This is the very first brass loco I ever owned.  NC&S^tL #954 is a very old PFM Frisco Russian, slightly re-detailed; with a can motor, constant lighting, synchronized exhaust sound and a scratch-built low-side tender appropriate for NC&S^tL class P-1-51 Russians. 

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Engine is posed at Wentworth Coal Dock on the now-dismantled club layout of the Greensboro, NC Carolina Midland Railroad in January, 2001.

The coaling tower and water tank are now in my possession and will be used on my layout at home.