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Lost locomotive

fisch330fisch330OGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

I  know that this sounds crazy and irresponsible on my part but I have lost track of one of my favorite engines.  About two years ago I sent it in for repairs, forgot who the repair was going to be done by, and have lost track of the engine altogether.

The engine is the Weaver, all brass, full-scale model of the Milwaukee Road Class "A" Atlantic, actually the one in the "thumbnail" photo next to my name.  That engine, since I was a little kid, has always been my very favorite locomotive, as I once rode in the cab from the depot in Milwaukee up to the engine yards, about three miles west.  I have the correct cars for it, also from Weaver,  only I did install correct interiors.  (They need their engine back!)

If any of you happen to realize that you have an extra engine of that class, it might just be mine and I'd sure like to hear about it.

Paul Fischer

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gunrunnerjohngunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

That's not as unusual as you might imagine.  I've received several locomotives for repair with no documentation of any kind, and they just had some shipping service as a return address.  Not knowing what was supposed to be done, I just set them aside and wait for the owner to contact me and ask about them.  In one case, it took almost a year!

I don't have your Atlantic BTW.

B bob2OGR Forum Member

We have a problem like that, dragging on for about a decade or so.  Vince Waterman, of Trackside, now long gone, had us do machining.  We have a couple models with no identifying tags or marks.  I am not sure whether there are invoices for labor involved, but we would love to find out who did not get models back as Vince's business was sold.

Most of the 2-rail Williams PRR T1 models were converted in our shop.

p51p51OGR Forum Member
fisch330 posted:

The engine is the Weaver, all brass, full-scale model of the Milwaukee Road Class "A" Atlantic, actually the one in the "thumbnail" photo next to my name. 

Leaping lizards, this thing is full scale?  How could anyone lose something that big? Heck you could find that with a Google earth search, couldn't you?

Seriously, though, I do hope you find it.

RickO posted:

You know you have too many locomotives when.......

Yep, that's exactly what I thought, too.

JW Jim WatermanOGR Forum Member
bob2 posted:

We have a problem like that, dragging on for about a decade or so.  Vince Waterman, of Trackside, now long gone, had us do machining.  We have a couple models with no identifying tags or marks.  I am not sure whether there are invoices for labor involved, but we would love to find out who did not get models back as Vince's business was sold.

Most of the 2-rail Williams PRR T1 models were converted in our shop.

You still got them (I'm Vince's son).

Jim

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