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Jim

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One of my most prized engines
« on: March 11, 2019, 06:51:28 pm »
A beauty to behold, a rare collectors item, true craftsmanship, stunningly beautiful
Still in her unsteamed state :)


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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2019, 06:52:36 pm »
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2019, 07:17:13 pm »
Looks great. I only have one roller and it is a very small Marklin.
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2019, 08:53:32 pm »
Quote from: Jim on March 11, 2019, 06:51:28 pm
A beauty to behold, a rare collectors item, true craftsmanship, stunningly beautiful
Still in her unsteamed state :)

Un-steamed or Un-steamable  ;)

I do like how close they copied Wilesco on that one!

Quote from: txlabman on March 11, 2019, 07:17:13 pm
Looks great. I only have one roller and it is a very small Marklin.

Please tell us more Charlie! Is it what I think it is??  ;D
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2019, 09:22:49 pm »
LOL Nick, they put some work into that alright, hours and hours I reckon. It was so cheap I couldn't walk past it (though maybe I should have :) ).
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2019, 10:12:21 pm »
Beautiful, shelf queen for sure.  :)
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2019, 10:15:31 pm »
Quote from: Weedensteam on March 11, 2019, 10:12:21 pm
Beautiful, shelf queen for sure.
Too expensive to risk marring this one firing her up Frank  ;)
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2019, 06:34:06 am »
Museum quality I would say. That's definitely a keeper....  ;D
                                 Allan.
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2019, 01:58:27 pm »
Took me a minute to catch up Jim, I thought maybe it was some very special piece handed down from your Dad or something. ..then I looked close and found that it was just a ....Piece....😂
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2019, 02:08:18 pm »
Jim a very nice roller and you can see the craftsmanship is brilliant. A proper shelf queen.
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2019, 06:43:02 am »
I knew everyone would appreciate the true beauty of this :)
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2019, 01:43:50 pm »
Nice piece of folk-art-ish shelf-queen :-)
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2019, 11:10:55 pm »
Quote from: St Paul Steam on March 12, 2019, 01:58:27 pm
Took me a minute to catch up Jim, I thought maybe it was some very special piece handed down from your Dad or something. ..then I looked close and found that it was just a ....Piece....😂
Dang I woke the old lady laughing on that one. You got me in trouble, Bruce🤣
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2019, 04:58:38 pm »
Quote from: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on March 14, 2019, 11:10:55 pm
Dang I woke the old lady laughing on that one. You got me in trouble, Bruce🤣
     😃........👍
tell her I'm sorry, and go back to sleep honey ,,😄
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Re: One of my most prized engines
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2019, 09:43:07 pm »
It's a beauty alright - a real piece of.........art!  I'd be tempted to fire it but I know you want to keep it in it's pristine condition - nice one Jim!
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