A Virginia Shortline - Winchester & Western GP9 459 in HO Scale - My Own Customized Model

The Winchester & Western is a shortline railroad that runs from the northernmost region of Virginia through West Virginia and into Maryland. The railroad also operates some shortlines in New Jersey. In this video, we will follow W&W GP9 number 459 as it goes about some typical tasks on the Virginia Division of the W&W. We start with a "Sandman" run from Gore to Winchester, followed by a run up to Hagerstown, Maryland. I will also give a brief overview of the work I did to customize the model. 459 is a Walthers Mainline GP9 that I decaled myself. Filmed on the club layout of the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders in Vienna, Virginia. www.nvmr.org

[@JonatanGronoset]

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream... Good model and sound. 👍

[@Pixeltoaster-TV]

Sweet video, you did a nice job on those decals.

[@johnbanicki7232]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

[@JerseyAviation2011]

It goes through south nj too

[@NERRP2017]

Nice model and nice sounds.. exact same soundset as a chessie gp9 high hood and a B&M (now having been guilford pan am and csx techincally now) model of 310, which my model is before it got rebuilt with a central radiator air intake and fan.. which has a similar horn sound Old geeps with an RS3L or S3L and steel bell make nice units for leading local trains, the walthers mainline models are some nice units

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

I Was Around The Prototype Some, But Did Not Pay A Whole Lot Of Attention To It, I Was On A Rail Gang Working On NS, I Noticed Some Older Alcos Back In The 90s. Some Old Engines That Were Former N&W. Now Retired, I Missed The Sandman Last Runs But Followed It On KZbin, Lots Of Action Close By Its 250 Mi Plus One Way To Get There.

[@ffas791]

Wardensville, West Virginia