08-18-2020, 08:00 PM
Interesting photo, Ed, apparently out of Ian Wilson's "Steam Echoes of Hamilton". It's especially interesting to me in that I hadn't payed too much attention to the July 25, 1953 date, which was roughly two months after the 88's unfortunate incident on Ferguson Avenue, in Hamilton, on May 27, 1953.
I was there, with my mother and younger brother, to view the aftermath of the old girl's tender-truck picking the points, and putting the 88 on her side in the street.
That's a good view of the rebuilt tender, which was quite different than the one involved in the wreck. I have the locomotive (brass) re-detailed to match the post-accident appearance, but still need to build a new body for the tender. I'll use mostly styrene for that, and mount it on the original brass underframe. I'll also save the model's original tender body, in case the next owner prefers it.
Wayne
I was there, with my mother and younger brother, to view the aftermath of the old girl's tender-truck picking the points, and putting the 88 on her side in the street.
That's a good view of the rebuilt tender, which was quite different than the one involved in the wreck. I have the locomotive (brass) re-detailed to match the post-accident appearance, but still need to build a new body for the tender. I'll use mostly styrene for that, and mount it on the original brass underframe. I'll also save the model's original tender body, in case the next owner prefers it.
Wayne