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OLD Athearn Steam Locomotives
OLD Athearn Steam Locomotives
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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OLD Athearn Steam Locomotives
Posted by
Anonymous
on Saturday, June 9, 2001 8:42 PM
Does anyone have an expertise, or at least some knowledge, of the older Athearn steam locomotives? I have a 4-6-2 Pacific, the one that's on the older Athearn box cover (pre-Genesis series) and an 0-6-0 switcher that I think an Athearn model (the coupler cover plates are the typical Athearn metal design). The Pacific does not wear an original paint job, but the 0-6-0 does (PRR #1272). I'm interested in repainting the Pacific to reflect its prototype. If anyone knows about these locomotives or can refer me to someone who does, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks
RCHarris
Durango, CO
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thirdrail1
Member since
January 2001
From: Niue
735 posts
Posted by
thirdrail1
on Sunday, June 10, 2001 9:40 PM
The original Athearn Pacific was modeled after a Boston & Maine Pacific built in the 1930's. It was B&M's most modern passenger locomotive. It was entremely handsome with its "Boston and Maine" spelled out in multicolored script on the tender. The locomotive was in the Kalmbach book "Steam's Finest Hour".
"The public be ***ed, it's the
Pennsylvania Railroad
I'm competing with." - W.K.Vanderbilt
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