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Chesapeake Western 662 Running

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The Virginia Museum of Transportation has the cosmetically restored Chesapeake Western 662. It was one of the "Lost Engines of Roanoke". While I'm not a big diesel fan, I do find this paint scheme especially attractive. Plus, this engine has a connection to my home town of Roanoke.

For years I had asked MTH to do this paint scheme. It never happened. Years ago, I purchased a MTH PS2 VO 1000 with hopes of getting it repainted. Decals became a major roadblock. With many thanks to Christine Braden, my CW 662 is now in operation on its home rails.

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A switcher doing, what a switcher does.....

 

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paperboys posted:

Gilly, can't really tell from the pics, but did you apply the cow catchers to both ends? I see what appears to be snow plows, but not steam engine cow catchers.

Good eyes. There are several detail items that differ between a DS-660 and a VO-1000

  • No front (or rear) cow catcher. Yes there's a snow plow on mine. I forgot to take it off before the repaint.
  • Missing the front number board on the hand rail, steam era classification lights, pocket push pole.
  • One exhaust stack instead of six
  • Inside of the horn bell should be red (I didn't ask Christine to paint this. I'm 99% sure she would have)
  • No builder plates ( I do have BLW decals IF they will fit in the proper space)

There's probably more, but that's what I could come up with off the top of my head. I'm a runner and I'm not going to let a few detail pieces get in the way of my enjoying this engine.

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