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 Posted - October 04 2009 : 01:31:21 AM
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I was going through a box of old HO cars this week... mostly junk... but at the bottom I found this old gal! Not only had I forgotten about the loco but I had forgotten about the project that spawned it.
About 1904, the Susquehanna and New York RR (S&NY) bought a Baldwin 4-4-0 to haul thier passenger train. The little steamer ran two round trips a day from Williansport, Pa to Towanda, Pa until the mid 1930's. It was estimated that she had run 2 million miles in that time. Besides a combine for the mail and a coach for the drummers and locals she sometimes had a stray box car in tow. It was old timey short line railroading at it's finest!
The project, to recreate the train, got set aside abruptly, when the folks I worked for called me away for a few months that turned into a few years. Finding this little gem makes this the loco of the week for me...
Loopy
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Posted - October 04 2009 : 01:56:51 AM
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That's a beaut, Loopy. Is that an early Mantua kit? Would it take a Pittman motor?
According to Wikipedia's entry on the S&NY, that would have been the 113, which they bought in 1907, and scrapped in 1934. They sure got their money's worth out of her.
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Posted - October 04 2009 : 2:35:30 PM
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I like that old steamer Loopy, here's my little PC switcher I found at the LHS for a song.
ER
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Posted - October 04 2009 : 7:11:12 PM
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My IHC/Mehano 4-4-0...an Ebay purchase from some time back...
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Posted - October 06 2009 : 10:31:41 PM
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quote:I like that old steamer Loopy, here's my little PC switcher I found at the LHS for a song.
ER
Originally posted by eaglerock109-October 04 2009: 2:35:30 PM
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Yeah, I got one of those little engines, but it's red and silver, and lettered for Santa Fe. Still runs too!
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Posted - October 07 2009 : 05:47:53 AM
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Nice little steam locomotive Shagy! How does it run? I had a IHC Mogul and it ran like a dream.
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Posted - October 08 2009 : 7:50:44 PM
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Hey SG:
Thats a pretty modern looking "American"! Did you KB it?
My IHC/Mehano Mogul is a nice runner as well...
-Gareth
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Posted - October 08 2009 : 8:55:21 PM
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quote:Hey SG:
Thats a pretty modern looking "American"! Did you KB it?
My IHC/Mehano Mogul is a nice runner as well...
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat-October 08 2009: 7:50:44 PM
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Can't take any credit...it's a bone stock model from IHC. I bought it to go with some shorty Varney heavyweights I have in Pennsy maroon.
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Posted - October 10 2009 : 1:31:03 PM
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Loopy
Originally posted by LoopnHook-October 04 2009: 01:31:21 AM
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Hey Loopy has a great Loco there!
It also runs the famous Gorre & Daphetid Line. - Erich
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