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Hey guys!!!

Remember when I was griping and whining about the lack of a logging loco in O27? I have rectified that with a very interesting and frankly, one of a kind piece. Dave Rippinger, a really cool dude, sent me this Neptune-esque 0-4-4 loco with 4 skeleton cars! Happy!

The customs guys got into it and broke the mount to the top of the body where the screw goes through to the motor but I fixed it all up last night, along with gluing the wood fuel down again to the plate it's mounted on.

This little locomotive runs like a champ, I'm very excited by it. I just cannot believe this is someone's custom kitbash. The more and more I look at it, the more I think it's as built. Doing some research last night on the model number 8240-45, I came up with a few of the "Neptune" 0-4-0 locomotives, leading me to believe that this is built after one of them with an extended fuel bunker. Regardless, it's a very cool loco that I'm looking to upgrade as it does not have smoke or a whistle.

Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Silver Lake:
Very nice modification to a Forney. A very fitting engine for a small time cut and run logging co. as was very common.

Holy crap would ya lookit that. I've never heard the term "Forney" before let alone seen one of these and I just googled it. How cool is that?!

 

I think I'm going to enjoy this... ^_^

 

 

Originally Posted by HOPPY:

If I remember correctly, I once read that the Forney puffers used to haul the early

elevateds in New York City before the system was electrified.  I don't know about

other cities, though.

 

     Hoppy

That's correct. Here is a photograph of one from my most treasured railway book, 'All about railways' by F.S. Hartnell. 

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