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~ MICH-CAL SHAY #2 - FACTORY PAINTED - PAGE #2 ~




Add some track and scenery and this could be a REAL LOCOMOTIVE! Which aptly demonstrates just how well it's Builder, BOO-RIM MODELS of Seoul, Korea has captured the "flavor" of the Mich-Cal # 2, doesn't it?

"A place for everything, and everything in its place..." Every Rivet, Every Pipe, Every Fitting, Every Nut, Every Bolt and Every Washer. All in their "places" by design. Not by accident! Which goes to show you that a careful study of the Prototype can pay of handsomely!

And it shouldn't surprise you to learn that these models RUN as magnificently as they LOOK! A three day "think tank" visit with the builder last month brought a meeting of minds that, "Engineer-to-Engineer", resulted in what you see here, plus what you will yet see when you get to set yours on the track! Our Pre-Production Samples of the Coal and Oil Fired Versions were run continuously for days on end. (Days and nights as a matter of fact!) The results? Nothing changed! (Well, maybe the gears got a little shinier to the eye...) Smooth, Powerful, yet virtually silent operation is the best way to describe how they ran!

And tractive effort? Well, we have seven somewhat battered freight cars that live on our test layout... ( Stuff that for one reason or another is unsaleable generally ends up there. Partially completed one-offs and the like...) Among these are five of our Injection Molded Plastic Cars built-up, plus an "0404" Brass Caboose and a Conoco Tank with bad trucks. (The latter won't roll down a 3.5 percent grade without help...) Yet each one of these little shays could PUSH this mongrel of a consist up our ruling 3.5% grade without so much as ever spinning a driver!

By comparison, with the exception of the #375, not one of the "C" Class Locos we tried, nor any of the Ten-Wheelers could accomplish the same feat! 'Guess old Ephraim Shay was onto something after all, eh?

As mentioned previously, the "Spark Arrestor" on the Production Models, as can be seen on this one, is made of Stainless Steel Wire Screen... SEE THROUGH Screen to boot!

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For a close look at a Wood Fired 16 Tonner, CLICK HERE...