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Lionel Legacy Great Northern Mikado pics

B banelsonOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

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This is my first try at posting pics and video on the new forum. I took these photos and the vid with my I Phone, logged onto the forum with my phone then attached all directly. Wow was that easy!!! Took a minute instead of sometimes hours trying to upload video to youtube, etc.

This is a great engine. I owe a debt of gratitude to RickO who shopped this for me and found one at Nicholas Smith. This and the K4 really are fantastic, nicely detailed and realistically sized for my smaller layout.  I am very fond of the GN paint scheme. This engine is in my opinion a thing of beauty. I highly recommend it!

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Ben

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PennsyPride94PennsyPride94OGR Forum Member

Wow Ben that engine looks fantastic! I have been contemplating for some time whether to buy the K4 or this engine. This makes my decision even harder! They are just both so nice!

 

Thanks for the pictures and video! You are like the first person to make good detailed photos of the engine! Thanks again!

 

-Mike

 

P.S. when filming with the iPhone turn the camera horizontally so that the picture doesn't come up as narrow as the video shows.

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Mike:
 
I think both the K4 and the Mikado are worth owning.  I would say they are basically equivalent in terms of detail and functionality.  It just comes down to personal preference.  If I had to choose one and if the GN version of the Mikado was not available, I would probably opt for the Prewar K4.  I bought the Postwar version and am thrilled with it, but now that I have seen both I would in retrospect have preferred the Prewar.  It's cool that it is a little different....
 
Ben
 
Originally Posted by PennsyPride94:

Wow Ben that engine looks fantastic! I have been contemplating for some time whether to buy the K4 or this engine. This makes my decision even harder! They are just both so nice!

 

TG The GN ManOGR Forum Member

Overlandflyer, you're not the only GN fan in the crowd...

 

The GN O-3 class were USRA Heavy Mikes, numbered 3200-3209. MTH offered a Mike in this number series, but it is a light Mike, not a heavy.

 

Anyone seriously contemplating prototypical GN steam power should get a copy of the recently released book "Steam Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway".  It is available at the gnrhs.org site, and from many popular railroad book vendors.

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