910-10480 Walthers HO GP9 -- SF #748The Walthers Mainline Phase II High Hood GP9 is a must have model for your first generation diesel roster! Outwardly similar to the earlier GP7, and sharing the same boxy, no frills body with its high, short hood, minor production changes in the number and placement of louvers on locomotives built from 1955 to 1957 resulted in what modelers and railfans refer to as "phase two" GP9s. Like it's prototypes, many still going strong today, the Walthers

70-ton roller bearing trucks

Used by Railbox and dozens of other railroads

Center truck slides from side-to-side to negotiate curves

In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose

Adapter track joiners No

5" (224x240mm)

Rectangular or oval builder’s plate where appropriate

Instructions for the 55262

many are still in service today

See through metal roof walk

Engineer's side nose grab irons

and therefore had a whopping total capacity of 5200 cuft- although their substantial length was a notable drawback