True adherence to prototype

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ScaleCraft
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True adherence to prototype

Postby ScaleCraft » Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:47 pm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AHM-Rivarossi- ... 3335141306

Oh, yeah...I saw that engine in Abilene in what 1954? June 6, 3:45 PM.
Crew was having one helluva time getting coupled to a boxcar.

I think it went to the PC later on........with a stop on a Hawaiian Cane railroad....
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Re: True adherence to prototype

Postby De Bruin » Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:11 am

Didn't I see Peter O'Toole blow one of these up in "Lawrence of Arabia"
...or was it James Coburn in "Fist Full of Dynamite"
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Re: True adherence to prototype

Postby rogruth » Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:26 pm

Yeah, but this one runs and has a BOX! :)
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Re: True adherence to prototype

Postby E7 » Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:40 pm

ScaleCraft wrote:Oh, yeah...I saw that engine in Abilene in what 1954? June 6, 3:45 PM. Crew was having one helluva time getting coupled to a boxcar.


It might have gone easier if they had taken the tiller off the back! :lol:

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Re: True adherence to prototype

Postby ScaleCraft » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:55 pm

and another one!
Runs, but noisy. $22.50 with 9 bids:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-Scale-2-Rail ... 3847342297
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