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Great!Just great!After all that work to get the side rods into place the weld on the part that connects the two engines came apart... I'll be able to epoxy or glue it back on,but now I have to get the rods back into the cylinders:(.Any suggestions on what to use for that? Chris

Thanks Josh!I really think it's the best engine I could ever want or need. I was finally able to get the two engines together,but what a pain in the bum it was getting the side rods to go back into the cylinder.I NEVER want to have to do that again! Chris

Thank you for the compliment Wayne,but without the great PM you sent that made it sound so uncomplicated I wouldn't have had the courage to do what I did to an not easily replaced and very expensive engine.I took it apart in steps and put the parts from each step in their own seperate baggies to...

More progress..... Looks like it is the little piece of tubing,when I twist it by hand the gears inside the gear boxes move smoothly.The tubing was barely connected to the motor and eventually came off the motor hence the "clunking" then "whirring" of the motor running unconnected to the...

Wayne, Here are a couple pics of the gears,let me know what you think if you don't mind. Ah great!Both of the other halves of the gear covers have fallen into the boiler!Looks like I have no choice but to open 'er up now! And both gears move freely now also. Chris

Well,after talking to some people chances are that either the drive line needs to replaced or the gears are seized up.Anybody on The Gauge qualified for such repairs? Chris

Wayne, I mentioned in my last post that I was going to give them a call to make sure there are no "surprises".I will also ask them if they are qualified to do the repair and if they will guarantee their work,I don't want any problems with this engine.I was finally able to afford one and they're...

I'm keeping an eye on this,I can't wait to see the finished product! Chris

Heck of an roster addition Josh!I know a few of those engines look very familiar to me:). Chris

Here's what happened when I tested it earlier today.The motor would rev up,stop,rev up again and with a little push would move a small amount,but very noisily and clunky.After doing this a couple times I couldn't get it to move anymore,but the motor runs great with a nice continuous whirring...

Thanks Kevin,but I didn't post the pictures to make anybody feel bad about what they do or don't have.I'm just excited for myself because I've always wanted and now I finally do.Besides,minus the Yellowstone your collection stacks up nicely to mine and you have to remember I'm quite a bit older...

I'm actually sending it out to be professionly painted and converted to DCC so I'm sure they'll know what to do.As tetters mentioned in his post,there is no way I'm doing anything with this engine on my own. The motor is fine,it just won't move now and I think what Gary said in his post makes a...

Thanks guys! I'm disappointed in how it runs,when I give it juice the Can Motor "whirs",but it barely moves and when it does it is very "clunky".This is my first brass engine so I'm hoping this is the case with brass engines that have sat for a long period of time and need a good cleaning and...

Well,I finally got my hands on an DM&IR Yellowstone.It was made by Samhongsa of Korea and imported by Westside Models and is it a beauty.It has great detail,not quite as good as the one Samhongsa did for PSC,but pretty darn close.It also comes with a DM&IR "G" Class Caboose which is pretty...

Yeah I goofed,I hear Lionel and I automatically think O-Scale.Their HO stuff is pretty much junk anyways. Chris

I believe it would go like this... Toys & Hobbies-Model Trains-OScale-Lionel Chris

I believe the word you're looking for is "fictitious" Kevin. Cool little scene,thank goodness no one was hurt. Chris

I had an NP ES44DC,great detail and pretty good sound.I paid $200 for mine and it was worth it,much better detail then Kato and they run nicely. Chris

Unfortunantly you'll be watching CN trains and not DM&IR ones:cry:.Two harbors is a great place to go and so is Biwabik-Keewatin,but you should also try to get to their Steelton yard.It has a fair amount of traffic and you'll see everything,I've seen photos of UP,NS,CSX and BNSF units coming and...

I don't like it either,but at least I have my memories of seeing them work on Ore Dock 6 and doing switch work at the downtown BNSF yard and Missabe Junction. Chris