
Alco RS-11, New Haven (NH 1403).
I started out with an undecorated RS-11 made by Atlas Model R.R. Co. I airbrushed the
body in Accu-Paint stencil black, and the cab in Socony Red. Northeast decals were
used to decorate the unit. The diesel was sprayed with a flat finish, and weathered
with pastels to bring out the body details. The standard fuel tank was replaced with
the larger capacity RSD-12 tank to match the prototype. When the decal parts for
Hancock air horns became available, these were added to the unit, and the standard horns were
discarded. A Micro-Trains pilot and coupler are mounted on the short-hood end, and
a Kato coupler was truck mounted on the long-hood end. I do this because I run these
units in sets of three or four (mixed with GP-9 and H-16-44 units), and keeping the diesels
coupled via a Kato/M-T or Kato/Kato connection prevents unwanted engine uncoupling.
This also puts an M-T coupler on the front and back of the consist, to allow for automated
coupling and upcoupling.