railway eagle good or bad ??

**davekj** · 02-09-2010, 03:50 AM

Hi all ,
Well I have a railway eagle I would like your opinions of . It is 23 3/4" X 13 3/8" . The postes are unfinished , and it is marked " SP LOK 600 GAL- Mg Si " and " LOK RZA5 BERL " Please look at the pictures .
Thank You Dave !!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 02-09-2010 03:50 AM

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**K.Lindblom** · 02-10-2010, 03:23 AM

No brainer there. Its good

**davekj** · 02-10-2010, 03:41 AM

Thank You !!!
Dave

**Walkwolf** · 02-10-2010, 04:51 AM

That is a GORGEOUS looking eagle !
Such detail !................

Regards,

Steve.

**drdata** · 02-10-2010, 05:58 AM

does look nice. Curious about the studs. An unfinished example? Perhaps for mouint on a building? I have a damaged with simimilar.

Regards

**davekj** · 02-10-2010, 02:08 PM

Thank You for the comments . I believe the studs just have not been finished from when it was cast . They have to put a taper on them so they will release from the mold .
Dave

**Panzer 3** · 02-10-2010, 02:42 PM

Hi dave,
What a lovely looking eagle, and the detail is very good, i would like to get one for the collection. thanks for showing in such detail
you have help my project,
Regards Dave.

**drdata** · 02-10-2010, 09:21 PM

by davekj

Thank You for the comments . I believe the studs just have not been finished from when it was cast . They have to put a taper on them so they will release from the mold .
Dave

Thanks.

Mine are not so tapered. IMO, do not need a taper to remove, just no negatives/undercuts. You can pull a perfectly round cylinder from a mold no problem.

The going theory on mine is removed from a damaged factory and never actually mounted. Not saying yours is bad, but is odd there are so many unfinished ones about. I mean, I can see them being finished and never deployed, but odd never finished as this would only take a few minutes at the factory.

Also, interested in the history of mounting at the job site. I'd normally think there was a standardized bolt pattern such that the rail car could be pre-drilled and the eagle later mounted. Yet, there are different stud positions on good ones, and different sizes.

Was this something that was custom fit for each rail mounting?

Regards