Something COMPLETELY different!

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MEC568

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Posted by MEC568 on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:28 PM

Oh, and I think it's a model by Fleishmann, model 4171 or digital model 6 4171.

Chris

MEC568

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Posted by MEC568 on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:24 PM

I thought it was a Monty Python refrence. :-(

Oh well...

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:47 AM

It's dam different, that's for sure.

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wjstix

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Posted by wjstix on Monday, January 9, 2006 4:26 PM

I think one of the German model RR companies makes/made an HO model of this, but can' t remember who right offhand.

Stix

doctorwayne

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, January 8, 2006 1:10 AM

Jim, if you check the link, evidently the loco was cut up in the 1950s in the U.S.
And as far as that symbol goes, my wife picked up a brass railway lantern, stamped with the same symbol and a swastika, at a garage sale for about a buck. It's fairly small, and as I recall, quite boxy looking. She's got it stashed away somewhere, so I can't give you much more of a description.

Wayne

jimrice4449

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Posted by jimrice4449 on Sunday, January 8, 2006 12:53 AM

If you check out the national symbol on the nose it probably didn't survive WWII

doctorwayne

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, January 8, 2006 12:30 AM

Very interesting. The apparently small driver diameter would likely have exacerbated the problem of the restrictions in the steam passages too, since the piston (and valve) speeds would have been pretty high in order to attain even 100 mph. It's too bad no one had the foresight to preserve it.

Wayne