Originally Posted by: Tower 
Originally Posted by: RayF I know it's not a very serious model, but no-one has mentioned the 2921/2922 "western" set made by Marklin years ago. The loco is based on the 3087 KLVM steamer with added cowcatcher and no buffers, and it's lettered for the Texas and Western RR. The cabboose was, I think, unique to this set too. Maddog trains has one for sale at the moment, including extra cars.
Thanks Ray, I must confess, I used my 3087 from the "Circus Mondolino" set, painted it black and added a few "Santa Few" decals. It now runs as my track cleaning car coupled to a few weighed down red dump cars. Not proto-typical but does a great job. I must look for that cow catcher as an add-on somewhere.
Jeremy, What is the American connection to the 37914? - Sorry, a check on the Marklin website explained it to me!
I always thought the Northlander was pulled by F7's in the Marklin collection, I know now better.
A silly just for fun question. As a Canadian (Swiss) locomotive does it really qualify to be called "American". I am sure our Canadian members will ave an opinion on this.
Thanks
Leon
Taking a different view on the definition of American one could also debate whether X995 is American.
If one would take the definition of American to mean the American continent (or at least North America) and then question the Northlander train as being of Swiss origin and bought "pre-owned" and thereby question it as being American. In that case the X995 is even more questionable.
The X995 (Märklin 83341) was a model based on the Swedish SJ class Rc and the prototype was a matter of fact the SJ Rc4 1166 that made a "guest appearance" with Amtrak in 1976-1977 as the X995. Once back in Sweden it had stainless steel plates telling about it on the outside of the cabs. From what I've learned they were stolen and even later when being re-painted in SJ's blue livery all signs of the USA visit have been removed.
I have a vague memory of having taken a photo of the commemorative sign on Rc4 1166 when it was still in the orange livery, but being a slide, I really don't know where it is. (To scan my slides and make a more easily searched digital archive is on my "to do list").
Edit on November 15th:
I found my slides. They were shot on July 5th, 1980 at the SJ loko depot in Gothenburg. First a picture of SJ Rc4 1166 with a yellow ring showing where the commemorative sign was located:
and then the sign itself:
It reads:
Detta elektrolok litt Rc4 nr 1166
var utlånat till Amtrack i USA under
tiden augusti 1976 - april 1977.
Med litt X995 gick loket i reguljär
trafik mellan New York och Washington
och kördes med upp till sth 200 km/h.
(NB sth = största tillåtna hastiget = maximum allowed speed)
And a quick translation:
This electric locomotive class Rc4 No 1166
was lent to Amtrack in the U.S. during
the time August 1976 - April 1977.
As class X995 the locomotive went in regular
traffic between New York and Washington
and ran up to maximum allowed speed of 200 km/h.
Edited by user 15 November 2011 12:16:13(UTC)
| Reason: Typing error and adding pictures
