Re: RGS 36 repliica

CVR220 Wrote:
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> Has anyone ever considered parting out one of the
> myriad of rusting saddletankers (or those rebuilt
> to 2-4-0's) for such locomotive replicas? It
> would seem the difficult-to-cast cylinders and
> saddle, axles, eccentrics, many small parts and
> perhaps even parts of the boiler and firebox might
> be usable. For the D&RG, the smaller,
> straight-boilered 42 1/2 class would probably be
> easier to re-create than the 42's. The same idea
> could apply to standard-gauge replicas also.


Sort of the same thing was done here. This was once a compressed air mine locomotive.

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Bruce



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/2016 02:46PM by bcp.