Any info on these heavy brass locomotive frames?

[philo426]

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[philo426]

[Swiss-Colorado-Lines]

I'll make a guess:

 probably an unfinished locomotive kit. There were some 0 gauge loco kits back in the day...

  Sometimes the builder ran out of time, or lost interest, and eventually passed on...

 I have seen some partially finished kits at train shows. 
Or, it's an incomplete Scratch build. Most likely a kit, though.

Paul

[philo426]

Well that is very possible,I do know that the frame is machined not cast and some of the screws are beveled to match the profile.

[Swiss-Colorado-Lines]

I'm seeing two"Hudson " type, 4-6-4.

Paul

[philo426]

Could be.

[philo426]

Just for fun I added the motor from an old cordless drill and used one if it's nylon planetary gears to accept the drive shaft.  

[philo426]

Here is a YouTube video of it running (can Flint 76 please convert it to viewable form?  

[Flintlock76]

I can, but all I've got is the still image, no link that I can see.

[philo426]

Here it is!  https://youtu.be/ZsXyeL8kGc0

[philo426]

I had to shim the motor with plastic plates to set the gear lash so that the nylon gear does not get torn up by the brass motor gear. 

[Flintlock76]

Here you go!

https://youtu.be/ZsXyeL8kGc0  

[philo426]

Thanks !