The Home Machinist!

Ryan:
Just sent you a message. Look forward to talking to you.

As to the lap seam, NJ allows them. I would prefer a proper fitting boiler though and one that could be used in any state.
J.R.

Looking at the topic I created covering my Herschell Spillman 4-4-0, I see that I have not provided an update in quite some time. A stumbling block had been the driver journal boxes which needed additional work to fit to the frame and which challenged my abilities on a mill just a bit. With no spare...

The Tiny Tim electric Cagney set did sell via the facebook market place posting and is back in NJ. An antique shop that focuses on antique amusement park, circus, and fair equipment and bought it and will no doubt list it for sale here at some point. You can find it at: https://www.obnoxiousantiques...

Mike, sent you a PM.
Thanks,
J.R.

Mike, thanks for commenting. I did look up your RR on facebook and found it to be quite impressive. Not sure what I plan to do with the trucks at this point. Maybe we need an east coast division of the 9” gauge community? I would like to see if I could locate the original locomotive that sat on thes...

I recently picked up some 9” gauge trucks. I generally have 15” gauge, and then some smaller live steam gauges, but they seemed too nice to pass up. If nothing else, the side frames could be used as a 15” gauge truck. But I do wonder who made them. The gear drive within each truck looks to be fairly...

John: My goal had been to be able to take it to other railroads, although the lap seam boiler may be an issue with such plans. Many thanks for the lead. Sounds like a great place to visit. Keith: Call it stubbornness, but the goal had always been to keep it 15” gauge with an eye on visiting other 15...

With a bit of a push from Glenn, I plan to get back to work on the old Hershell. In 2017 I got the pony truck back together and then things came to a grinding halt as other projects came along. Much of the spare time has been spent working on a full sized caboose and a couple of old Farmalls. The tr...

The tender pricing actually looks half decent, but in looking at the photos it sure looks like the bottom of the tank is wood. Seems rather old school, perhaps helps date when the locomotive was built. https://www.ebay.com/itm/TENDER-SHELL-CHASSIS-CNW-3-4-SCALE-3-5-GAUGE-ATLANTIC-LIVE-STEAM-LOCOMOTI...

I had asked him for a price for the whole package. He responded with $2800.

Glenn:
No idea who built it. No indications on it.
J.R.

I had looked at this little locomotive some years back when it up for sale by a local antique shop. Its unusual. Its quite small actually for its gauge, but the kicker is the tiny wheels and sharp edged square flanges. The wheels pass through openings in the body under the motor so regauging to 15” ...