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 Posted - October 18 2020 : 3:09:08 PM
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Upon visiting the Nicholas Smith Train Store a little bit ago, I stumbled across this in a junk bin for 2 bucks, and snagged it. It is a Rivarossi Western Pacific RR Fairbanks Morse (FM) C-Liner shell, circa 1950's. And, it was missing everything, including a chassis.
 
Here's a catalog image of what it once was.
And, here is one in its original box, which sold for nearly $200.
Obviously, my chances of ever getting the real Rivarossi chassis were slim, so I decided to restore it with the next best thing, an AHM C-Liner chassis. And, it was a perfect fit. I then installed new horns and plastic numberboards & headlight bulb, and presto, the $2 Rivarossi Western Pacific lives once more!
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Posted - October 18 2020 : 4:24:04 PM
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| was this one sold as lionel originally?
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Posted - October 18 2020 : 5:42:48 PM
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quote:was this one sold as lionel originally?
Originally posted by Erik The Train Nerd-October 18 2020: 4:24:04 PM
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Well, Rivarossi had their own line where they introduced the C-Liner back in the early 1950's, and a little later they did produce C-Liners for Lionel also, before AHM took over in the 1960's. This one most likely is from the early days of Rivarossi and not Rivarossi/Lionel.
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Posted - October 18 2020 : 6:45:57 PM
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| okay, neat
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Posted - October 18 2020 : 9:39:43 PM
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Wicked nice grab, RP. Question: some of the C's I see with a three axle rear truck, then those with two
axle rears. What's up with that?
Bet Mike don't have this!
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Posted - October 18 2020 : 10:10:07 PM
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Fairbanks Morse made different Consolidated Line (aka C-Line) locomotives, some had 3-axle rear trucks and some had 2-axle rear trucks, with different horsepower ratings. So, really, there were 2 different types of C-Liners made - well 4, if you count those "Made in Canada," and thus classifed as "CP's" instead of "CF's."
Rivarossi started it all in HO-Scale in the 1950's with modeling the famous C-Liner shell as basic and "crude" as possible, and later it became popular once AHM took over production and made HO-Scale C-Liners in every livery imaginable, except for Chessie (I think.) :(
As a matter of fact, no C-Liners were ever preserved in the US as neither were Erie-Builts - all were scrapped. There are several preserved in Canada, with one still fully operational on the Canadian National roster, I believe.
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