I came across this loco and not really sure what railroad it is, the only marking is SAMHONGSA. Anyone know the brand too? It looks close to several railroads but not exact?
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That is a CB&Q O-5. One is on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
Samhongsa was a Korean manufacturer of fine brass models.
ChipR
It is a Sunset import of the early 1980's. It appears to be a model of the original O5's built by Baldwin in 1930 (#'s 5600-5607) as evidenced by the Elesco FWH. The oil tender is incorrect for this series of locomotives, but believe the oil bunker is removable. Also, it appears un-modernized, as it lacks a boxpok main driver. The oil-burning O5b's were built from 1937-1940 by the Q's West Burlington Shops and were characterized by Worthington FWH's. They were converted to oil burning from coal in 1950-1951 and were assigned to Lines West, based in Lincoln, NE (O5b #'s were 5614, 5620, 5626, 5627, 5629 and 5632).
It is one of Samhongsa's first efforts and holds up pretty well to today's standards.
Thank you for you information and help, any chance you know where i could get a boiler front for it? Or even one from something else thats close and could be modified?
