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Mark Harrison wrote:
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> Hi Kurt,
>
> You are refering to 4551 Austrian Federal Republic Locomotive which in
> the US is called the Crocodile engine (for some reason?).
It's a bit of a misnomer, but it looks a lot like the SWISS railways
loco which was nicknamed the Crocodile by the swiss, I guess because it
was green and because it had long snouts.
> It contained a
> number of unique pieces so building one from spares would be near to
> impossible.
Well, ALMOST unique pieces. :-) To build one, you'd need to get not one,
but TWO 4563s to get
the cab fronts and doors, and at least one Metroliner to get the
pantographs. I don't think there is any piece that is unique to that set
only.
Even given that Mark has cornered the market and is going to get a good
price, buying one from him will be cheaper than buying THOSE sets to
rebuild it. :-)
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| If one wanted to be anal about details, Lar, one would have to recognize that the cab front on the 4563 has a 2x4 notch in front to allow for the headlight cord to pass, whereas the 4551 does not, which would make them unique:) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Kurt, You are refering to 4551 Austrian Federal Republic Locomotive which in the US is called the Crocodile engine (for some reason?). I have scoured every toy store in Australia for these sort after engines and accummulated 17 of them which I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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