09-19-2011, 01:57 PM
My first steamer (which I still have) was bought on a whim when I did not know much about the hobby. CNR 5125 (in the Mehano form) does not really resemble CNR 5125 - Class J-4-e. The most noticable difference is that the real 5125 had the all-weather or enclosed "Canadian" cab, while the model has the open cab. There are many other differences, but the list is too long...!
However, it is a Pacific (4-6-2) which when originally constructed circa 1920 was a crack passenger engine with 69" drivers for speed. By the 1950s, she and her sister Pacifics were relegated to the branchlines for way freight or mixed duty until they were unceremoniously scrapped in the late 1950s.
No current picture...
EDIT - Here's 5125 offered by IHC/Mehano as a 2-8-2 (with glowing praise) on ebay...
Ian Wilson's Steam over Palmerston has pictures of nearly identical sister 5126 operating in Guelph, ON.
Andrew
However, it is a Pacific (4-6-2) which when originally constructed circa 1920 was a crack passenger engine with 69" drivers for speed. By the 1950s, she and her sister Pacifics were relegated to the branchlines for way freight or mixed duty until they were unceremoniously scrapped in the late 1950s.
No current picture...
EDIT - Here's 5125 offered by IHC/Mehano as a 2-8-2 (with glowing praise) on ebay...
Ian Wilson's Steam over Palmerston has pictures of nearly identical sister 5126 operating in Guelph, ON.
Andrew