Last Friday I ventured up to Loudoun County and one of our stops was at Hamilton. Thought you guys would enjoy a view of the real Wagon 5.

http://www.pbase.com/railfire/image/89425631

Jeff Hawkins

Location: Richmond, VA

Jeff,

Did you buy the replica? From what I saw on the proto photos on the C3 site, it lacked tremendous detail on the pump panel when compared to the photo of the real rig. Just was wondering if you could give a first hand assessment.

John

I bought the model because it is a Virginia Department. I just compared the model to the photos on the Hamilton web site and the panels on both sides of the model are fairly accurate to the real rig and nothing compared to the pre-production model. I would say that overall it is a fairly accurate model with just one or 2 nits, nothing major or detracting.