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The owner sent me two more pictures of the machine. Apparently it is chan drive. Tho I am surprised that he has to lift the loco on or off. Seems like if it had some bearings one could roll it on/off. 87992678_824825978021416_3253968606152622080_n.jpg 87395070_645828335976825_2607061203259752448_n.j...

Small areas Carb cleaner in a aerosol works well. You can get a syphon gun for an aircompressor if you wanted to spray it.
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I didnt want to hijack the CAD thread. Who out there offers a 5" or 6" spoked wheel. I will be looking to buy 12 wheels this summer (2020). I would like it with 6 or 8 spokes per wheel. These would be non driver type wheels. I do have a light duty antique lathe so casting is fine. The wheel casting ...

A local here in Maine has a trailer with a detachable coupler. It wasnt the styel where the coupler bolts to a plate. Instead the tongue had a diagonal dovetail that the tongue slipped into and a vertical grade 8 (5/8") bolt locked it all together. I just searched fofr an image and couldnt find it. ...

To any locomotive a sprocket or gear would be better as there will be too much wheel slip if encountering any type of grade other than a dead flat road.

I could do that indeed. It is why I posed the question here. To look for ideas. Thankyou.

I did some further reading about the creation some one did. It was created in Quebec. The blow out was not from heat. It was from overloading. Here are the pictures of some one esles design. 169483696_10206107771289058_2375654309586010112_n.jpg 68870430_10206107771449062_4006338583106420736_n.jpg 69...

I made the foolish mistake of not putting the plate that fits over the burners. The result was easy firing as long as it was stationary. As soon as the engine had to work it wouldnt maintain pressure as it would suck cold air past the burners.

It has been a while since I last posted. Pardon any double key strokes I miss in editing, my hands have tremors now (makes stickwelding fun!). So I saw on a friends page on FaceBook that some one had made a Clishay gocart. Alas it wasnt a very good job as the heat from the boiler would burn the driv...

This came to me by way of PRR406 email/ Third time's the charm! The Waterville City Council voted to sell Maine Central 470 to New England Steam Corporation this evening. I hesitate to say, "the good guys won", but this is the best chance to old locomotive has had in 60 years. We will be signing a c...

Hi, I am not a representative of them. Nor have they asked me to help. Yet I would like to get the word out about a locomotive we would like to see restored. Ok, I will confess, Maine needs to have a full size locomotive. The organization has 47 days left on its fundraising (according to the link). ...

Anyone know of castings available from Andy Ross?