Ken Kraft F3 1949

[Carey Williams]

Hello all

EMD F3 sold by Ken Kraft brass castings by Adams & son, early 1949. Sales were minimal due to Atwater diecast F3 concurrent introduction and Lionel's F3 which reached full production by the end of year.
Please see link for video

https://youtu.be/E9Va6KLA_f8


Thanks to Bob for working on the engines ...
Unfortunately the prior owner modified the shells for Lionel chassis ... Cutting off everything below lip level ...pilot is exactly from an Atwater / GMC .
Drives are loud CLW's

Cheers Carey

[bob turner]

Maroon gave me a set of these - I really like them better than the All Nation version.



These now have a bit of black accent here and there - they may yet get a black stripe and become DRGW. My next set of doorstops will be WP Pumpkin.

I am going to move some of Carey's photos to here, with thanks to OGR for being a host.







Carey mentions that his were cut up to fit Lionel trucks. Mine had the pilot cut off, as you can see in the top photo - I have a temporary sheet brass pilot, soon to be replaced with a snow plow.

I have no idea why these old doorstops are so intriguing - but between a few of us we have driven the prices of these things straight up. One can now buy an inoperative and broken Scale Craft steamer for $900 on eBay. ( I note that my other hobby - airplanes - is seeing the same phenomenon. I paid 40 grand for a nice two place airplane with inverted systems in 2003, and two decades later they are selling for three times that.)

[Erik C Lindgren]

These are nice