The Home Machinist!

Jack
Do you have any idea of cost yet?
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Thanks for all the info. The interior height of the stock car is only about 10 1/2 inches. Most horizontal tanks need at least 12 inches and I was hoping to not have to rebuild the car. I didn’t build it or I would have made it bigger to start. The 3lb vertical tanks are about 11 inches tall so only...

I have a Railroad Supply 4-4-0 that’s set up for propane. I have a stock car to hold the propane tanks but it’s not tall enough to hold a 20 lb tank. I was thinking of using four 3 lb vertical tanks as they would fit and daisy chaining them together. I was wondering how much propane an engine this s...

Height is my problem so I am thinking 4 smaller vertical tanks should fit easily and give me plenty of fuel for my small locomotive

A standard horizontal propane tank is a little too big for the car I want to use to haul it. Looking at putting several smaller tanks together. Has anyone tried this? Any issues
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Thanks for the info

I guess a better question would be can the roller bearing axle boxes be used with the existing truck frame or do you have to make the whole truck? I would rather just pay to have the new axle boxes machined if I could use the rest of the truck parts I have.
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Russ
Were the new axle boxes drop in replacements for the old ones? I found a completed pair of old style trucks but it might be worth it to upgrade one day.

Allen Models makes some nice archbar trucks but they need to be machined. I did find one pair RTR and bought them. If I want more I will have to find someone to machine them. And need to figure out how to add brakes

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I have looked there but they seem to only be offering the 2 1/2 and 3 3/4 scale stuff
I know they bought real trains but I haven’t found those products on their site. Am I missing them
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I wanted those but can’t seem to get availability from them. I suspect they are busy