CB&Q O-5 4-8-4 by United/Toby for Pacific Fast Mail - Number 10 of 25 Made in 1958 - Brass Model Trains

This is a very rare PFM Crown model in HO scale. This represents one of only twenty five models made in the first run (1958). Made under the United Models name plate, the premier Japanese maker, Toby Models, made these semi-hand made models to extreme precision and high quality. For it's time, this was one of the top of the line models. Stamped #10 on the left side of the rear frame rail, this model has many features that the subsequent runs did not have (or, where in various stages of these features). Highly detailed cab interior for one. Other details which point to the run year is the hand built train control box mounted on the boiler, the absence of window sashes (all of the following runs had window sashes), a single generator (although two later runs had a single generator, this combination of details gives it away as the 1958 model.

 

Scale: HO

Category: Steam

Subcategory:

Road: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

Whyte: 4-8-4

Description: O-5 NORTHERN

Importer: Pacific Fast Mail (PFM)

Catalog: CROWN

MANUFACTURE

Builder: Toby

Year(s): 1958

Qty Made: 25

 

NOTES: UNPAINTED - SERIAL # ON LEFT REAR OF FRAME - GREEN BOX - NO WINDOW SASHES IN CAB - SINGLE GENERATOR - BUILT-UP ATC BOX ON TOP OF BOILER - UNITED PLATE ON RETAINER PLATE

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