| Nelson,
The single bell Leslie A-200 Tyfon horn was the EMD basic application for a GP7 with one located on the right side short hood facing forward and one on the left side long hood behind the cab facing to the rear. Customers could order any other horn application in any other location that they wanted at additional cost. As I recall, EMD started applying steel bells in place of brass bells about the mid 1970s. It was a theft deterrent. When the GP7s were built, brass bells were standard. A GP7 might have had a replacement steel bell if its original bell was damaged or stolen. I don’t know what Q’s or BN’s practices. were for replacement.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO
Walthers Proto GP7 Phase II Diesels From: Nelson MoyerDate: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:42:27 PDT
Two CB&Q Phase II GP7s arrived in the mail today, and for the first time the decoder has steel and bronze bell sound options. I would expect the Q to use bronze bells on GP7s, but I thought I better check. There are 16 horn options to choose from, and I would guess that the GP7s had Leslie Tyfon A-200 horns, but I’m open to correction. I have a photo of CB&Q 209 with a chime horn that appears to be a Leslie A-125 and A-200 combo on the short hood. Other photos (CB&Q 216, etc.) show one A-200 on the short hood pointing forward and another A-200 on the left side pointing to the rear. The models have single horns on the short hood forward and the left side pointing to the rear. Were both of these horns A-200s or something else? The model road numbers are 202 and 226 if that helps.
I haven’t compared the models to Phase II drawings yet, but out of the box they look pretty good. It sure is nice to have a commercial model come with correct Mars lights, headlights, steam generator, winterization hatches, heater cabinet and vent, and cab window shades. They came with LokSound 5 decoders, and my next activity is to program the long address and see how they run.
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