I did more work last night. I drove the stanchions out of the pilot and used nail polish remover to remove the red paint from them. I will polish them asap. I also removed the headlight lens from the boilerfront and will soak it in peroxide to hopefully removing the yellowing.
Bryan,
When I spoke with the original owner (Gary), he said that the reason he shortened the boiler and removed the trailing truck was that the truck would derail in reverse. He did an amazing job with a hacksaw and epoxy. I really had to look to see where he made the cut. I pulled all of the usable parts from the shortened boiler and threw it away. I figured that there isn't any reason to have it around. I have the tender shell soaking right now in a strong detergent solution because I was too lazy to go out and get the Super Clean today.
Wow don't know why he shortened the boiler. Anyway I can't wait to see it finished it should look awesome.
Give me steam locomotives or give me DEATH!
Berkshire Junction, bringing fourth the cry of the Iron Horse since 1900.
Recently, I was able to get a very good deal on a 326. However, it has a lot of needs. The most noticeable issues are that the trailing truck is gone, and the previous owner used a hacksaw to shorten the boiler. He did a great job though. Two steps are gone from the tender, but I'll even that out. I have taken the engine and tender apart to see what else is needed. I have another boiler and trailing truck, so that isn't a problem. All of the castings will be stripped using Super Clean and repainted and relettered. Here are some pictures.
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