Malcolm H. Houck has been working on a couple of brass locomotive projects and sent a progress image of his NYO&W Class S 2-8-0 Double Cab. The railroad did not use the “Camelback” term for these locos.
The tender shell was formed from 0.010-inch brass sheet. A NWSL Riveter with a fence for positioning was used to impress the rivets. A new die was made from 01 oil hardening tool steel and finished with a bit of home alchemy heat treating. Malcolm snapped this shot to illustrate a temporary “lay-up” with the major locomotive parts at hand.
What’s on your workbench?
What’s on my workbench? A MESS!!!
Be nicer to see, if anyone knows, a blog or other source showing how to go about building a locomotive from scratch.
Here’s a presentation on building boilers with styrene.
https://youtu.be/vc09wVvuB_I
The late Gordon Odegard did a great series scratch building a Mike in MR a number of years ago…..Jerry Albin
Nice to see some steam modelling going on! I have some flat cars under way, but there is a steam project brewing too.