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Need Loco ID, Northern Pacific Lines 4185 Tie Clasp !

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Need Loco ID, Northern Pacific Lines 4185 Tie Clasp !
Posted by TeddyB on Friday, October 12, 2012 7:25 AM

Hi ALL!
I just found this very cool Tie Clasp @ the bottom of a box. I don't recognise the Loco, not a Big Boy, but looks afully big ! It's running Northern Pacific Lines, has the # 4185 . Was it real in it's time ?? Any info would be appreaciated !!

Many thanks, Ted

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Posted by jrbernier on Friday, October 12, 2012 9:36 AM

  It's not Northern Pacific.  It is a Southern Pacific class AC-8  'Cab Forward' engine.

Jim

Modeling BNSF  and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Friday, October 12, 2012 9:36 AM

The locomotive is a Southern Pacific Cab Forward type of articulated and was a real prototype.

The Southern Pacific Lines lettering would be correct for that Cab Forward until 1946 when the Southern Pacific lettering was used after that time.

CZ

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