Southern Pacific Steam 2020
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I would be up for a few more photos from others - surely somebody has a Sunset, Key, MTH, or Lionel GS model? Please?
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Re: Southern Pacific Steam 2020
bob turner wrote:I would be up for a few more photos from others - surely somebody has a Sunset, Key, MTH, or Lionel GS model? Please?
Not I.
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That is not, apparently, true over on OGR - I got several responses. So, to finish this up, I need Atlantics, the 4-8-0, and the 4-4-0. Maybe a mogul or two. But for now, here is an unfinished Harriman - freelance to the extent that T-31s never had square counterweights and spoked pilot wheels. Needs checking, bead-blast, and paint/decals. Obviously.
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Like the lines and look of that one, Bob.
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Yep.
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Bob, have you ever built a M-6? #1744 is the only live SP steam I've ever experienced in person.
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No, but it is in my long range plans. I did pull the throttle on the "Oklahoma!" M-4. My brother, younger and cuter at the time, got to drive it back and forth. I have a couple Mogul photos, next.
I agree with Martin - the T31 ten wheelers have very nice lines. Making that boiler is no joke - probably the most difficult tapers I have ever attempted.
I agree with Martin - the T31 ten wheelers have very nice lines. Making that boiler is no joke - probably the most difficult tapers I have ever attempted.
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Max Gray - close to the M-6, I guess:
Mine is closer to an M-4, although admittedly it is a bit freelance, and not finished:
Mine is closer to an M-4, although admittedly it is a bit freelance, and not finished:
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That's a very nice model.
I got to ride behind and chase #1744 when Iowa Pacific (RIP) was using it to pull 4-car passenger trains over Veta Pass and its 3% westbound grade.... that was not a nice thing to do to a mogul, but it was spectacular to witness.
I got to ride behind and chase #1744 when Iowa Pacific (RIP) was using it to pull 4-car passenger trains over Veta Pass and its 3% westbound grade.... that was not a nice thing to do to a mogul, but it was spectacular to witness.
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Nice stuff, Bob.
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1744 was for years the Heeber Creeper. LTC Joe Dale Morris, the original sparkplug for the Austin Steam Train, spearheaded an overhaul for some tourist line in Louisiana - then it went to Colorado. In spite of having the world's most ungainly Vanderbilt tender, I hope it is being cared for and out of the elements.
Shift gears to Atlantics: I never cared for two axle steam until recently. I now have seemingly stacks of them - five Atlantics, a 17/64 "Mantua Shifter," and a PRR T1 (technically four axles, but it looks a lot like a pair of two axle engines).
The #3000 has cast iron drivers on one side, and the other side has insulated cast iron pipe salvaged from a plumbing job at my old employer and cut into driver tires. I have no idea why, but this little locomotive can pull anything I can hook to it. Does cast iron have fingers that dig into nickel silver rail, or what?
17/64 scale, Pittman/NWSL, Lobaugh drivers (84" pattern rough cast).
Shift gears to Atlantics: I never cared for two axle steam until recently. I now have seemingly stacks of them - five Atlantics, a 17/64 "Mantua Shifter," and a PRR T1 (technically four axles, but it looks a lot like a pair of two axle engines).
The #3000 has cast iron drivers on one side, and the other side has insulated cast iron pipe salvaged from a plumbing job at my old employer and cut into driver tires. I have no idea why, but this little locomotive can pull anything I can hook to it. Does cast iron have fingers that dig into nickel silver rail, or what?
17/64 scale, Pittman/NWSL, Lobaugh drivers (84" pattern rough cast).
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That one begs for a matching model with 100C tender and Daylight stripes!
Here's the A-3. This one is also 17/64. It was done as part of a magazine article. Of note: there are a lot of HCWT Lobaugh driver castings out there, in contrast to a dearth of LCWT. I do not recommend this, but in desperation, I took a jeweler's saw and converted the HCWT castings to what you see here. Again Pittman/NWSL.
Decals by Jim Wilhite (RIP). Available(?) from LaBelle.
Here's the A-3. This one is also 17/64. It was done as part of a magazine article. Of note: there are a lot of HCWT Lobaugh driver castings out there, in contrast to a dearth of LCWT. I do not recommend this, but in desperation, I took a jeweler's saw and converted the HCWT castings to what you see here. Again Pittman/NWSL.
Decals by Jim Wilhite (RIP). Available(?) from LaBelle.
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Re: Southern Pacific Steam 2020
Nice smaller engines, Bob!
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Re: Southern Pacific Steam 2020
bob turner wrote:1744 was for years the Heeber Creeper. LTC Joe Dale Morris, the original sparkplug for the Austin Steam Train, spearheaded an overhaul for some tourist line in Louisiana - then it went to Colorado. In spite of having the world's most ungainly Vanderbilt tender, I hope it is being cared for and out of the elements.
The Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA) purchased #1744 and has been moving it to Niles Canyon: SP #1744 Running Gear Arrives – 9.02.2020
I remember coming across a piece of iron pipe when I cleaned out my crawl space -- now I'm wondering how many driver tires I threw out when I recycled that pipe.bob turner wrote:The #3000 has cast iron drivers on one side, and the other side has insulated cast iron pipe salvaged from a plumbing job at my old employer and cut into driver tires.
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These are all fabulous Bob, evidently the smaller steam hits a certain "sweet spot" with a lot of us.
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