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WANTED Blueprints for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:27 pm
by Painter590
I'm a newbie to this hobbies and I bought a live steam locomotive minus the boiler. The previous owners I was told ran it low.
Gene 618-five 8 0 - seven five 25.
I need a couple of pages from the original blueprints. Pages 12-13-14.
I have these pages but they are unreadable.
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:05 pm
by drgsw464
ridge locomotive works, Marty Knox
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 4:08 pm
by SteveM
drgsw464 wrote:ridge locomotive works, Marty Knox
http://www.ridgeboiler.com/
Steve
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:47 pm
by Painter590
$3,600. I'm new to this hobby. Is this the going rate. Wow.
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:15 pm
by FLtenwheeler
That sounds like a fair price. Boilers are one of the most expressive items on a locomotive.
Tim
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:52 am
by Painter590
Does anyone one have the dimensions and or drawings of the boiler that I need to have made.
genebuff@ charter. net
I spaced my email out. To help stop spam from unwanted computers.
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:16 pm
by Brian Tusin
Painter590 wrote:I'm a newbie to this hobbies and I bought a live steam locomotive minus the boiler. The previous owners I was told ran it low.
Gene 618-five 8 0 - seven five 25.
Corrected my phone #
Gene,
You can not go wrong with a boiler from Marty Knox. He is a great guy to deal with and you get what you pay for with him. When you get a boiler from him you know it will be done right the first time and be a real quality piece.
Brian
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:06 pm
by Painter590
Thank you to every one. I found a set of blue prints for this mercer 0-4-0.
But pages 12-14 are pretty much unreadable.
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:14 pm
by Andypullen
Painter590 wrote:Thank you to every one. I found a set of blue prints for this mercer 0-4-0.
But the prints are for a copper boiler. I have those same prints.
Go with the Ridge boiler. You will be happy with it.
Andy Pullen
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:34 am
by Painter590
Yes I understand the original blue prints are for a copper boiler. But at least now that I have the prints I can correctly refer to the parts by there correct names. I can also see part A goes with part B.
Re: WANTED Boiler for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:15 am
by PRR5406
That Camelback is a delightful locomotive. If it's your first live steamer, you've picked a beauty. If you decide to part with the chassis you have, expense or whatever, I know someone who will purchase it as is, where is. If you go ahead, the boiler advice you've received above is spot on.
Re: WANTED Blueprints for Mercer 0-4-0 camel Back
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:28 pm
by Painter590
Here is why I need some better blue prints. Can't read most of the writing.