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brass 4-4-0
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I added album to photos of this engine,This was found in a box of donated items at my old club.I have the opurtunity to get it but before I make an offer I would like to know more about it,going by the loose what appear to be unused parts,filed slots in running boards for separate boiler bands,it looks like it might be a well assembled kit which raises the question why it wasn't completed.I may be able to get it cheap depending on what it is and age the castings look like they could be old.Any ideas?
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Alan: I believe that it's a late 60's, early 70's import, perhaps one of the engines produced for the Golden Spike centennial. The capped stack, fluted sand dome and other features look very much like the UP #119. Both PFM and Balboa imported these. Price will largely depend on how much of it is there. Looks like somebody started to either modify or took it apart to paint. Cal Scale, now Bowser made several special lost wax castings for these engines which are still available. Other than that any missing parts will have to be scratch built. If the drivers are messed up, it will be a real problem to replace them. I'd also say that you can pretty much count on remotoring the thing and maybe also new gears to get it to run decent. Don't want to discourage you, because I'd be on it like a shot were I in your place, but initial cost should be very reasonable
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--- In yardbirdtrains@..., "Alan" <albyrno@...> wrote:
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John, ?Hoping to get it for $50 may have to go as high as $75 though,I bought a bunch of stuff from someone and he threw in $200 worth(at 1970 prices on packages) of detail parts,should get the locos and these sometime next week,probably find a whistle,bell and who knows what in these parts that I can use.I'm looking forward to assembling it,I'll get mechanism assembled and once that is operating to my satisfaction think about gearbox if it needs it looks like there are enough teeth on axle gear for decent gear ratio,some of the old balboas crawled,had 1 that you could count the armature bars in motor as it turned it was dangerous as it creeped so slow you wouldn't notice it was moving if throttle wasn't off completely. ?Alan |
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I identified loco as U.P. loco from balboa centenial set.
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I added spare tender photos to album In the box with this loco was a spare tender(very nice condition),the one for the jupiter(other loco in set)would be nice if there was a loco to go with it,have suspicion it got thrown away as being silver it was considered toy plastic loco despite detail,that is where the brass one was going until a friend of mine saw it knowing I could assemble it or use for parts,amazing how something is garbage until someone wants it and all of the sudden its a valueable item needing to be purchased(but thats a club political argument that could go on for months without resolution).I am wondering what the type truck with leaf spring on top of side frame is called.Now person who is getting rid of his collection that I got all the locos from came up with 50+ sets of central valley trucks,a bunch of tenshodo tender trucks and another shoebox full of mostly brass trucks he wants to get rid of,waiting on a price from him,I could go broke getting these good deals.He should put them on e-bay but he has to many of his affairs to settle to do this. Alan --- In yardbirdtrains@..., "Alan" <albyrno@...> wrote:
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Nathan Rich
You should tell him you'll list everything for a 10% cut + fees That's one way to do it =) Nathan On Mar 12, 2013 12:59 PM, "Alan" <albyrno@...> wrote: ?I identified loco as U.P. loco from balboa centenial set. |
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