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Carey - Thank you for the return message.  Photos of Bernard Corbin's Burlington locomotives can be seen in the May 1958 "Model Railroader" and in Burlington Route Historical Society's "Burlington Bulletin" #36. He constructed more then 100 scratch built Burlington locomotives, as well as D&RGW, C&O, UP and Wabash locomotives. Somewhere - where, o where? - I saw a picture of his E5 and it clearly looked just like yours. Alas, I thought the picture was in Bulletin 36, but not! So I can't cite a photo of Bernard's Adams and Sons E5, but it most assuredly was (the heavy window frames were the memory trigger for me) - - - and I am pretty sure you have his E5, as Jim Seacrest and he were friends. It would appear that all the non Sunset CB&Q locomotives in the Seacrest collection offerings were Corbins.  

If I come across the photo I saw of Corbin's E5, I will advise. He certainly dressed up the base model ! The photo may have been in the BRHS' ancillary publication, "The Zephyr".

These engines are nice looking! stainless stell or aluminium are for me the most beautiful "clothing" for locomotives and passenger cars.

However, here in my country, at the time of a passenger cars renovation, a designer have had the weird idea to paint the stainless steel......poor stupid man! 

Nobody agree, but here, the designers are the kings!

jpv in France

Carey - Mr. Corbin started in the 1930's and continued up to his death in 1988.  There was a Corbin Burlington M4 2-10-4 for sale at this year's Chicago O Scale Meet. It had it's own "personality", as compared to some PSC M4 2-10-4's also for sale at the meet. Looked a bit more ponderous, like the prototype. In previous years a number of Corbin's Burlington articulateds were for sale - - - the lone 2-8-8-2 (#4200)  plus an Elesco and a Worthington 2-6-6-2, each. 

Farmer wanted to try out his new Kodak, saw the silver glint of the approaching Exposition Flyer and stopped just past the new underpass on State Route 14 with his trusty Ford truck and grabbed his new camera only to find out “Making her go fast” Fast Trains in the Golden Years of Railroading Classic Trains special issue 2/09 blurred despite the shutter set as fast as it’ll go! C76AF80D-8624-4FA0-BBFB-2195ECC227C0

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Farmer wanted to try out his new Kodak, saw the silver glint of the approaching Exposition Flyer and stopped just past the new underpass on State Route 14 with his trusty Ford truck and grabbed his new camera only to find out “Making her go fast” Fast Trains in the Golden Years of Railroading Classic Trains special issue 2/09 blurred despite the shutter set as fast as it’ll go! C76AF80D-8624-4FA0-BBFB-2195ECC227C0

Glad to see you responding. Don't think I've seen you posting in a while. OR..... maybe it's just my oldsheimer. BTW I'm still driving 200 mph cars going on 75. Yahoo !!!

Ron H

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Glad to see you responding. Don't think I've seen you posting in a while. OR..... maybe it's just my oldsheimer. BTW I'm still driving 200 mph cars going on 75. Yahoo !!!

Ron H

Hi Ron, no I’m not that active here much anymore. It’s a great community but we grew apart. I still like to share occasionally I’m very busy with the hobby and still enjoying my models especially in photography; this is how I enjoy the hobby. 👍☺️

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Who let Stan Kistler in here?

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Farmer wanted to try out his new Kodak, saw the silver glint of the approaching Exposition Flyer and stopped just past the new underpass on State Route 14 with his trusty Ford truck and grabbed his new camera only to find out “Making her go fast” Fast Trains in the Golden Years of Railroading Classic Trains special issue 2/09 blurred despite the shutter set as fast as it’ll go! C76AF80D-8624-4FA0-BBFB-2195ECC227C0

Good think that farmer was using his Kodak Erik.  If he had decided to use his Speed Graphic instead that 4x5 leaf shutter would have made that E5 nose lean forward enough to confuse it with an E7!

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