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up148 posted:

More shots of #5077 Will.  That tender is really, really nice. Love the coal boards. Is this another JS model?

Butch 

I sold it to another forum member.  Fellow UP fanatic you may already know.  I know that it had a Jerry White drive and a lot of detail.  The Loco boiler, pipes, and pumps were close to stock but the smokebox was extended with proper light position and the stack modified/enlarged.  More cab details and a lot of work on the tender.  Not sure who did the work.  The additional Water box on top was a little out of scale  (too tall) but it gave me an Idea for the project TTT I purchased after I let go of the Bassett TTT .

I just picked up a rivet press and die set.  I figured when I finish the E7 modifications and finish modifying my Lionel FEF-3 with a sellers feedwater heater painted and back together I want to modify the KTM stock tender.

I've seem to be modelling the Kansas division 1946-1954 as a target era.  They ran a lot of great steam and diesels I like.  

I'm looking to match #5028. I wanted a prototype that had the BB tender (4 wheel trucks, Box added modified tender to 13,500 gal. with coal boards) , 4BL feedwater heater (just cause I like the way it looks), big fat stack, and time on the Kansas division within my era.  We'll see if I have the patience and skill to do it.  But for the couple hundred bucks I picked it up for, I won't feel too bad experimenting on it.

If  anyone knows where I can get detail parts for the 4BL I'd appreciate the lead.

Resources:

Union Pacific Prototype Locomotive Photos Vol. 13 (James L Ehrenberger Collection)

The Streamliner Vol.4 No.1 (UPHS).  (info on TTTs and also has a lot of info on the two tone grey scheme)

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#5029 was similarly equipped so I will use this photo for the other profile to model that side. 

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I also frequently refer to this book:

Smoke Above the Plains (James L. Ehernberger and Francis G. Gschwind - 1965)

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