This model of one of the C&NW Alco FA2 and FB2 cab units was made from two Weaver units - both which had been used quite a bit and in need of repair and new paint. I stripped the cabs of their old paint and also rebuilt the motor in one along with new wiring and repaired the electrical pickups. Once the electrical work was done I found pictures of these units in service on the C&NW. The four FA2 and FB2 cab units spent most of their time operating out of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Thus my desire to have a pair of them in operation on my Wisconsin Michigan Lines. The cab unit is painted in the later scheme from 1959 and the B unit is in the original as delivered scheme. Both units operate on my 3 rail layout.
These units took a long time to do research on because I am always trying to find pictures of the engines and cars I want to build. I found some pictures in a CNW book and the Historical Society Magazine and I used them to build the engines.
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