C&S #7

Posted by Mike Trent on Jan 24, 2015; 3:05pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-7-tp411.html

With the talk of #8 and her skiff plow and old South Park rock guards on the pilot, I thought there might be some interest in this On3 conversion of an ancient Balboa "DSP&P Cooke Mogul" into the first locomotive turned out by the Shops in Como in C&S Livery in 1899, #7.

I'll post this first in Black and White, as it appears in the only two known (at least to me) photographs we have of #7 before the 1902 rebuild, followed by the same photograph in color.

 



Thanks to invaluable assistance by Todd Hackett and David Christian Fletcher, who steered me in the direction that this locomotive had been painted in the style of the UP owned DL&G using on hand materials at Como, here is how #7 would have looked in 1899. Of this, I am absolutely certain, after careful study of that excellent photo with Pat Gibbony at Como.



Thanks also to my great long time friend Rob Smith, whose excellent work with his stunning early collection of DSP&P models, for inspiring this one. And a second mention to Todd Hackett for the artwork and printing of the decals.