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Chicago & North Western No. 605

Started by J3a-614, May 31, 2013, 09:32:44 PM

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This particular locomotive has been posted in the HO page in a series of discussions on 19th century equipment, but the photo that lead to that posting is just too good not to have it here, too. 

http://www.shorpy.com/node/14355?size=_original#caption

According to one fellow on RyPN (where I first saw this), Chicago & North Western No. 605 looks to be a locomotive from the 1880s, and would be almost 20 years old at the time of this photo in 1899.  Despite its age, it's in beautiful condition, although there are some inelegant details in the form of extra plumbing added over time.

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34337

This Milwaukee 4-4-0 also turned up in the discussion; note that it's a later locomotive (though still from the 19th century), it is also considerably larger:

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/slusomhaF8.jpg

Now, who wants to have some fun modifying Bachmann's UP 119 to resemble that C&NW loco? 

For real fun, who wants to do it with the N-scale version?