Knott's Berry Farm Train #41 in 1:20.3 Live Steam

This is a quick video of my customized Accucraft C-19 Locomotive. It was manufactured to look like RGS #41 did in the 40's, but I wanted it to look the way it did at Knott's when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s. I copied the pilot, stack, oil lamp, and other details from postcards and available photos from the early 60s. If you're not a fan of Knott's, I'm sure you'll hate it!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Knott's
• Accucraft
• C-19
• live
• steam
• train

[tbmccoywesterndesign]

Thanks so much, beautiful work! In 1971-73 I fired, robbed and for a short time engineered both #40 and #41. I Now live in Wyoming.Nice to see so many people who love an earlier Knotts as I do. We are lucky to have known it back then.

[DirtyAbner]

@tbmccoywesterndesign I'm glad to hear from you. It's even possible you may have robbed me when I was 8 or 9! I also made a live steam model of the #1 Calico mine engine and am working on the wooden mine cars to go with it. I'll post a video whenever I get that finished. I've even collected drawings for "Old Betsy" hoping I can find a suitable chassis to start with. I still go back to Knotts every few years just to see how much of the original ghost town is left.

[pennyf9]

I like that! very accurate! did you scratchbuild the headlight and smokestack or did you buy them from Accucraft?

[DirtyAbner]

@pennyf9

Thanks, I had to work entirely from photographs I could find. The stack, headlight, and pilot are all built from scratch.

[pennyf9]

@DirtyAbner nice, sorry for not replying, did you paint it also? the scheme looks sharp and clean.

[DirtyAbner]

@pennyf9 Yep, paint was tricky because it looks different in every photo, and it changed a little every few years.

[TheDeputation]

dude i love this!!!!

[PHAEDRIDER]

very nice



[pennyf9]

@DirtyAbner That must have took you a while! it turned out nice!

[DirtyAbner]

Accucraft sells them for around $2700. A lot of money, but way cheaper than other live steam models out there.