#7 Out on the Line

[Mike Trent]

Old No.7 went out on the line yesterday with a special train. Thought you might enjoy this photo.

For an old friend......

[Bill Uffelman]

Looking good!

Bill Uffelman 

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On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 6:49 AM, Mike Trent [via C&Sng Discussion Forum]

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Old No.7 went out on the line yesterday with a special train. Thought you might enjoy this photo.

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[John Greenly]

Mike,

Beautiful scene!!

This is making me think more and more that I might someday backdate my old PFM mogul to McConnell days….

thanks!!
John

[Jim Courtney]

Beautiful little Cooke ya got there, Mike!

Is the business car a Hallmark brass model or scratch??

[Mike Trent]

Thanks, guys.

Jim, that is an old Hallmark 911. The "Good" side. A couple years ago, I took it apart, added the missing chimney for the heater on the left side, repainted it, and added seats and wall partitions. Not a foreground model, but I'm glad to have it anyway. It was one of my first acquisitions in On3 back in 1980. And now it is in the same color as the other varnish.

[Fritz 52]

Mike: as usual great stuff. That mogul just is beautiful. My roster has a Bachmann from Al Judy that will become my #7. The others will stay the same. The loco will need a new tender as it came with one from something much bigger. Like their ten wheeler. I really like your work.
Fred

[Ken Martin]

I have one of the Hallmark 911's and it is my only On3 car. Having measured and drawn it (NG&SLG May 81) I couldn't stand the many inaccuracies in the model. I first soldered a strip of brass between the windows to make them paired, stripped the DRG style conduit off the roof and reworked the roof. Removed a window and made and installed an arched window. Then reworked the ends, and underframe  working on it in fits and starts. After letting it sit for a couple years I decided the extra work was too much and said "I'm done." painted and lettered it. Pics below, I apologize for them being a little blurry.

Ken Martin

[Mike Trent]

Nice work, Ken. That arched window on the left side sure makes a big difference. So do other improvements. But that window was a killer. A lot of stuff made in the 70's came from a completely different point of view. Sadly, once a model was produced in brass in a particular scale, even poorly, really put the kabosh on future projects of the same model. That Sunset #74 is another example of a poor model whose production eliminated the possibility of it being run again in On3.

There were exceptions, of course, D&RGW K locomotives being one, or four.

[snapped_bolt]

 

  Mike! This is NICE!!!

     but before my modeling era

     I appreciate the simple lines- rail elegance.

       Cheers!!!

         Stan

[Mike Trent]

Hi, Stan, thanks. Actually, my "era" is 1935. This locomotive is just one of those things that simply cannot be explained.

[snapped_bolt]

 Mike!

     There is "always" an explanation...

      Perhaps there are a couple of execs who can't stand to see those good old locos in white lead...

       I am becoming convinced that such nonsense may be found on my line!

         Cheers

          Stan

[South Park]

"Hi, Stan, thanks. Actually, my "era" is 1935. This locomotive
is just one of those things that simply cannot be explained."

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That pretty much sums up my existence.  If I have to explain,
those asking probably wouldn't understand anyway !    

Asked more than once:  "What year is it ?"
Me:  "1925"
Them:  "Are you the original owner ?"
Me:  "Yeah, ...  You're not going to believe this, but I bought
          it from Abe Lincoln."
Them:  "Wow !  That's really special !"

[Robert McFarland]

Figuring #7 was rebuilt in 1902 and scrapped in 1929 that WOULD be hard to explain!

[Mike Trent]

Not at all, really. SP gets it. He and I both live, as many of us do, in at least a partial alternative reality.

BTW, #7 was the last of the Cooke Moguls rebuilt, because it was the last shopped in 1899. Which is why it was photographed at Como as the first engine turned out in C&S livery. It appears, as I was wisely counciled, to have been finished in what they had on hand, which was DL&G stuff in UP Standards of the time.

[Fritz 52]

Mike:
As a survivor of the late 60's I can concur about the alternative reality.

My own chosen era is 1923-33.
FRED COTTERELL