Hi again -- Not that particular headlight, but Precision Scale might be a good place to check. I think Bob McCarthy has the old Tomalco line of parts and he might have something also. Photos of the real locos (SP A-3) show some of them with other headlights during their careers as they were modernized. If you are doing a particular loco, it would be worthwhile to check photos. If you are like me, and just want to have a loco that fits your roster, then almost anything will work. In looking at the photos of the real engines, one of the things missing from the model are the builders‘ plates. Most of them were Brooks engines which is an oval plate, but Baldwin also made a few. I figure that I will take some thin plastic and make an oval and glue it on (Bill Lane is having fits!) and paint it the same color as the smokebox, as the photos don’t show a different color and I wouldn’t be able to read the print if it were there. If you want to get crazy, there was a lot of plumbing behind the trailing axle – the photos printed on the paper page are too indistinct to tell what it all really is – that appear to be train heat and such related.
I only have the loco because I couldn’t sell it when I was a a dealer, even at a good price. Of course, now that I have worked on it, it is a good performer – nearly the equal of a River Raisin model – and has the character of a SLE&P loco. It still is not suitable for the location of my railroad with the grades (they were flatland locos!), but now that I have it set up, what the heck. It will pull a two car “tourist” train, or the executive business car. Have fun! Bill Winans --------------------------------- Thank you so much for the photos as they really show the detail parts that I will need to replace. I guess that I will be giving Fred another call to see what he has available. By chance, do you know whom might have that style of headlight? Keith Erhart
