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Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:46 am
by cole7015
I have a Max Gray model with and Icken drive in it. Need help to know what the Numbers mean on
the Gear Box cover plate.
top row 24-1
Iecken
043
Bill
Re: Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:50 am
by Jay Criswell
Bill,
24:1 ratio
Made by Icken
Number 43 of XXXXX
Jay
Re: Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:11 pm
by cole7015
thanks Jay makes since now.
Bill
Re: Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:01 pm
by sarge
Bill;
A further note of perhaps some historical interest:
Many if not most conversions of Max locos by Fred were commisioned by the late Tony Ambrose. Chances are very good the loco was at one time his; a large and eclectic collection with little space given over to things that did not run to his standards, and he did run them. No shelf queens.
Re: Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:20 pm
by rrjjf
I have a Max Gray PRR J-1 that has an Icken drive. Much nicer than the original fabricate Max Gray gear box. I purchased this engine probably 30 years ago and it is still waiting for me to finish re-detailing the boiler. It is my understanding that the tender is about one scale foot shorter than it should be and that many years ago Ted Stepek cut one of these tenders in half side to side and added a 1/4 wide strip of brass to lengthen the tender! Wow! I can live with the original as it is.
Joe
Re: Icken Drive gear box cover plate info.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:06 pm
by bob turner
Aren't they welded tenders? Should be an easy task.