Rainy day so I decided to take my Lionel 0-6-0 apart . I am going to attempt to make it look a little better. We will see. It runs good and it was free to me . So here we go.. I had a extra lil haulers cab so I wanted to see how it looks on it. I also am painting it black. It's one of the blue and burgundy ones .. I think I like the way it is going to look.
Jack, it's a good looking engine from the factory, but the drive sucked if it still has the out side gear system. You've made it look 20 years newer, nice job. I used the cab, smoke box and other parts to make my little "Rosy" tank engine. The cylinder and drive bar I used on my sawmill steam engine to power the belts.
Here is picture of and cab drawing of a Mason Bogie, kind of like an over sized Forney, Mason designed these powerful engines to work on narrow gauge and was able to negotiate tight curves by articulating the drivers and having them pivot. Mason engines should be "beautiful, a thing of beauty"
Yes I also use real wood, usually elm as we have a small 1 in the yard, but I don't think mine looks near as good as what you used, the bark is really great. Hope the drive works for you as that is now a very sweet looking engine, Bill
that's a 1600 turnout, wow
