I have a Locomotive Workshop SW-1 with a Cascade drive and G&W sprung brass AAR Switcher side frames. There's a photo of it in the Files section under Bob Nicholson
Bob Nicholson _______________________________________ --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > > Dear Pieter > I'd appreciate that. This is more curiosity than otherwise, a way of gaining > more perspective on what was available in S scale > before I got involved with it. I would assume the SW-1 was a LWS, since > that was the only previous one before the SHS, except > for brass imports? > > Another list member provided a step-by-step way to use my Bachmann EZ system, > and Ken Zieska in the PPSW group has offered > to reprogram either or both of my SHS 2-8-0's when I get up that way, but so > far I haven't had a strong inclination to get > around to either. Instead, I just pulled the DCC module from the tender and > installed the shorting plug from my previous mint > 2-8-0 (the next time I need to order something from Don, I shall see if I can > get another plug, as the second 2-8-0 came without > its box), and it runs fine. Since all of my other S scale locomotives are > straight DC, I am in no hurry to deal with it all, although > eventually, since I have the DCC module, I shall probably do something with > it. I see where Ed Sauers got someone to buy the > module from his basket-case one, even without the decoder, for $50, so I am > not undervaluing having it all on hand, even if I > don't use it in the near term. Can't complain, as the second one I stumbled > across cost me less than half of a new straight DC from > Don, even with having to order a few new parts and do some straightening and > reattaching and paint touch up. > VERY nice locomotive, but then the SHS switchers are, too. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > From: pieter_r...@... > > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:40:52 -0800 > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: AAR Switcher Trucks > > > > Hi Jace; > > > > I have a Cascade drive for an SW 1 at home which came with white metal > > trucks. I'll see if I can locate them and if they have those numbers. > > > > On another subject, did you resolve your problem with the 2-8-0 and DCC? > > > > Pieter > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:07 PM, JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, that would be the logical assumption, which is why I mentioned it as a > > possible way of identifying their origin. It seems to > > have been engraved in the molds (wouldn't have made much sense to stamp > > white-metal low-unit-value parts individually). > > Someone else agreed with my conjecture that they may have been from Jan > > Lorenzen's EMD kits, but so far no one has said > > for sure. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > From: darrell.ev.sm...@... > > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 02:35:39 +0000 > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: AAR Switcher Trucks > > > > most likely a part number.... > > > > Darrell S > > > > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@> wrote: > > > > > > I was just cleaning up the white-metal sideframes that came with my Miller > > Alco "Beveridge" (?) drive, although > > I hope to be replacing them with better ones before too long, and noticed > > there is #1454 stamped into the > > attaching plates on the inside of them. Does that help identify where they > > came from originally? > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
