engine shops
I have some old stuff in the engine shops right now. , One is a Bowser Atlantic that Tyler (gbwdude) picked up on e-bay. I am working on it in advance of acquiring it from him. I have cleaned up the commutator, and cleaned and lubed the gears. I have found a spring for the trailing truck, and have been studying the tender trucks. they were sprung with leaf springs that have collapsed. I am also going to add extra electrical pick up. I'm studying it for remotoring; which would be a shame, as the monster Pitman motor in it runs very well on DC, but it would be nice to get this thing operable on DCC, as it doesn't fit my Railroad's theme well.
Also in the photo is a Porter Mogul that belonged to my Mom. I think it is a Ken Kidder import, but we never had a box. Mom saw it at a hobby shop, and asked my dad to buy it for her; which he did. she asked me to make a display track for it, which I did, and it sat on her dresser by her jewelry box for many years I'm thinking Dad bought it for Mom somewhere near 1965.
Now it is on my work bench to get extra electrical pick ups. In the back ground is a Westside models horizontal boiler class A Climax, also on the work bench to get upgraded electrical pick ups, as is the Mantua 2-6-2, which Dave from out club picked up at a yard sale for $5.00. I have already put a can motor in it, and it runs very well via jumper wires. I need to get better electrical pick up on it and then try to find it a good decoder, possibly sound.