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Hello Everyone---I've always had a facination with trains,the fact that my father was a locomotive engineer on the Canadian National Railway had a lot to do with it I'm sure.Like many children,I was lucky to get a train set for Christmas---if I recall my first train was made by Marx,a New York Central steam engine with an oval track that I would play with for hours on end. As I "grew up", my interests expanded but I never stopped taking the time to watch a train pass by,I only wish I had a camera back then as there were still steam engines in abundance.I didn't start collecting trains until I got married---I blame my wife on my "obsession",as she was the person who very much encouraged me and supported me to pursue a hobby "to keep me out of trouble". About 30 years ago I bought a steam engine from a LHS and would you believe that it was a model from Doctor Wayne's Grand Valley---I had never met Wayne ,but this purchased started not only a start of my train collection but more importantly a true friendship with Doc. As I was going through some old photos,I came across a picture of this locomotive---as you can see,he was a very talented craftsman long ago.
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It looks like a MDC Santa Fe style oil tender, a MDC Harriman cab, and perhaps the chassis is a heavily modified Bachmann Reading I-10 2-8-0?
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...and a poor photographer.
Here are the only photos that I have of that loco:
The loco is a Tyco/Mantua Mikado with a lot (over $100.00 worth) of added detail parts. The cab is from Model Die Casting, as is the tender, a Santa Fe oil tender converted to coal. (Good spotting, Kevin)
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The Commonwealth trucks are sprung versions from PSC. The metal parts (boiler, running gear, and detail parts) were blackened using Hobby Black, a chemical blackener, with the plastic parts painted to match, more-or-less.
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The sand dome, by the way, is from a Tyco 60' three-dome tank car.
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Looks nice! Dr. Wayne is indeed talented, I am lucky to have a couple of his diesels. I can only hope to one day be lucky enough to acquire a steamer as well!
-Dave