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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Class O-4
2-8-2 Mikado

Sunset Models w/Custom P:48 Conversion and Upgrades By Tom Mix

$2,895.00

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Class O-4 2-8-2 Mikado

Photographs - Available Upon Request

Prototype Description
CB&Q Class O-4 2-8-2 Mikado - USRA Heavy Mikado - Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works -  1919 - Radial Firebox - Walschaerts Valve Gear - 63 Inch Spoke Drivers - Boiler Tube Pilot
Elesco Feedwater Heater - Square Cab - Cross Compound Air Pump - Sunbeam Headlight
Rectangular Oil Bunker Tender w/4 Wheel Andrews Tender Trucks
Model Overview
CB&Q Class O-4 2-8-2 Mikado - Proto:48 - Sunset Models Brass Import - Modified and Upgraded by Master Craftsman Tom Mix - Oil Fired Version - Scratch Built Oil Tender
DCC and Sound Installed - Postwar Detailing - Modeled After Road No. 5506
Construction Features
Brass Construction - Commercial Brass Lost Wax Detail Castings - Scratch Built Cylinders
Modified Commercial Sprung Drivers - Scale Thickness Driver Counterweights - Scale Hex Nuts On Main and Side Rods - Hand Punched Rivet Detail - Cab and Backhead Detailing - Complete Elesco FWH Details and Piping - Running Boards w/Rivet Detail and Edge Strips
Modified USRA Andrews Tender Trucks - Tender Brake Detail - Scale Operating Couplers on Pilot and Tender
Finish
Custom Painted - Black Boiler - Graphite Smokebox - Oxide Red Cab Roof
Lettering - Graphics
Gold Lettering - Black & Red Burlington rectangular Herald - Road No. 5506
Mechanism
Canon Can Motor - Sunset Die Cast Gearbox
Electronics
MRC DCC and Sound Decoder - Operating Headlight
Research
Designed and Constructed Using CB&Q Drawings and Prototype Photographs
Model Condition
New - Test Run - Displayed
Box and Packaging
Not Applicable - Boxed and Packaged Appropriately
Model Summary
Later Prototype Detailing - Tom Mix’s First Proto48 Locomotive Project

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AT&SF Class Bx-6 Sectional Sheathed Box Car

RY Models

$575.00

AT&SF Class Bx-6 Sectional Sheathed Box Car

Model Overview - RY Models Brass Import - Catalog No. 21311539 - Sam Tech Models Korea - Factory Painted - Mint Condition
Photographs - Available Upon Request
Prototype Description - AT&SF Class Bx-6 Sectional Sheathed Box Car - A Follow-On Design to the 4000 Class BX-3 Sectional Sheathed Cars Built in 1923-1924.  A Derivative of the Original USRA Steel Framed Box Car Design, The BX-3 and BX-6 Classes Differed With Their Unique Double Sheathed Sectional Wood Sides - 1000 BX-6 Cars Were Built in 1925 by Pullman Standard - The BX-3 and BX-6 Cars Comprised a Substantial Portion of the AT&SF Box Car Fleet Until the 1940’s - Many Were Converted Into SK Series Stock Cars in the Late 1940’s - A Number of the Box Cars Lasted in Revenue Service Until the 1950’s
Model Condition - Mint - No Run Time
Model Features - 40 Ft. Sectional Sheathed Wood Box Car - Steel Underframe - 7/6 Corrugated Steel Youngstown Ends - 6 Ft. Corrugated Doors - Flexible Metal Sheathed Roof - Wood Roofwalk - Complete Underframe and Brake System Detail - Westinghouse AB Brake System - Vertical Brake Staff
Finish - Factory Painted - Freight Car Red Sides, Ends, Underframe, and Roofwalk - Black Roof and Trucks
Lettering - White Roman Lettering - Black and White AT&SF Herald - Road No. 120697 - BLT 3-25 - CY 4-49
Weathering - None
Trucks - Couplers - RYM Proto 48 50 Ton Vulcan Sprung Trucks w/Brake Rigging Detail - Metal Wheelsets - Scale Operating Couplers
Box and Packaging - Original Box - Original Foam - Original Packaging - Extra Parts Bag - Box Condition: B10
Model Summary - An Exceptional Model of a Unique AT&SF Prototype - One of RYM’s More Difficult to Find Models - Can be Converted to O Scale 5 Ft. Gauge By Replacing the Trucks

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ULTX Single Dome Frameless Tank Car

Pacific Fast Mail

$295.00

ULTX Single Dome Frameless Tank Car

Model Overview - Pacific Fast Mail Brass Import - Fujiyama Japan - Proto:48 - Converted From On3 “Gramps” Tank Car - By Master Craftsman Tom Mix, Capt., USMC, Ret. - Excellent Condition
Photographs - Available Upon Request
Prototype Description - Class V Frameless “Van Dyke” Design - 60,000 Lbs. Capacity - Riveted Tank - Single Dome - K Brake System - Arch Bar Trucks
Construction Features - Brass Construction - Lost Wax Detail Castings
Special Details - K Brakes - Full Underbody and Brake Detail - Prototypical Tank Mountings - Horizontal Brake Shaft
Finish - Custom Painted - Black
Lettering - Yellow Lettering - Road No. 58715
Trucks/Couplers - Brass Sprung Arch Bar Trucks - Steel Proto:48 Wheelsets - Kadee Couplers
Model Condition - Excellent - Some Run Time
Box and Packaging - No Original Box - Boxed and Packaged Appropriately
Model Summary - Prototypical Standard Gauge Tank Car Conversion