Something for the specialist.....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-Scale-4-8-0- ... 0020.m2046

[Robert]

...about a quarter of a kit.

Robert

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...about a quarter of a kit.

Robert

I'm curious about that drive system!

[ScaleCraft]

Didn't we go through this a month or so ago? Half an artic....couldn't sell it, so broke it up into parts?

[bob turner]

I don't remember that. A link?
That looks like Max Gray with a Lobaugh gearbox. It might be an early attempt at dual motor power - they rally chopped up boilers and rear cylinders to gain the dubious advantage of separate motor control.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Didn't we go through this a month or so ago? Half an artic....couldn't sell it, so broke it up into parts?

I don't recall that one having both motors mounted and wired together on one half like this does.

[ScaleCraft]

I just remember something about half an artic.....maybe it was the other half?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I just remember something about half an artic.....maybe it was the other half?

Probably several halves of this one are lying about somewhere,

[E7]

I clicked on Rufus' Link to see the item. The auction had ended and the item had sold, and this is what popped up:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-New-Yor ... 2334399241

I always get a laugh out of their "We Found Something Similar!" results.

i have seen hundreds of these, maybe thousands, and never yet have I seen ANYTHING remotely SIMILAR to the item in the original auction!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I always get a laugh out of their "We Found Something Similar!" results.

Their decision making algorithm is in real need of some adjustment,