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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ICRR1964 235301, I was going to try and get you answer to you this morning but had to leave for the day, but I have an answer for you on the age of your 0-8-0, it was actually made in the late 1950's. This loco was made by Rivarossi for about 4 years, like 1958-1962 or so. They did not run really good either, I purchased one back in the 80's and tried like you to get new parts for it, bad news, there are none. Rivarossi made three veriations of the 0-8-0 yard got so to speak. The first is the one you have that was made from 1958-1962. You see one of these pop up on ebay, but not often, The tender chassis has a bad habbit of crumbling, the diecast would just crack and fall appart. They also made a 0-4-0 that had the same problem, but it was the steam chest that would start to crumble. I am not sure but some of the early Rivarossi diecast was really lead casting, not sure though. The loco you have was the first 0-8-0 produced and was nothing like the later ones that were made, in looks and running . The second design was a totally different and had the motor in the firebox with a attatched gear box to the front of the motor, which in turn went through a drive shaft to a worm gear, then to the drive gear on the wheels. This design worked well and ran really nice, even had good slow speed response, but the motor was a large left over sized motor from the older loco's like yours, they were a square looking type, 3 pole motors. It was made from 1969-1974 AHM/Rivarossi. The third is with the motor in the boiler with the shft pointing straight down with a worm gear attached and driving the main drive gear on the wheels. This had the round 3 pole motor, but still had problems with week motors. This loco had the same look as the 2nd one, it was made from 1974-1977AHM/Rivarossi. As stated as by other members it has very large flanges on the wheels, larger than normal. You can cut them down on a lathe or sanding, lathe works better though. As far as remotoring, you can get a motor and drive shaft set from NWSL and put a whole new system in it, use the old gearing though. It is going to be a expensive undertaking and allot of work. I know it has allot of value to you being your grandfsthers, but you have to make the call. Like I said you see one pop up on ebay from time to time, thats the easiest way to find parts. If it was my grandfathers, I would clean it up really nice and put it on display where I would see it every day so it reminded me of grandfather. Thats me though, hope I helped you with your question. Rivarissi does make a forth generation loco, that is the current design, it is an really nice loco that is detailed and runs perfect. [/quote] Wow, informative post. I believe I have the 69-74 version, it's a plastic body with the motor in the tender, driving a worm gear in the locomotive. Makes sense on the dates, he passed away in 70 so this was likely one of his last purchases. Great information, thanks.
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