The current version 6-11387 in the 2012 catalog has different paint than the same number in the 2013 catalog. I was hoping to get a picture from an actual Santa FE Berkshire as delivered. Thank You
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Yes, I have it. It is the bottom (much less than 7 feet headroom at the center, about what they had in the prototype and it did not look right either compared to photos on the internet and pictures and diagrams in an old SF employee book by uncle had. I cut the roof and cab above the windows off and made new parts, etc., as shown here. It now looks very much like the prototype (okay some sand-dome details are not perfect, etc., but the cab looks right - is now among my favorite locos. Shown with Vision Hudson and Blue Comet. Great runner, great sound.
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Thanks Lee I appreciate it. I will be getting one if they get in the 900 range.
>>The current version 6-11387 in the 2012 catalog has different paint than the same number in the 2013 catalog.<<
Last years catalog had the wrong picture.
Look closely. Same paint but different boiler details.
These Berks are carryovers from last year. Not new production.
Joe
Originally Posted by JC642:
These Berks are carryovers from last year. Not new production.
Joe
Probably correct. Still, they are a sweet running little loco, and after "fixing" the cab the way I want it, I love mine.
>>Probably correct. Still, they are a sweet running little loco, and after "fixing" the cab the way I want it, I love mine. <<
I picked up this guy in Michigan Central fantasy paint at a blowout price..
Turns out to be a great little steamer that runs smooth as silk on my upper level O-54 track.
Sounds are excellent and detail is superb.
Its an ugly little guy for sure but its exactly the way all steamers looked back in the early 20th century. No cast-in anything and a great runner to boot.
Joe
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