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Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:15 am
by ge_rik
I was going to say that this looked very much like a Peter Butler project and then noticed it was you who posted it.
I think you might have needed to wallpaper it rather than trying to paint that livery, Peter.

Rik

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:55 am
by Peter Butler
Somewhere I have seen a colour illustration of that loco, so in theory it might be possible to copy and print 'wallpaper'? I still think it is a step too far to build one, and besides that, my Viceroy has retired!

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:16 pm
by dudeface
GAP wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:27 pm Speaking tube,
Duh... :roll:

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:56 pm
by GAP
dudeface wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:16 pm
GAP wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:27 pm Speaking tube,
Duh... :roll:
Make/ask a silly statement/question expect a silly answer. Australian humour ;) ;)

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:44 pm
by rebelego
Peter Butler wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:19 pm This is the vehicle I have wanted to build more than any other for many years but always chickened out!...
This loco can be found at the Egyptian Railway Museum in Cairo.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3611/351 ... cde2_b.jpg

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsConten ... airo-.aspx

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:43 pm
by Peter Butler
Wonderful news that the loco survives today, I have read the article and will do more research on it now, so thank you for the information!
I still have doubts it will make an appearance in model form, but it is a definite maybe.

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:58 pm
by rebelego
Found some info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/comm ... iceroy_of/
Three of these distinctive 2-2-4 locomotives were built in the late 1850s and early 1860s by Robert Stephenson & Co in Newcastle, each with a luxurious saloon mounted behind the footplate. According to a contemporary issue of the Newcastle Courant, “The exterior of the train is decorated with arabesque designs of black, white and gold, in the first style of art, from the designs of Mr Digby Wyatt”. One of them, known as the Pasha's train, can be admired today in the railway museum in Cairo.

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:03 am
by philipy
On the subject of weird and wonderful Egyptian loco's, how about this one?
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I found it on this site: https://egyptiangeographic.com/en/news/show/478

Plus on this link is a coach to go with the very ornate Pasha's loco seen previously: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/super-br ... ran-tahoun

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:21 pm
by Peter Butler
There are some magnificent beasts there but finding a way to narrow gauge them to 2ft. might be a problem. Perhaps that's why I haven't tried before?

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:31 pm
by dudeface
I guess that's sort of a secondary boiler on the top?

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:38 pm
by Keith S
My guess is it's some kind of feedwater heater. If so, it's the biggest one I've ever seen.

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:52 am
by ge_rik
OK - This gives a whole different meaning to "Tank Locomotive"
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Rik

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:51 pm
by dudeface
Yeah........... except it's not real. Definitely photoshopped.

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:54 pm
by ge_rik
dudeface wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:51 pm Yeah........... except it's not real. Definitely photoshopped.
Interesting, I did wonder why the upper tracks weren't in evidence.

Rik

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:55 pm
by drewzero1
dudeface wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:51 pm Yeah........... except it's not real. Definitely photoshopped.
Not yet, anyways... I think I left those tank treads around here somewhere...

Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:42 pm
by Peter Butler
This one is definitely not photoshopped, therefore must be real...
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Re: Marc Horovitz is Wrong. (IMO)

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:57 pm
by dudeface
Of course you would Peter. :lol: :lol: :lol: