HLW Mighty Mack Switcher

[SROC99]

I'm in the process of rebuilding two Hartland Mack switchers for future trade show demos. I'm replacing the frosted windows with clear plastic. Now being able to see the interior I'd like to make it look somewhat prototypical. I've just began to look for photos and drawings for these little switchers, however, in the mean time, does any one on this group know of any interior drawings or photos for the Mack switchers? Any help will be greatly appreciated and if you want to contact me off list my e-mail is [e-mail].

Sam Clarke
Kadee Quality Products

[dwbeckett]

You mite have better luck on the KITBASHING fourm

[bigswede073]

Have you contacted the folks at the Mack Museum.  Contact me a [e-mail] if you can't find the URL - I've got it at home.

Don

[SROC99]

Don,

Thanks, I wrote a letter to them two weks ago, but no response yet. I'm still hoping they come up with something soon. If you have a contact and e-mail address I'd appreciate it.

Sam Clarke

Kadee Quality Products

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

at our measeum we got a few indrestral switchers that are close want me to run down and grab some pics?

[Snoq. Pass RR]

S&G - True we have industral switchers, but we don't have any mack switchers.  So, there will be a difference in the interior, if that matters.

[GearDrivenSteam]

S&G, I would love some pictures, myself. I could use them for my scratchbuilt critters.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

I thought it might give a better concept of the interors and one can use modelers lisance to get what they need from them. Took the pics, now to get my computer to play nice with the internet.....

[SROC99]

   Regardless, if the switchers are not Macks we'd like some photos. Nothing has come up yet so I might be forced to build my own interior and any ideas I could get from other switchers will help. Thanks.

 

Sam Clarke

Kadee Quality Products

[GearDrivenSteam]

I forgot I had this. This is a MAck critter right down the road from us. You think it's interior might be similar?

[SROC99]

I finally received an e-mail from the Mack Truck museum. They do not have any information on the interior but a couple of photos that show the loco with the door open just enough to see a few details. They said it was a pretty sparce interior and the photo indicate that. They unfortunate do not have one of these Mack switchers in their collection but do have some photos and drigrams.

Sam Clarke   Kadee Quality Products

[RR Redneck]

Well that was nice of them.

[GearDrivenSteam]

Ok, I guess not.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

I got the pics but the cite I usta use wont reconise me anymore so any recomendations as to where to go to get em up? I apologise for the lateness.

[GearDrivenSteam]

Photobucket?

[Snoq. Pass RR]

No, he (and I use to) use imageshack.us.

[GearDrivenSteam]

I was suggesting photobucket. It has worked fine for me for quite some time now. ....oh, and my "I guess not" comment was not aimed toward you, it was aimed at myself. I had asked the question about the little Mack switcher I posted a pic of and as usual no one responded. I have detailed pics of the interior, but since no onw answered, I can only assume no one wants to see them.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Thats OK, I'm still tring to figger out how that was built so it didn't shake itself to pieces. I'll try photobucket, but thats a job for the morning.

[devils]

No interior picture but this is what I did with mine to detail it. It now has a simple control stand behind the bonnet at each end of the cab. Bit like a tram controller.

 

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Nice. Here are the pics hope they help.

http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/SandG_Rute/

[vsmith]

Patrick I hope you dont mind me posting your photos.

The control stand on the right side is the throttle, the stand on the left is the airbrake, the wheel in front of the brake stand is likely to set the handbrake. I suspect the lever in the front is a sanding lever for traction.

In this pic there are two levers next to the transmission casing, I suspect the larger one could be a manual transfer case shifter that would allow change in a high and low gearing range between the motor and the transmission, very common on direct mechanical driven critters (IOWs no electric traction motors) to give them a better heavy traction in lowing gear and a higher gear for normal running. Not sure about the second lever but its possible its a high-low gear shifter inside the tranny itself giving yet another gearing option. Seen a similar set-up in semi-trucks, but where trucks can have quite a few gears, I suspect this critter only had a 2 speed H-L transfer case, and a 2 speed H-L transmission. The red tank is the fuel tank. Could be wrong but thats what I'm seeing.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Sounds right to me. Soposidly the blue and yellow ones run. Most likely olny the Blue will ever be used becouse its a desal and the other is gas. When we open em up I'll check to see if you are right. I love the weathering on the safety equipment in the blue one.