Static Loco on Display - 2
fence. I chose not to weather the fence in order to provide a
little contrast with the locomotive. I drilled holes in the base
between the rails and wired the engine and tender down to
make it a single portable unit.
I loaned the display to a local historical society for a year.
It is now used on the modular train club layout as part of a
museum scene where it always generates interesting conversa-
tions since it represents the Indiana Harbor Belt, a well-known
local railroad.
If you have any defective or dummy locomotives, cars, or
cabooses that are otherwise interesting, you may want to
2: A close up of the front of the locomotive. Notice how the
ballast is almost nonexistent and the heavy rust on the rails.
The locomotive displays a heavy coat of rust, the result of
years of neglect.
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MRH-Sep 2013
