from an even older oldie!! 
Here are a few pictures of some older locomotives, although the first two are old only in the sense that they were first released many years ago. I did the first two conversions quite a few years back for my son, who's no longer much interested in trains. He liked the look of NYC-style front ends, and CPR-style all-weather cabs, along with CP's paint scheme.
This first loco is a Tyco: it's been remotored and regeared, and runs smoothly and pulls great. Most of the detail parts are from Cal-Scale. The all-weather cab is scratchbuilt from styrene.
This Pacific is from Bowser. It's also been regeared and remotored with a can motor. Again, most details from Cal-Scale, with a scratchbuilt cab. We settled on the Tyco tender as the company standard.
This final loco is indeed an oldie: my Dad bought it for me in about 1957, and it was a used loco then. Originally, it was a NYC-style loco, made by John English. Many, many years ago, I altered it to represent an oil-burning CPR loco (which resulted in the original tender having its cast coal load filed flat - I still have it, although it's not much use in its present condition). In the mid-to-late-70's, I modified it again, to the form shown here.
The detail parts are mostly Cal-Scale again, although the cab is from Kemtron. The tender is scratchbuilt.
Once a few other loco rebuilds have been taken care of, this one will be going back in the shops for yet another reworking, which will include removal of the Elesco system, an all-new front end, the return of the steam dome to its proper location, and, probably, replacement of the cab. I have a new Bachmann USRA-style tender on hand, so the old one will be scrapped. (Those Central Valley trucks will end up under an as-yet-to-be-built wooden express car.) This is one of my few locos with a working headlight, which will be removed during the rebuild. Those class lights also work.
This side view better shows the recently installed, and as-yet-unpainted, pickup shoes between the drivers. The old girl still has her original open frame motor, and runs as smoothly as a pair of silk stockings. :thumb:
I hope that you've enjoyed this glimpse of some old standards from the earlier days of our hobby.
Wayne
Here are a few pictures of some older locomotives, although the first two are old only in the sense that they were first released many years ago. I did the first two conversions quite a few years back for my son, who's no longer much interested in trains. He liked the look of NYC-style front ends, and CPR-style all-weather cabs, along with CP's paint scheme.This first loco is a Tyco: it's been remotored and regeared, and runs smoothly and pulls great. Most of the detail parts are from Cal-Scale. The all-weather cab is scratchbuilt from styrene.
This Pacific is from Bowser. It's also been regeared and remotored with a can motor. Again, most details from Cal-Scale, with a scratchbuilt cab. We settled on the Tyco tender as the company standard.
This final loco is indeed an oldie: my Dad bought it for me in about 1957, and it was a used loco then. Originally, it was a NYC-style loco, made by John English. Many, many years ago, I altered it to represent an oil-burning CPR loco (which resulted in the original tender having its cast coal load filed flat - I still have it, although it's not much use in its present condition). In the mid-to-late-70's, I modified it again, to the form shown here.
The detail parts are mostly Cal-Scale again, although the cab is from Kemtron. The tender is scratchbuilt.
Once a few other loco rebuilds have been taken care of, this one will be going back in the shops for yet another reworking, which will include removal of the Elesco system, an all-new front end, the return of the steam dome to its proper location, and, probably, replacement of the cab. I have a new Bachmann USRA-style tender on hand, so the old one will be scrapped. (Those Central Valley trucks will end up under an as-yet-to-be-built wooden express car.) This is one of my few locos with a working headlight, which will be removed during the rebuild. Those class lights also work.
This side view better shows the recently installed, and as-yet-unpainted, pickup shoes between the drivers. The old girl still has her original open frame motor, and runs as smoothly as a pair of silk stockings. :thumb:
I hope that you've enjoyed this glimpse of some old standards from the earlier days of our hobby.
Wayne
. All three are very beautiful engines. Hard to believe that to want to rework the third one – it looks sooo good.
