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WW2 bombers on 1970s freight trains... FOR REAL!

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We've all seen photos of models of airplane fuselages on flat cars on layouts. Click here to see the real thing!

These shots were apparently taken in 1972 on the SP in Southern CA. It didn't take long for me to realize these were from airplane collector (and B-17 pilot with the 100th Bomb Group in WW2) David Tallichet. He had bought at least one B-24 from the Indian Air Force which is in a gondola. The other is a B-26, one of a group he recovered from a valley in Alaska. Both still exist, having been sold when Tallichet "went west" (WW2 aviator speak for 'passed away') and are now in a small museum (with a massive airplane collection) in Polk City, Florida. Neither flies today.

But even I had never seen those photos prior to yesterday or heard he'd shipped those bombers that way.

These real-life examples would make excellent inspiration for a model.

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Steve, I think the concern was it was going to turn into posts about models like that?

Jon, I didn't even notice the road name on that car.

Such a shame there aren't other photos of these loads.

This is one of those cases where I wish I modelled standard gauge and a later timeframe, so as to model these exactly. I've flown in another B-24 of the same type as in that photo and anyone could make a good model of this. Almost any airplane type can be found in 1/48 scale. In fact, it's one of those rare cases where O scale has better opportunity than HO.

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@Steve Tyler posted:

Err, what?

AFAICS, the post was about old bombers being moved by rail -- looks like "real trains" to me. What's the beef?

Steve, I checked into this and the "beef" was about a couple of posts which were of model train videos/pictures.  This is the real trains forum and so those were deleted and the post above was made by the moderator.  If you have concerns or questions, please direct them to me rather than questioning within the thread per our TOS.

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