C&O Greenbrier by Lobaugh

[Carey Williams]

Hello all
C&O #614 Greenbrier has been getting a lot of press ...with Ross Roland passing away last week and the moving of #614 to Strausburg for a rebuild.
Please see link for Greenbrier J3A by Lobaugh introduced in 1953 ...just as the real engines were being retired
Cheers Carey

https://youtu.be/JlhRooK8fzs

[up148]

Runs as smooth as a Swiss watch. Nice model.

[bob turner]

Re-run:

This one came from fragments rattling around the East Coast about 35 years ago. Boiler was partially an old sink tail, with the typical interior corrosion of such things. I think this is the one that Hal Sharkey had a complete mechanism for, and donated it to the cause.

I note a couple things - first, that giant C&O decal that both Carey's and mine has is not prototypical.
Second, Lobaugh used the FEF trailing truck and the CNW tender trucks. Fortunately, correct parts were available.
Third - and least important - there is an incomplete kit on eBay right now for just exactly what a complete kit or finished model would cost. I doubt one could find enough parts to finish, although they are out there somewhere.

Here you go: