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 Posted - May 25 2019 : 07:14:56 AM
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A few years back I found one of these original 1955 4-4-2 locomotives at a train show someplace. It is a early Rivarossi of its first type easily noted by the boiler handrails extending back off of the boiler and on to and across the cab roof. Mr Rivarossi made this model using a early plastic that here would be called Bake-O-Lite. THis plastic when it ages get brittle and wasn't the best choice of plastic to make the driving wheels out of of. When I got my engine the drivers were cracked. Sean Naylor came to my rescue with a set of unbroken drivers which made this old engine run again. It still does. Thanks again Sean.
Since then I got another newer version without the handrails on the roof. It came with the drivers replaces with box poke ones I think from a mantua pacific. I broke a rod bolt in the threaded connection and replaced it with a spoked set of drivers from a newer mantua I think. These drivers are a little smaller but still big enough to look OK. I have a incorrect tender but it is a SP one from a lionel pacific. I'll keep looking.
frank
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Edited by - toptrain on May 25 2019 07:30:18 AM
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Posted - May 25 2019 : 08:31:01 AM
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Nice vintage HO steam train preservation, Frank!
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