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Indiana Harbor Belt's 0-8-0 U4a #102

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Posted by ndbprr on Monday, January 10, 2022 7:55 AM

Rivarossi made a static O gauge model that could be powered of the IHB 0-8-0 i had one on my desk when I worked. It apparently had a tender booster truck in real life as the model front truck had side rods.

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 1:41 PM

Any bigger and it might have to be, well, maybe an 0-10-2.  And then you'd want an auxiliary locomotive or a tender booster to start the load the thing could pull... Wink

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Posted by 7j43k on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 1:35 PM

It is a magnificent locomotive.

And with Gresley valve gear, just like a 4-12-2!

 

Ed

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Posted by ndbprr on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 12:22 PM

He commented one time about seeing one as he rode through Indiana on a passenger train.  As I recall the only time he saw one

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Indiana Harbor Belt's 0-8-0 U4a #102
Posted by BEAUSABRE on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 12:15 PM

Probably thousands of us have owned an AHM model of IHB's finest in O, HO of N scale. But what did it look like for real? And what did Trains long time Editor David P Morgan think of it?

https://imgur.com/KnUU4Nz

It sounds like he was as enthralled as the rest of us. 

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