GE U-23B with NLR cab mod

I started this project with an Atlas U23B locomotive.

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Athearn EMD Cab, hand fitted to Atlas Body, MU and Main Air Hoses, hand made from brass wire and aluminum tape, See-through Steps (store bought), Coupler Cut Bars, hand bent from brass wire, Grab Irons, hand bent from brass wire, Fire Cracker Ant, hand made by turning brass rod in drill while filing, Wind Shield Wipers, (store bought), Sun Visors, (store bought), Wind Deflectors, hand made from clear styrene, Control Consol, hand made from styrene, Engineer and Brakeman's Seats, hand made from styrene, Window Glazing, hand fitted from clear styrene, Engineer, (store bought), Hand Rails, hand bent from brass wire, Stanchions, Athearn metal wire.

4506 and GE U23B 2254 head out to the hump after 4506 emerges with a face lift from the North Little Rock Shops

I like things that are different and to represent the variety that was so common on the Missouri Pacific. There are so many odd ball things on the MoPac that I will probably never run out of ideas. U23B 4506 represents my first attempt at modifying a locomotive to represent an odd ball. This locomotive was special in that it is a GE, but after a crash, the NLR shops used an EMD cab to repair it and get it back on the rails. This modification worked so well that several more GE locomotives were retrofitted with EMD cabs following crashes. My next attempt will be U30Cs 3311 (Cab mod) & 3319 (turned into a cabless B unit following a crash).