610 at Chicago

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The 610 did not have the vents in the pilot in 1948.  I think these were added in the mid fifties.  Does the model 610 have these?  IF BLI modeled the J for the fifties then I believe they had the solid pilot wheels, not the spoked.

Stephen Rineair
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  Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:01 AM
  Subject: Re: 610 at Chicago


  With currently available models, it wouldn't be
  possible to replicate the Chicago scene without
  modifications.  Class J 610 would be OK as long as the
  steps on the pilot were changed to match the style in
  the photo. 

  The T1 would be another story.  The T1 in the photo is
  one of the as-built prototypes which were different
  from the BLI models.  The shrouding and skirting are
  more extensive.  The BLI model reflects the production
  lot of 50 after they were modified with much-reduced
  skirting.

  However, all is far from lost.  During the 1948 J/T1
  tests on N&W, 5511 was run from Roanoke to
  Christiansburg and later from Poe to Suffolk.  It also
  traveled from Columbus to the test sites over N&W's
  main line. By this time, 5511 had been modified to
  match the available models.  So it wouldn't be much of
  a stretch to have a J and T1 operating together based
  on that.

  Dave Stephenson



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