And finally, a shot of the more or less finished Northern. Bear in mind that this was my first excursion into semi-scratch building. I re-did the cab, firebox, domes, cylinders, tender, and other things I cannot remember. It is powered by a giant 9434 Pittman, and ran fine last time I tried it. It needs brake beams, but you know how I detest those things. I do have plastic, and that will really fill the gaps.
The tender Smith supplied, at least in final production, was the C&O Kanawha tender. Man, I shoulda kept that! Instead, I found the original cast aluminum tender and married that to a fully sprung Lobaugh truck (yes, I did the springing, and yes, once in a while these trucks need it).
The kit was closer to a MILW Northern than anything else, but it was even more freelance than the venerable All Nation Mountain. It taught me that I could build anything I really wanted. It came from my friend Milt Sorensen, who used to write for Dan Henon.
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