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Added some lines & some stripes & a few details this time. It's still the ugliest engine on the planet. That's the name on the side "DUE southern".
Damn Ugly Engine.
LOL-Started out from an old LL switcher running gear. Pcs. of plastic, cab off a semi, junk for detail parts, brass plow, brass A/C unit, beads, grommet & rattle can fire engine red. Guess that covers it. Took about 3 days to build.
Got another funky engine on the way in a cpl. days.
I'd say, that looks similar to some of the locos they use to push 'quench' cars* at coke ovens. Only difference is they're usually painted yellow.
* (A quench car is where the red-hot coke gets pushed into from the coke oven, then brought to an enclosure where it gets sprayed with water to cool it down.)