Gützold Br56 / TCDD 45035

Thanks Brian & Richard for the encouragement.

Our Gützold Br56 is one of the spoils of Dortmund. I had an eye on it for quite sometime.
What would you get if you squeeze a Br58 ( Rivarossi 58) from both sides? the answer is a 56.
This machine, actually a KPEV G8.2 was used extensively by the TCDD and anybody interested in its history can find more at:

http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/Steam/45001

Here she is :



Its fitted with a loksound decoder and runs very smoothly.

The plate numbers 45035 was done by herr Kuswa at:

http://www.kuswa.de/

I have met him personally at Dortmund and have to say he has made a lot of Turkish railroad modellers very happy indeed with his craftmanship on the plates.

This is my first ever steam loco weathering. I would really like to know your honest opinions. Here we go:











cheers

Baykal