The Home Machinist!

In looking at the pictures....I think the tender tank is just sitting on a wooden base.

The seller appears a little optimistic with his prices. Add up all of the bits and for that price you could buy a running locomotive.

My advice is DON’T DO IT! That is an historic piece and the changes you make will be permanent. Aside from just pressing in the wheels, you have to press out the crank pins and make new ones and now your main rods will be contacting the crank pins farther out. Depending on the diameter of the crank ...

John;
I should have been clearer.....I was kidding about how long it was up for sale...a few hours.
It is a beautiful locomotive and the new owner will enjoy the locomotive as much as you must have enjoyed creating it!

Keith

Too bad you had to wait so long to sell your locomotive!


Keith

Marty....in your pictures is that a Bassett-Lowke George the Fifth?
Cool engine!

Keith

I once had a chat with Carl Purinton about rod clearances. He told me that on full sized steam locomotives, they ran best when completely worn out....but not quite.

Keith

If you do nothing....it will acquire a patina by itself in no time.

. The prototype most likely had steel handrails painted black . I have thought about using stainless and leaving them bright. What are your thoughts on this? Your opinions are most welcome. Jack First and foremost....it is YOUR locomotive so you should do whatever you think looks best. I have alway...

Bill. Look at my previous post, read once then repeat. Keith, if you punch up Richard Leonard's NYC web site, look at the 5243 and then the 5300. The Michigan Central engines actually had two styles of the flat baker frame. One we will call slab side and the other had an opening similar to the bake...

Steve....I see two different style long frame gears. But I have never seen a Hudson with a short frame baker gear.
Do you have a picture of one?

Short frame Baker gear