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I find the open-frame motor runs quite hot in my 1st Shay. The second Shay doesn't run well enough yet (!) to be able to tell. I am building a Class B Climax with the NWSL kit and, even though the motor is totally exposed at the moment, it still gets quite hot. Jeff Law

Keystone/NWSL Shay I'd never thought of replacing the supplied universals, etc, with brass. Maybe I'll do that on the second unit that I'm building, now that I have a Clisby Lathe and Milling Machine! I wonder if I can make a crankshaft as well - hmmmmm!!! Now you've really got me...

Keystone/NWSL Shay Cylinders With my first Shay, I carefully drilled holes in the crankshaft and installed crankpins. Then I test-fitted the rods and discovered that there was very little of the rods to view anyway. So I removed my crankpins and left the rods static as suggested by the plans...

Keystone/NWSL Shay I guess there are 'good' and 'not so good' open-frame motors - so far mine seems very good. I'm surprised that the Shay needed more weight - mine are both quite heavy and the one that's finished has excellent traction. I like the idea of the Dunkirk - maybe I'll add it...

Keystone/NWSL Shay I've completed one of these Shays, and am working on a second which I'm building as a T-Boiler. In my experience, the open-frame motor is quite adequate. I ran my first Shay for all of a two-day show recently and it just got better and better. As to DCC, I've fitted...

Keystone/NWSL Shay I've completed one of these Shays, and am working on a second which I'm building as a T-Boiler. In my experience, the open-frame motor is quite adequate. I ran my first Shay for all of a two-day show recently and it just got better and better. As to DCC, I've fitted...