Jack Collier's Toys for Men Hobby Shop in Oakland , CA offers this O scale GG1 as a kit in 1945-6. Cast bronze ..double motor ..did not quite get the nose contour right ..oh well we are all unique .
Anyone know anything else about it ? ..yes it is heavy.
Very grateful for Bob's help getting the GG1 back together,...
This casting is quite a bit different than all other cast GG1's ...Alexander, Baldwin/ Walthers, Duddy
Cheers Carey
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Carey is quite generous. He sent pieces for a CLW cast PA, which I assembled during breaks from fabricating frame extensions for this historical piece.
Let me see if I can post a photo - I have pretty much cleaned this one up.
Not to turn a perfectly good GG1 thread into a PA thread, but I had done one the week before for a buddy - his needed some serious straightening out and new sides/fuel tanks, which I somehow had in stock. This one was soldered with propane; the one above was done with MAPP gas. Difference in time - it takes twice as long to heat up to soldering temp with propane.
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