Hi Bob -
This reminds me of the old man who had an axe that had once belonged to George
Washington only the head had been replaced once and the handle had been
replaced twice - otherwise it was original.
How much fixing can a person do to a locomotive before it is a new locomotive?
Art
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Werre
,
On of our dear departed members, Fred Little rebuilt his Nord quite
extensively. I photographed it many years ago and Heimberger used it
for a cover of one of his soft covered books and the S gaugian published
in the early 80's.. Fred, likewise didn't like the tender and was
looking for something better but I do believe he kept the boiler and
most of the other parts. He reworked everything and added many extra
parts. I'm sure he replaced the motor and added PFM sound. The engine
ran like a Swiss watch. Please understand that Fred was a machinist
nearly without equal. Fred rarely painted his engines, because it
tended to hide all his fine work.
When Fred passed, one of his children chose that engine to keep because
it was his pride and joy!
Bob Werre
Richard Karnes wrote:
> Kenh Hough et al --
>
> The Nord 2-8-2 is a USRA light Mike. Good luck with it!
>
> The chassis is a work of art -- Very well designed and nicely sprung.
> The rest of the kit is just awful. And you'll have trouble with the
> drivers. They are gauged for the "old" NMRA track gauge, which is
> .008" narrower than the current standard, and the back-to-back
> dimension is too narrow to squeeze through NASG-standard guard-rail
> flangeways.
>
> And the drive train is terrible. The geared driver floats (is sprung),
> but the motor is rigidly mounted. Gears come out of mesh.
>
> I have a Nord that I've almost finished over the years. I ground off
> all the stuff on the boiler -- running boards, domes, stack -- and
> replaced them with S Scale Loco & Supply parts. Cab is scratchbuilt as
> is the tender. I milled off the closed bottom of the firebox and
> mounted a Pittman DC-91 motor on the frame rear. It drives the
> regeared driver via a Kemtron gearbox that floats with the driver axle.
>
>
> Dick Karnes
>
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