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I put myself on the waitlist for this little live steam logging locomotive, called the Cricket.  The first picture shows one of the 4 or 5 ever built of the prototype locomotive as it existed in the 1890s, manufactured by Byers.  

  

This next picture shows the cricket as originally manufactured by Berkely Locomotive Works in 1900-1994 (130 units) and the last picture shows the model as it is currently being manufactured today.  I got #12 out of only 45 being built by Westminster Locomotive Works.

    

Here's my little beauty, and hard at work pulling my 12+lbs. work train consist.

 

These links to MyLargeScale.com show the particulars of this locomotive's history, both the prototype and the manufactured G-Scale models, plus my delivered Cricket. 

Cricket Acquisition

Cricket Update on the first delivery

And finally,  Cricket #12 delivers.