I thought I would share my restored 1948, 726 Berkshire 2-8-4. I finished wiring this today, new light and about to start working on the 2426w tender tomorrow. I tried to link this photo direct to this post, but who knows what I'm doing wrong. Here is link for you to view on shutterly.com
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AZNHLJu4ZN2F7
I could use a little paint on this, but I am not going to touch it up. It looks great as it is!! I know one guy on here that will like the tubular track, so here you go!
Enjoy,..
Looks Great!
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
granpa wrote: I could use a little paint on this, but I am not going to touch it up. It looks great as it is!! I know one guy on here that will like the tubular track, so here you go!
while the engine is great, it is the tubular track which really accents it's beauty.
A 726 is just ne of the best engines ever in my opinion. Yours looks outstanding.
ps: Don't paint - 60 years of battle scars give it character.
Looks great!!!
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Doug, I'm jealous! Still looking for one of those for my layout. Enjoy your 726!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Thanks gents,..
I am surprised that after 45 years in the attic, this unit runs as though it is brand new, of course I replaced the following; brush plate, e-unit, brushes and springs, lamp lead and lamp assembly, hand rails, boiler front, side rod assemblies, collector insulator and terminal and a new set of ball bearings and thrust washers front and rear. I struggled a bit with an armature replacement, but used my original and it works very well. Also a little problem with worm gear alignment issues, meshing was good, but side to side end-play with axle and worm gear travel from left to right caused binding, in the forward direction. I will need to make a jig to shift this worm wheel more to the left. [I'm using a shim/spacer over the axle right now to keep end-play to a minimum. Right side]
BUCKEYE, thanks for adding the photo above. Adding photos here is my down fall, I find it easier to fix trains,...
ps,..I will be adding my own proto-sound system to this,. it will be a reel to reel tape recorder and my grandson making choo-choo sounds and whistles!!
What a beauty!! Great work. Do you have before and after shots?
ATSjer and to all, Here is a link to shuuterfly.com so you can view 15 pics of before, after, and during restoration. [There is a slideshow function on this site.]
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AZNHLJu4ZN2GE
Very nice! Thank you for sharing. Please post a pic of this beauty in action.
Regards,
John O
Well done Granpa!
I really liked to see your pictures of the restoration process. And it looks so good now.
Just one question: did you replace the rods or did you clean the corroded nickel and replated them? One of the photo's shows the original state of one of the rods and I wondered how you went about and made them shine again.
Greetings
Eggo
Frank53 wrote: granpa wrote: I could use a little paint on this, but I am not going to touch it up. It looks great as it is!! I know one guy on here that will like the tubular track, so here you go!ps: Don't paint - 60 years of battle scars give it character.
That's a beautiful piece! The wheels turned out especially well. I agree with Frank53...You won't want to slit your wrists the first time you bump it. I just refinished a 2338, and had a head-on (adjacent tracks too close, running in opposite directions) with my 1666 of my childhood, lots of grief for about a week, and then started running again with reckless abandon...
Kurt
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