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Any info on these heavy brass locomotive frames?

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Any info on these heavy brass locomotive frames?
Posted by philo426 on Saturday, February 25, 2023 11:23 PM

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Posted by philo426 on Saturday, February 25, 2023 11:24 PM

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Posted by Swiss-Colorado-Lines on Monday, February 27, 2023 9:28 AM

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.

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, February 27, 2023 12:07 PM

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.

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Posted by Swiss-Colorado-Lines on Monday, February 27, 2023 12:43 PM

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

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, February 27, 2023 8:28 PM

Could be.

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:10 PM

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.  

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:11 PM

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

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:13 PM

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

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:18 PM

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

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 5:33 PM

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. 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 6:02 PM

Here you go!

https://youtu.be/ZsXyeL8kGc0  

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 9:52 PM

Thanks !

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