File:FredBohn 999 IBLSMeet1972.jpg

Marty Knox wrote: That's Fred Bohn with his 1 1/2" scale 7 1/4" gauge NYC 999 at the Brotherhood meet in 1972. This was hosted by the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers in Southwick, Massachusetts. Derbies or Bowlers were common headgear worn by locomotive engineers in this country in the 1890's. From http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=60418