Cleveland Model & Supply 4-6-0: Chicago Great Western (CGW)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
Cleveland Model & Supply
Prototype Info
Category:
4-6-0
Road Name:
Chicago Great Western (CGW)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
1937
Product Type:
Die-cast, Wood, Cardboard Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Magazine Article:
3/16 "S"cale Railroading, Feb 1992
Online Article:
Notes:
These early kits were composed of wood turnings for the boiler, and embossed card stock for the cab and tender. The 1937 kits did not come with a motor, but starting in 1938 they came with a Bowser (brand-new company at the time) motor. The tender trucks are C-D trucks of metal castings with turned-steel wheels for electrical pickup. The tender itself is a wood box with an embossed paper wrapper glued around it.
(image copyright © Ed Kirstatter; used by permission)
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(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)
(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)
(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)
(image copyright © Rich Gajnak; used by permission)
A video about this rare collector's item. Not only that, Leonard Williams actually has it running on some test track.