Rusty, Jim told me that he used Nord drive mechanisms for the Mikes. I do not recall what he said about the Consolidations or the 0-6-0 types. The one ungainly looking Mallet is a model of a Chicago Great Western 2-6-6-2 built at the Oelwein, Iowa, shops. It was not considered successful, and the three locomotives were rebuilt into low-drivered Pacific types with 63" drivers. They usually ran between Oelwein and Kansas City during the Twenties and Thirties. Nice to see some of Jim's work. I had a chance to buy one of his Harriman Mikes but passed on it. Wish I hadn't.
Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Rusty [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Jim Konas's attic railroad It is hard to see but in the far side of the garden track is one of Ben Carpenter's REX docksides. The rest are all unknowns to me. Are a couple of them originally NORD products? I know Jim built TEXAN types using both sheet steel, (magnetic) and brass sheet (non-magentic) He was way ahead of the game when these photos were taken in the mid 1960's. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1289216486/pic/1507947714/view?picmode=large&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc James Rustermier ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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/
