On the lower left corner of page 74 of the May 2011 issue of MR, Micro-Mark has an ad which displays a loco that I can’t recognize. Can anyone tell me what it is?
Logically, I suppose I should email MM, but I thought I could get a much quicker and probably more accurate answer here. Thanks.
CNJ 840 is a 0-4-0T (tank) switcher whicha ppears to have spent much of its life in the Communipaw engine terminal, possibly as a shop switcher. Built 1907 by Baldwin. I doubt it ever got the Lady Liberty herald shown in the Micro-Mark ad but it’s possible.
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/cnj840s.jpg
–Randy
What a slick looking locomotive, a real beauty, don’t mind the “big boy” guys laughing, it has it’s own real character, love to have one.
Thank you, Mr. Rinker. That’s very interesting. I’ve never seen one before.
A lot of shop switchers and industrial locomotives are like that. My favorites are the ones with a small crane around the stack.
Duplicate post. Don’t know how it happened.
The small locomotoves all seem to have more character than the big guys; this is one of my favorites. A 2 foot gage industrial loco, one of 3 built for the mill by Baldwin in the 1880s, SD Warren #1 taken near the paper mill in Westbrook ME around 100 years ago.
SDW #2 is presently being restored to operation by the Boothbay Railway Village
CNJ #840 spent part of it’s life up at the CNJ Bronx Terminal.
See CNJ Bronx Terminal - photos are available at this page. There is a really nice shot of #840 and #1000, the new Ingersoll-Rand BoxCab, together in the Bronx. The #840 went to the Communipaw, NJ shops to spend the rest of her days moving locomotives around.
Gil, known as Bill somedays … [8D]
Randy -
Do you know if the 0-4-0T is an actual model sold by MicroMark or anyone else? I can’t find it in MM’s online catalog.
I’ve never seen that specific model - it could be brass, or perhaps it’s a scratchbuild or kitbash. The owner of Micro-Mark is quite handy that way, plus it shows off the use of the products they sell. Usually if the work is that of someone else there will be a blurb in the corner or inside the front cover giving credit for the modelwork. I don’t have that catalog so I can’t check.
–Randy
On page 10 of the same MR issue, May 2011, all is explained.
It is a CNJ 0-4-0T kitbashed by Alan Mende.
He won first place in MR’s 2009 locomotive kitbash contest.
Ah! Thanks.