models
will portray these magnificent locomotives as they appeared after World
War II, but sufficiently prior to the end of their service so that they
were not yet stripped down shells that left their former glory as not more
than a memory.
As with our prior Southern Pacific projects, two of the
locomotives will represent Northern District service and two of the models
will represent prototypes characteristic of the Southern District.
2508.1 SP Class AC-7 Locomotive #4167. Corrugated steel pilot. Wood panel inserts in cab doors. Extra fourth sand line added. Low mounted class lights. Rebuilt cab with larger front windows. No horn on cab front. Large “Southern Pacific” on the tender.
2509.1 SP Class AC-7 Locomotive #4176. Boiler tube pilot covered with steel sheet plow. Wood panel inserts in cab doors. Low mounted class lights. Rebuilt cab with larger front windows. No lettering on the tender.
2510.1 SP Class AC-8 Locomotive #4186. Snow plow pilot. High mounted markers. Exposed cylinder covers. Straight sided journals on tender trucks. No lettering on the tender.
2511.1 SP Class AC-8 Locomotive #4194. Snow plow pilot. High mounted markers. Exposed cylinder covers. Straight sided journals on tender trucks. Large “Southern Pacific” on tender sides.