Lindsay actually went back to the early 1950's, primarily manufacturing a very small motor, smaller than the Pittman DC-60, whichwas the previously smallest DC motor available to model railroaders. They developed a TT B&O dockside and a small gas-mechanicalcritter and several repowering drives for other HO diesels, such as the Varney. Off the top of my head I think they also did a lost-waxset of parts for an HO NW-2, designed to use their proprietary drive (Bill Ryan of PFM started with John Allen slides and his first import,I think, was Lindsay NW-2 kits assembled in Japan). They were bought out by Kemtron by the late 1950's. Cascade drives use Lindsay HO gearboxes adapted with brass tubing and a fabricated drive tower using standard delrin chain. I owntwo Miller Alcos with Cascade drives--one with the premium lost-wax AAR sideframes (I think sold by G&W?--can't recall if anyone has mentioned who produced them for G&W), the other with LWS white-metal AAR sideframes from Jan Lorenzen's EMD switcherkit. I am trying to fit a set of Blunts to the latter (bought from Dick, as Railmaster won't sell them separately), one of those projectssitting on the back of the workbench. I also bought a complete Cascade repower kit for the AF PA/PB set, figuring that the drive componentswere worth what I paid for it, even if I never convert an AF set (and I probably won't, given what the shells seem to go for, and that Ireally have no use for passenger diesels).
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Dick: Could you possibly find out from Jon if he has any of the gearbox > parts left for the sunset/miller alco switcher conversion kit he made at one > time ? If he doesn't-do you know where he obtained them? I have been told > they were made by Lindsay HO in the late 50's or 60's and I have been told > that they were made by Kemtron. > I can't find a source for either of them. Has Jon sold off the business ? I > exchanged a few letters with him back in the early 1980's about purchasing > the business from him but I could not afford to do so at that time. > Bill Morris (Bristol S Gaugers) > > --- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <rnk2202@...> wrote: > > Jon Beveridge, owner of long-defunct Cascade Hobby Products, is indeed > > still around here. I can ask him if he has specific parts and etchings > > left, and if so he might be willing to deal, but probably only through me > > if at all. It's been a long time since he folded his tent. Jon used to > > have things like SDP-40s and SD-45s, as well as three-axle EMD sideframes, > > brass diesel detailing parts, and two-axle trucks for streamlined passenger > > cars. His etchings were done by Jan Lorenzen (deceased) of Locomotive > > Workshop. [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/
