Details: I'm in the process of rebuilding a brass model (H-O). A vintage piece, still had the Pittman motor and Bakelite pinion. Kept the motor, all it needed was tuning up. Hobbed a pinion last night. No Bakelite in the shop, I had to use Micarta... Lapped it with the worm; looks like crap but runs smooth.
The piece was accompanied by a poorly built tender, scratched from the look of it. Tender is obviously not original to the model. I had to make several parts to get it usable. Just finished the third iteration of the same piece, a different mistake every time.
.....Break time.....
Drivers measure 0.920 over the tread, with deep flanges. Not toy train deep but twice RP-25 contour. That's 80" in H-O and the usual practice was to go undersized so the flanges don't look so bad. That's where the 84" came from. Too recent and too big for what I model, but I enjoy the rebuild work, and it has me curious whence it came. Very well made; but I'm not 100% sure the boiler matches the frame. Machined from solid bar, not laid up from flat stock, but otherwise the locomotive appears commercial. Several details attached with #00-90 screws.(0.046")
The reason I am asking, I recall seeing photos of such a locomotive long ago. Ugly as sin when I first laid it out on the bench, with the fat boiler and Vandy tender; but sorta growing on me as I work on it. Like to find out more. Though to ask around, see what references I could find. Perhaps paint it and letter with the correct name and number series. Only a model but I can take a photo of it if you want. HudsonTelCom
