I know this is not really tinplate, but I repainted it in the spirit of the prewar CV locos like Lionel did in the late 90s blue and red versions. This started out as a mid 90s 777 in silver. I bought this real cheap because someone decided to attempt a repaint with a brush on this poor thing. The color is gunmetal from Hobby Horse Products, the silver squares are Krylon metallic shimmer. Decals are home made. The TMCC electronics in the loco work fine, but the sound system in the tender was really fried. I installed an "analog" motor driven air whistle. These locos get a bad rap on being poor runners, with some tuning this runs and pulls quite well. I am using it to pull my 14 car USTTC repainted box car/caboose set. I am using a knuckle to latch coupler adapter.
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