Southern Railway F7B 6167

I took apart a Lionel F7B unit that has the breakdown electronics in it for an easy Southern Railway repaint.  This unit is pretty cool in that you can also just leave off the breakdown sequence and have an extra unit with sound in it further in the consist.  Also has electrocouplers.

6167 was the only F7B that had the right side grills that match this unit and no special spark arrestors on the smoke stacks that were common on SOU units.  Got lucky I suppose in finding a photo in 1968 of this unit.  I weathered it using Bragdon Weathering Chalks as the photo had showed it near its end of life at the time.  The unit was retired in 1971 and traded in.

Interior Electronic Guts

Shell is easy to take apart.  Nothing Attached.