Mik said:
Probably time to trot out this pic again… Just add Delton c-16 cab and tender shell.
Or this one that “lives” near me…
That’s it.
I gutted the smoke unit and added lead fishing weights/ball shot to the boiler, domes and air tanks and easily achieved 15-plus eight wheel cars on my railroad (mostly level surface).
That’s a beautiful loco! What RR does it run on?
The side of the cab looks kind of maroon. Is it, or is that just a trick of the light?
Jon that is a nice looking loco. When first got into large scale I always liked the Indie and glad Bachmann made them again. I got decals on mine next is the spray cans for some weathering.
Ray Dunakin said:
That's a beautiful loco! What RR does it run on?The side of the cab looks kind of maroon. Is it, or is that just a trick of the light?
The color is a light trick. There was a bright red caboose about 15 feet away when the picture was taken. The engine lives at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA) in Kent, CT about 20 miles north of me. They don’t have much track, and don’t run it that often, but it’s always fun to see her fired up. She is an oil burner, so no nice coal smoke, but we can’t have everything
CAMA Website: http://www.ctamachinery.com/
latest news on Hawaii #5 from CAMA…
CAMA Website said:
The purchase of Hawaii Railway #5 was completed just prior to the end of the 2010 calendar year. The former owner had stipulated a 2010 transfer of ownership. This happened way too early in terms of our fund-raising campaign as we had only collected $65,000 of the $140,000 asking price at the time of the transfer of ownership. In order to complete the sale on time, the Board of Directors was forced to borrow from many of our ongoing project funds to come up with the remaining cash.As a result, CAMA has put a temporary halt to funding any new capital projects until the borrowed money can be replaced. Projects that were actively underway at the time of the sale (such as the sawmill and the new display cases for the Mining Museum) are being budgeted on an as-needed basis so we are not late on our bills. We have just enough money left to pay our recurring utility bills and that is about it. Thankfully, this is dues time, so as membership dues are being paid, the infusion of cash is giving us a little breathing room. Also, members are asked on their dues renewal letter to donate a little extra towards supporting their favorite area(s) of interest, and donations to date have been very generous. Further donations earmarked for the Hawaii #5 have put us over the halfway threshold with less than $69,000 still to be collected.
The Board of Directors thanks everyone who has donated to our various project funds. Some members and friends have indeed responded multiple times to help us with the #5 purchase. CAMA is hopeful, now with the extraordinary land and locomotive purchases behind us, that we will once again be able to expand our attention to the variety of antique machines that make us so unique.