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Rare IHB 0-8-0 Model

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Rare IHB 0-8-0 Model
Posted by BEAUSABRE on Thursday, March 3, 2022 9:58 AM

I just had my IHB U4a model delivered in the mail! Why am I excited, after all there's a bazillion of them out there, right? But I have the rare gold model sold only in Saudi Arabia. https://imgur.com/shMC5jg

 

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Posted by tstage on Thursday, March 3, 2022 11:45 AM

Sweet!  LOVE the Elesco FWH "unibrow"! YesCool

Here's what IHB U-4a #100 looked like:

Apparently those were referred to as "super switchers".

Tom

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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.

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Posted by Southgate 2 on Saturday, March 5, 2022 9:14 PM

I was expecting to see the ol' Rivarossi model, painted gold.

Nice brass! Dan

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