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A few more shots.

Here is the new "old time" box car. It is made from oak and available for $1500 R-T-R

Anthony's 3/16" injector will be perfect for that engine. We are also producing the box car out of oak. I had to switch foundries due to lack of return times. We are slowly getting inventory back up for all engines and also have some slick new 3D printed parts for the engines as well as other m...

I have always wanted to go there. My first invite was 22 years ago. Unfortunately Banning Locomotive Works does not have any fuel friendly locomotives to run. I thought of going as a vendor but having coal fired locomotives, we are prohibited to run. Maybe one of these days we will have an eco frien...

Great price, great deal. Basically the cost of the rough casting kit. A lot of the machine work is done.

The original crosshead pumps on the American were .1875" diameter rams, later they became .250" which added a little more displacement. I am currently building two of these engines and will find out if the larger bore was sufficient.

Interesting. The drawings from Baldwin call it a Drip Funnel. Maybe tundish is European.

Some updates. Installed drip funnel from Larry Fisher of Fisher Detail Foundry. Relocated the water glass to correct position and size.

The running boards are rough cut. Three boards are biscuit joined and glued together to make the one running board. They are cut from oak.

The cab deck boards are cut from oak. The rear braces/supports will be finished tomorrow when the material arrives.

I made the injector check yesterday. I attached some photos of the Sonoma for reference.

Kits for the Baldwin 8-18C will be available in 2018.