Crews don't like to run long hood forward but as long as it is not a former CR unit or a hand me down unit from another carrier we can run one backwards if need be. Herald King HO Scale decals for auction, L-501 Reading Diesel Hood Unit. In the late 1940s, the design team at Fairbanks-Morse (FM) set out to develop an 8-cylinder 1,500-horsepower all-purpose road switcher using their opposed-piston diesel engine design. The first “hood unit” or road-switcher, the pre-World War II Alco RS1, was designed to run long-hood forward, as were most ­– but not all – later Alcos and Baldwins. Vermont Railway Hood Units N Scale LN-100.104.jpg
By September 1947 FM had produced the first H15-44 locomotive in the form of Demonstrator "FM 1500".

To this day new NS units are ordered with ditch lights on the long hood end. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries.

EMD’s postwar GP7 usually was set up short-hood forward, but the set-up was a customer option. Union Pacific Hood Unit Locomotive Decals HO - Herald King #L-481. LOCOMOTIVES. © Valve Corporation. Details. Even the control stands on our units take this into consideration. All rights reserved. This is an older decal that you need to test before using, a decal film restorer such as Microscale M1-12 may be necessary; Screen printed in the USA; Accurate colors; Shipping: We are a 3-day shipping business. Decals were purchased from a closed out hobby shop in Union New Jersey a number of years ago and have been kept in a cool dry place since purchasing them. HO Scale KM ML4000 Hood unit. In the GP7/GP9 era, many Eastern roads, plus the Great Northern, chose long-hood forward, but they were the minority. 3D Locomotives & Trucks $ 199.15 3D printed in matte translucent plastic ... krauss maffei ml4000 hood unit, locomotive shell, walkway chassies with fuel tank and truck sideframes in HO scale Tags 1:87 - HO Diesel Locomotive Epoch III: 1950 - 1969 Germany ml4000 krauss maffei locomotive 3d printed ho scale 1/87 1:87 Southern pacific. All decals are in their original packages unless otherwise noted, some packages may be open, but contents are complete. Made by.
LN-100 Vermont Railway Hood Units N Scale. Tim G. NS Locomotive Engineer