Model Train Journal

It at least appears to be foreign!

A low speed freight brute that's for certain...Sarge will know.

Robert

Robert, that was my first impression, but why would a freight hauler be sitting in what appears to be a passenger terminal?

A guess: Chinese QJ class 2-10-2, w/o smoke lifters.*
Why in a passenger station? Who knows? Dual service???

* I read that three were imported into the US. Exercise for the devoted student: where are they?

Beats the shit out of me, but it really smacks of Soviet practise at first glance.

The Chinses 2-10-2 was derived from a Soviet version.
Bing.com is my friend

Agreed though I believe this is the origional Russian version due to the skyline casing around the stack and forward dome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_l ... e_class_LV
The details around this photo; specifically the broad gauge track and the emblem on the station wall to the left lead me to think the shot may be in Mongolia.

One in Connecticut...Hope Valley? I can get more specifics.

One of the Chinese steam engines is in Boone, Iowa. I road in the cab about 15 years ago.
Steve

I think we should all go over to OGR and start a thread whining for someone to import it!

E7 wrote:I think we should all go over to OGR and start a thread whining for someone to import it!

I'm still stuck on "lovely"..............

If I had a dog this ugly, I'd shave its a$$ and teach it to walk backwards.

I believe one was on the line that ran over the Kinzua bridge.

I think the Boone and Connecticut locomotives were Mikados. The Chinese QJ is a handsome machine. I hope one of them made it here.