Mikado thread

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby CMorrill » Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:39 pm

Jim, the squashed top outline has always been a give-away for a USRA loco for me. Compare the boiler taper and sand-dome on your loco with the SP mikes in Bob T's photos above. You might check on the T&P and MP as having similar appearing oil burner mikes.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby R.K. Maroon » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:44 pm

Thanks for the response, Charlie. I don't have a well calibrated eye for comparing steam locomotives, so let's put them side by side:

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While the general layout is similar, Bob's version is a long and lanky thing while mine is short and stout by comparison. One would think there is a better match out there somewhere. Both T&P and MoPac would be good choices for me. As it is, I just found a copy of MoPac Power by Joe Collias for a reasonable amount on-line, so I will start there. I don't have good reference books for either T&P or Rock Island but some of my fellow local modelers probably do. No hurry on this one, so I have plenty of time to nose around as see what I can find.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby CMorrill » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:44 pm

The MKT is another TX road using oil burning locos that might fit. I did look up the T&P and they did receive USRA mikes, but by the '40s they had been teepeed with headache feedwater heaters and funny stacks.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby Carey Williams » Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:07 pm

Hello Mikado fans

Here is an ad for the Lobaugh Mikado as offered in September 1938 Model Railroader
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Re: Mikado thread

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby R.K. Maroon » Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:40 pm

Hey -- double sand-domes, just like the ScaleCraft ATSF Mikado! But that's where the similarity ends:

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby ScaleCraft » Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:53 pm

R.K. Maroon wrote:Hey -- double sand-domes, just like the ScaleCraft ATSF Mikado! But that's where the similarity ends:

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Ha! Isn't she a sight?

But worth the effort to breathe life back into.
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Re: Mikado thread

Postby bob turner » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:16 pm

Yes. The Scale Craft boiler lacks taper (or at least the proper amount) and hence makes a better Mountain boiler. But I like doorstops, so my Mountain can double as a reduced-taper 2-10-2. Time for those photos you have seen before. I just have to light off the big computer and figure out how to use it with all those unwanted upgrades.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby J. S. Bach » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:44 pm

R.K. Maroon wrote:Hey -- double sand-domes, just like the ScaleCraft ATSF Mikado! But that's where the similarity ends Ha! Isn't she a sight?

One could make a decent Berk out of that, too.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby bob turner » Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:27 am

I suppose. John Dill was in the process . . . too much work.

Here you go:

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The Mikado. I do not care for the Scale Craft tender, so it has this, and one of those stubby things off the older Mallets, with Pullman trucks.

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This one can be a Mountain or a Santa Fe, with only three screws. No photo of it on the Mountain Mech.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby bob turner » Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:30 am

Captions are backwards. Not gonna edit.

Here is the venerable Williams Mike. I thought it was way undersize until I measured it against the Overland version. These things are not bad for the price, which currently is around $250. I would sell it in a heartbeat for $350.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby Carey Williams » Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:52 am

Hello here we have Walthers/ Crestline Mikado from December 1937
Any examples of this engine out there ?
Eric beautiful photo your magic touch with the smoke
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Re: Mikado thread

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:01 am

bob turner wrote:..... the venerable Williams Mike.


That looks rather good. What all did you do to it, if anything?
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Re: Mikado thread

Postby bob turner » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:27 am

I think I let the Museum run it for a month, and surely it has several years' dust and fly specks on it. Otherwise stock, with original box. Unlike some Williams, this is a smooth runner.

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Re: Mikado thread

Postby Seaboard Air Line Fan » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:34 am

bob turner wrote:Here is the venerable Williams Mike.


I bought 2 just like the one BobT posted, first one came to $180 delivered, second was $250.

Really like these old Williams brass engines. The first one was converted into a Seaboard class Q3:

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Second one I believe was unaltered, other than the paint, into a Seaboard class Q1:

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Here's a photo of Ron Dettmer's (scratchbuilt I think) SAL class Q3:

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I also have 2 Williams brass USRA Pacifics, one painted for an ACL passenger engine and the other painted for ACL freight. My 5th Williams brass is a N&W class J (most expensive of the 5 at $475).

Ebay prices for these Williams brass engines are all over the place.

Of course, all mine are 3-rail wheels converted to 2-rail BPRC :wink:
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