Railroad eagle - Good or bad???

[stang]

Dear fellow collectors,

Can you guys give me some kind of advice on this bird? Good or bad? I have been looking for a good one for years but there are way far too many fakes everywhere. Any input will be very much appreciated.

stang

[J. Wraith]

Does not get much more real than that.

[AndyC]

As far as i know this eagle looks good



Andy

[stang]

This bird is actually ON HOLD for me by the seller. Now, I believe that I can go ahead and buy it then. It's a bit expensive for me to go for. However, I think that is worth every penny that I am going to spend for an unissue bird in this condition. Thanks guys for your input.

stang

[CurtD]

How was this eagle attached? There is no threading on the studs.

[David Guist]

I noticed that to. Almost every original I have seen was threaded with the bolts cut off. Best regards.

[J. M. C.]

If you don't mind me asking what did the 24" bird cost?

[USA-Alex]

It looks like a unfinished example.
Comming off the cast mold, just before the finishing steps, which included the threading of the studs.?


Alex

[stang]

My 1st railraod eagle

This bird is around 23 3/4 inches wide and would cost me around $1650. I believe that it would be put on the driving cab of a WWII German locomotive. Right now, my next target would be a bigger bird that would be put on the tender of a locomotive (around 39 inches wide I believe). Thank you for the input of everybody and I really learn a lot on this kind of eagle that is completely new to me.

stang

[Weidman]

Dear Stang,

No offense, but I can not believe you are paying 1650 dollars for a railroad eagle you do not know to be real or not.

I believe there is at least one forum member who is an expert on railroad eagles. I believe he even wrote a reference book about it.

Regards,
Weidman

[David Guist]

Mayby JR will see it. He is the expert you are talking about .I think. I havent seen him post much lately though.Best regards.

[Blaise]

Dear Stang,

No offense, but I can not believe you are paying 1650 dollars for a railroad eagle you do not know to be real or not.

I believe there is at least one forum member who is an expert on railroad eagles. I believe he even wrote a reference book about it.

Regards,
Weidman

I've seen another one for $1950 but this site is a bit expensive. So I am not so surprised about the price...

[J. M. C.]

This bird is around 23 3/4 inches wide and would cost me around $1650. I believe that it would be put on the driving cab of a WWII German locomotive. Right now, my next target would be a bigger bird that would be put on the tender of a locomotive (around 39 inches wide I believe). Thank you for the input of everybody and I really learn a lot on this kind of eagle that is completely new to me.

stang

I think they come in 600mm (23 5/8"), 700mm (27 9/16"), and 900mm (35 7/16") I was just rounding to the nearest inch. Your probally thinking about the 900mm eagle. I don't think that I have seen a 39" bird.

Something to remember is that the lugs are a good thing to have for verification.

[JR.]

As mentioned here, the eagle shown is a 23 3/4 LOK with un-threaded lugs and is a period example of the most often seen RR eagles. We see many in this variety and must assume that the GI's got into a manufacturing facility that had several of these plaques in storage with out the threaded lugs.

[newton]

This was possibly liberated from the foundry, sems like there was another one posted on the forum not too long ago

Newton