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 Posted - December 18 2014 : 4:16:21 PM
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Hi All!
Does anyone have a copy of the Model Railroader issue, Volume 39, Number 10, October 1972?
I was looking over some of my engine photos today and I was curious, so I did a google search for The Interlake Vulcanian Railroad and I found it was featured in that issue. I was surprised to find I happen to own a couple engines with that fictitious railway roadname & identical emblem and was hoping maybe I could take a look at the pictures form the magazine to see if what I have is featured in the article.
Here are the engines themselves:
Any information anyone can provide will be very graciously received!
Thanks!
Sean
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Posted - December 18 2014 : 4:19:30 PM
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MnT:
Interlake Vulcanian, yes. A beautiful model railroad - if I haven't said that to you before, I said it to someone when some ten wheelers were posted here  .
I believe I have that issue. I know I have an issue with a layout feature on the I-V. I also know it will take me some time to find it (probably days or more) so stay tuned. :)
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Posted - December 19 2014 : 09:34:10 AM
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I searched the name of the railroad and found some pictures of the layout. Looks pretty dang good. In fact, I could look at it all day if I was there. Those locomotives are a very interesting piece of model railroading history in my book. 
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - December 19 2014 : 9:25:32 PM
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I'll take a look, probably can at least get you a B&W photocopy, would
that do?
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 09:30:27 AM
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quote:I'll take a look, probably can at least get you a B&W photocopy, would
that do?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â December 19 2014Â :Â 9:25:32 PM
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I think that'll do until I get my hands on the actual magazine! Thanks!
Sean
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 11:37:54 AM
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The article only has photos of a few Great Northern locos.
I wonder if there was another follow-up in a later issue.
Or someone just liked the name.
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 12:07:00 PM
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There's a copy on Ebay right now, not too expensive.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-Railroader-Magazine-Volume-39-Number-10-October-1972-/351238532957?pt=Magazines&hash=item51c772af5d
I see MR magazines at train shows for .25 or .50 cents all the time. If I can remember to do it I'll pick up a copy.
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Posted - December 20 2014 : 12:35:28 PM
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No point in buying a copy.
Only three pages.
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Posted - December 22 2014 : 07:24:05 AM
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quote:The article only has photos of a few Great Northern locos.
I wonder if there was another follow-up in a later issue.
Or someone just liked the name.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â December 20 2014Â :Â 11:37:54 AM
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It turns out that there was a return visit. November 1981 MR - after finding the description of that issue in an online index, I think that is actually the one I have. I'll try and find it.
There are also some other color photos here:
http://mendotarailmuseum.tripod.com/id29.html
It seems it wasn't you whom I sent to that page last time, it was Retired_Alex who had *also* picked up a couple of I-V engines.
Edited by - Autobus Prime on December 22 2014 07:28:17 AM
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 12:03:06 AM
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MT:
I found a sister loco to your 1874 - it's numbered 1872 in the photo below. Behind it is a loco of the same class, but with a lighter-colored smokebox. I think that might be your 1872. Arrow added:
Edit: On the other hand, those might be numbered 13xx, and the front loco is of course painted for GN. I scanned the whole article and will try and get some more photos up.
Nov '81 MR, p. 70
At the very least it is a loco of the same class.
This is like historical-society level of digging here...
Edited by - Autobus Prime on December 23 2014 07:14:01 AM
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 12:29:09 AM
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That's awesome how one of those engines you have there might've been in a model railroader magazine.
-Steve
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 07:24:23 AM
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quote:MT:
I found a sister loco to your 1874 - it's numbered 1872 in the photo below. Behind it is a loco of the same class, but with a lighter-colored smokebox. I think that might be your 1872. Arrow added:
Nov '81 MR, p. 70
At the very least it is a loco of the same class.
This is like historical-society level of digging here...
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - December 23 2014 : 12:03:06 AM
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Now that's just too cool! It all makes me wonder what happened to the rest of the locomotives? I wonder how many others chose to not change them, but rather preserve them. I chose to not sell them and keep them all together because of how well detailed each one was. I have a couple rail lines that I have collected. This is the only one I know of that was featured in a magazine. Pretty cool!
Thanks guys!
Sean
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 08:05:35 AM
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quote: quote:MT:
I found a sister loco to your 1874 - it's numbered 1872 in the photo below. Behind it is a loco of the same class, but with a lighter-colored smokebox. I think that might be your 1872. Arrow added:
Nov '81 MR, p. 70
At the very least it is a loco of the same class.
This is like historical-society level of digging here...
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - December 23 2014 : 12:03:06 AM
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Now that's just too cool! It all makes me wonder what happened to the rest of the locomotives? I wonder how many others chose to not change them, but rather preserve them. I chose to not sell them and keep them all together because of how well detailed each one was. I have a couple rail lines that I have collected. This is the only one I know of that was featured in a magazine. Pretty cool!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - December 23 2014 : 07:24:23 AM
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I know Retired_Alex on here has two, and apparently some equipment went to a local museum.
Looking at the photo again, I'm now thinking my ID was overly hasty. Those are clearly light, pre-USRA pacifics, like your 1874, but the dome spacing is different, and the loco in front has a Delta trailing truck. The trailing truck on yours could well be a recent replacement (it isn't painted) but the dome situation is more problematic, unless this loco was rebuilt when it acquired I-V paint.
I'll look a little more closely at the other photos I scanned.
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Posted - December 23 2014 : 10:04:28 AM
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quote:
I know Retired_Alex on here has two, and apparently some equipment went to a local museum.
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It would be interesting to see Alex's stuff too and if anyone ever visits the museum to take some pictures of what they have.
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Looking at the photo again, I'm now thinking my ID was overly hasty. Those are clearly light, pre-USRA pacifics, like your 1874, but the dome spacing is different, and the loco in front has a Delta trailing truck. The trailing truck on yours could well be a recent replacement (it isn't painted) but the dome situation is more problematic, unless this loco was rebuilt when it acquired I-V paint.
I'll look a little more closely at the other photos I scanned.
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - December 23 2014 : 08:05:35 AM
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Not a problem here. Just knowing they were once placed and ran on such a magnificent model railroad makes all the difference to me anyway.
Sean
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