Born in Beloit ... Fairbanks Morse

@WP posted:

This is a fun topic. I also love the FM locomotives. My favorite is my SP H-12-44.

Gorgeous in the "as delivered " scheme

Some run time at the North Carolina Transportation Museum train show ... 2020 Lionel BTO Train Master Demonstrators.. thanks to Hennings Trains

MTH Proto 1 TM Demondtrator

Oh Goody! Another Fairbanks Morse thread.  How did I miss this?  First one is my sand-cast Erie-Built, which you have seen before.  Next is my friend Maroon's "Fernando Valley" sand-cast F-M from days of yore.  Finally, and I forget who did the body, is my H16-66, using CLW trucks.  The body is sand cast in one piece; the trucks are lost-wax CLW.

Some more FM power ..

MTH H10-44 ...

Lionel Legacy H16-44

And a Williams Train Master pushing an Atlas Dummy Erie Build (purchased from somebody on this forum , a few yrs back ..)

MTH did not sell the Train Master tooling or their H10-44 tooling ...

Hoping those will be part of the special order models,  in the future

@bob2 posted:

Oh Goody! Another Fairbanks Morse thread.  How did I miss this?  First one is my sand-cast Erie-Built, which you have seen before.  Next is my friend Maroon's "Fernando Valley" sand-cast F-M from days of yore.  Finally, and I forget who did the body, is my H16-66, using CLW trucks.  The body is sand cast in one piece; the trucks are lost-wax CLW.

All 3 are beauties !

If you ever need a good home to store them , I know of a place in SC 😅

@WP posted:

This is a fun topic. I also love the FM locomotives. My favorite is my SP H-12-44.

Not being an SP guy i wondered about the giant auxiliary headlights. Enough searching found this, very interesting technology compared to the more well known mars light.

http://www.trainweb.org/gyra/gyra.htm

dPrasse, i am confused!  I thought the NCTM show was cancelled in 2020 because of the Covid?  Feel sure that Marcus sent me an email to that affect.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

dPrasse, i am confused!  I thought the NCTM show was cancelled in 2020 because of the Covid?  Feel sure that Marcus sent me an email to that affect.

Ron

2020 was canceled.... this was the show  just 2wks ago ..

My Lionel Train Masters are the 2020 edition

@dPrasse posted:

2020 was canceled.... this was the show  just 2wks ago ..

My Lionel Train Masters are the 2020 edition

I had a table there both days.  I don't recall seeing any O-gauge set up!

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

I had a table there both days.  I don't recall seeing any O-gauge set up!

Ron

I was between the big S modular layout and gorgeous HO modular ...

@dPrasse posted:

I was between the big S modular layout and gorgeous HO modular ...

Now I realize where you were set up or should say where you were going to set up.  The last time walked by your table there were only two half circles of track laying there.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Now I realize where you were set up or should say where you were going to set up.  The last time walked by your table there were only two half circles of track laying there.

Ron

Yup ...

Set up the tables on Friday ...

Came back first thing Saturday to set everything else up ... a Kia Soul only holds do much 🤣🤣

Well, here are some plastic H16-66 models:   Oops - top one is an EMD.  All plastic.

@bob2 posted:

Oh Goody! Another Fairbanks Morse thread.  How did I miss this?  First one is my sand-cast Erie-Built, which you have seen before.  Next is my friend Maroon's "Fernando Valley" sand-cast F-M from days of yore.  Finally, and I forget who did the body, is my H16-66, using CLW trucks.  The body is sand cast in one piece; the trucks are lost-wax CLW.

My favorite, the B-17 as built by FM!

I've got one FM diesel, in AT&SF of course.

@Lou1985 posted:

I've got one FM diesel, in AT&SF of course.

I like it !

Picked up a 1954 Lionel catalog , showing of the new Train Master