I identified loco as U.P. loco from balboa centenial set.
I added spare tender photos to album
In the box with this loco was a spare tender(very nice condition),the one for the jupiter(other loco in set)would be nice if there was a loco to go with it,have suspicion it got thrown away as being silver it was considered toy plastic loco despite detail,that is where the brass one was going until a friend of mine saw it knowing I could assemble it or use for parts,amazing how something is garbage until someone wants it and all of the sudden its a valueable item needing to be purchased(but thats a club political argument that could go on for months without resolution).I am wondering what the type truck with leaf spring on top of side frame is called.Now person who is getting rid of his collection that I got all the locos from came up with 50+ sets of central valley trucks,a bunch of tenshodo tender trucks and another shoebox full of mostly brass trucks he wants to get rid of,waiting on a price from him,I could go broke getting these good deals.He should put them on e-bay but he has to many of his affairs to settle to do this.
Alan
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--- In yardbirdtrains@..., "Alan" <albyrno@...> wrote:
I added album to photos of this engine,This was found in a box of donated items at my old club.I have the opurtunity to get it but before I make an offer I would like to know more about it,going by the loose what appear to be unused parts,filed slots in running boards for separate boiler bands,it looks like it might be a well assembled kit which raises the question why it wasn't completed.I may be able to get it cheap depending on what it is and age the castings look like they could be old.Any ideas?
Alan
