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This
is the very first brass loco
I ever owned. NC&StL
#954 is a very old PFM Frisco
Russian, slightly re-detailed;
with a can motor, constant
lighting, synchronized
exhaust sound and a scratch-built
low-side tender
appropriate for NC&StL class P-1-51
Russians.
Engine
is posed
at Wentworth Coal Dock on the
now-dismantled
club layout
of the
Greensboro, NC Carolina Midland
Railroad in January,
2001.
The coaling tower
and water tank
are now
in my possession and will be
used on my
layout at
home.
The
NC&StL
obtained their
2-10-0's from
the Southern
Ry.
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Northern
Pacific Q-6 #2256 This
is a custom HO job built for
my good friend Dick Williams. The
basis is a Powerhouse USRA 4-6-2,
re-detailed specific to #2256. Included
are a scratch built NP cab (brass),
an NP Q-6 Brass tender from NWSL,
constant lighting (including
cab) and light grey boiler and
cylinder jackets. I
hated to give it up! The
original photo has had a Pacific Northwest
backdrop added to it, thanks to my good wife,
Maryann.
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A pair of GE 44 tonners (half the NC’s
roster of GE’s) head up an eastbound potash
train from Bruceton as an emergency use of switcher
power. Here they pass by Shops on the westbound main
in an unusual opposing move. Both engines are Bachman,
custom painted. Number 101 was painted for NCPS VP
Terry Coats. 103 is equipped with a Keystone mechanism.
The cars are stock Bowser with Kaydee wheels and
couplers, weathered a little. |
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GE 44 ton engines were designed for one man
crews, 45 tons being the weight at which a fireman
was required by the Union agreement. Here this photo
emulates one staged by the NC. This engine 103 was
custom painted for NCPS VP Terry Coats of Nashville
and is an otherwise stock Bachmann except for Kadee
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EMD F-3 number 800 paired with B-unit 900 was
the first Diesel road unit on the N and C. A-units
were ordered without steam generators, but B-units
were so equipped. Here an ancient Varney F-3 is also
my first Diesel road unit, painted way back in 1968.
Though the color and details are incorrect, it represents
history with me and I leave it as it is. The exception
is that it has a modified late Athearn chassis and
NWSL wheels so it runs quite well. |
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A view from the auto dealership across the tracks
from Union Station Nashville shows the City of Memphis
on the westbound main. Typically, the daily train
from Memphis departed Nashville about 1PM from a
track under the station after being turned and serviced.
The entire train was a home-made affair built by
the RR in 1946 of re-cycled Pullman cars and an old
engine. The model is no exception as the engine is
built from a veteran fifties Mantua Pacific and the
cars are customized or semi-scratch built. |