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Sakai (Japan) EB5873 electric outline 2C2 boxcab loco in O gauge. It has a nicely detailed diecast metal shell, as well as a finely detailed pantograph (which I keep in the down position when operating lest it be snagged under the bridges).
 
I acquired it some time ago, and it's automatic reverse worked a little too well- constantly changing directions due to running over a switch or encountering any other interruption in power. Wishing to be able to run it on the layout, today I wired around the reverse unit so it only runs forward.
 
It's a fun engine, one of several neat O gauge pieces that Sakai made in both the prewar and postwar periods (I believe this particular one is postwar). This particular one is not overly hard to find, there was one on Ebay last month.
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