A Second Central Vermont GP9

As I said I would, I ordered a second Walthers Mainline Central Vermont GP9, this one 4445. The CV was the last railroad I grew up with, turning 21 in the White River Jct area.

As mentioned, both units will get winterization hatches and CN style spark arresters like GT 4448 in the photo. I'm still puzzled why the factory added snowplows to the short hood end, which is the rear on these locos, when they assembled the figures in the cab facing the long hood front -- and the decoder is also factory programmed for long hood front.

I don't have a photo of 4445 from the front, but here's a photo from an unknown photographer off the web of 4447 with its plow on the long hood end:

My first project on both these locos will be to figure out how to pry the plow off the short hood end and reattach it to the long hood end.