New delivery.
SP AC-1 2-8-8-2 cab forward.
I was able to obtain this engine on ebay from the seller in Germany. Normally, the price on these was higher than I wanted to pay but I was able to obtain this engine at a reasonable price. I paid for it on March 14 and with the pandemic in New York, port of entry for this engine, it took awhile to arrive. Almost 2 months. Long time to wait.
Westside product made in 1980. Craftsman series #9. I have to agree on the 'Craftsman series' as this engine is super detailed. I don't think this engine was run much, maybe a test run, as very clean drivers, wheels and no coupler added, plus the weights were never added.
Very nicely detailed.
Left side.
Love those huge steam pipes along the roof of the boiler.
Well detailed cab interior.
Right side. Both the engine and tender have steam lines going to each other so I could add some flexible tubing between the two for steam hoses.
Can motor just about standard by 1980.
My other cab forwards have easily removable cab roofs to see the interior. This one has 2 screws securing the entire cab so will be easy to paint.
Has equalized drivers, ie, vertical movement of one driver affects the movement of the other drivers. Very clean.
Lots of detail, also, on the tender. Wanted an AC-1,2,3 series because of the whale back tender.
Comes with a tender booster truck; cool. Bag of spare parts. Weight never added, also, indicates it wasn't run much.
That finishes what I wanted in my SP collection:
AC-4/6/7/12.
Gotta' have a GS-4!
AC-9. Only 'conventional' engine in the AC series.
AC-5. Only the AC-1 left to paint.
About the only engine left on my 'bucket' list is the C&O M-1 steam turbine. 
