New York, Philadelphia, and Washington Railroad NY,P & W RR

Gotham Railroad Engine Construction Photos A Bachmann GS4 body and a Kato diesel chassis make a unique passenger engine
Inspiration
My first inspiration was Dave Day's Gotham engine built from an Athearn Trainmaster, utilizing a Tyco Shark Loco nose.	Then I looked at high speed trains of the past, such as the Mallard.
I have always liked the bat face on Batman's vehicles.
Early Construction How did I move from inspiration to model? Wanted an engine body with some sort of interesting shape. I found a Bachmann GS4 body on eBay and decided that it would fit what I wanted. Once I got the shell, I tried fitting to to several deisel engine chassis to see which one worked best and it was the Kato BB model.
	The Bachmann GS4 shell has the cab removed and an SW cab glued in place. I don't know the manufacturer of the this cab, but I think it may be Athearn. The side skirting is extended under cab and a back platform will be built. The steps are from the GS4 body.
	The front of the shell was cut off at the same angle as the steps and a piece of styrene glued on and contoured to fit the shape. Styrene stops were glued at the top and bottom to frame in the grill. The half tanks in the smokestack area are from an HO switcher. I wanted to emulate the batface on the cartoon batmobiles.
	Here is a pic with the grill in place. A plastic dome was glued to the middle of the body to mimic a steam dome. This completes the batmobile look.
An old two-bay hopper was glued inside a Model Power B unit shell. The diesel shell was chosen due to its unique rounded top and cast in details. More diesel switcher half tanks glued on top.
Ready for Paint
	The engine and tender ready for paint.
	The engine has an odd look with those gigantic headlights, acutally O scale caboose lights.
	The sides were sanded and the streamlining from the engine sides was continued onto the tender. Various styrene strips were glued on to hide seams.