A junkbox 0-6-0 now 2-6-0

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Mik

Steam tractors, good books, scratchbuilding models
It started with a set of Bug Mauler wheels donated by Shawn, and a New Old Stock Delton c-16 frame.
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Homemade rods from c-16 parts, K&S brass box, and a pair of B'mann Porter crossheads.
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Add a Bug Mauler smokebox that I got in trade, and a nice cheap chunk of plastic pipe make for a fat boiler.
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Total cash outlay so far $7........

Okay, I also got part of the story for this figured out, too. It was originally built as a heavy 2-6-0 by Baldwin in 1905, and bought by the AV for local (not express) passenger service. After the last regular passenger train ran in 1939, the AV found itself with several surplus Moguls - which were simply too small for use in drag freight service.

But three of them, this one (#10), it's twin sister(#9), and #12 had been recently totally rebuilt and were simply in too good of condition to scrap outright. The AV tried to sell them, but couldn't. So in 1940 they traded the other one in on a SG switcher, and then cut this one down into an 0-6-0 to replace the old 1889 switcher at Oil City, Pa and renumbering it as #4 - the engine it replaced......

Now, should I use the Big Hauler cab or the smaller c-16 one?
 
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Some more progress.....
Shortening the smokebox by about 3/8" made it look quite a bit different. Yes, the second dome is supposed to look like an afterthought, it was put on when the passenger mogul was cut down into a switcher.
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This Frisco 0-6-0, which started life as a ten wheeler, has similar odd spacing.
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Bell and siderods installed, plus first coat of color on the boiler
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Aaaand, This is Mr. Stanley Stinkem, the new Skonkworks mascot. He's a $2 necklace bead from Peru that my daughter got me for Christmas.
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Nice one Mik - the shortened smokebox definitely works. At the moment your loco looks nicely balanced and 3548 looks like the mogul with a truckectomy ! By the way, thanks for getting me interested in scrapbox modelling again.
 
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Well, I wasn't totally happy with this whole project. Partially because I don't really NEED a switcher. So it sat catching dust for a month or so.
If you stare at half finished projects long enough either you get sick of it and sell it, or revisit the whole premise. This one got revisited. I decided I could more easily find a use for another Mogul. - As a snowplow and MoW locomotive to replace 2-8-0 #5, since I sold it. I went looking and found a pic of a Porter mogul in my files.
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That one looked much more balanced than what I had built, So I pulled the generator off and shortened the thing by about 3/4". It's still HUGE, but I'm much happier with it
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And the tender shell is taking shape as well. That's the Delton c-16 one that I took the flare off for the 2-2-0, with more modern looking extensions.
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And, did I say plow? I probably should have said P-L-O-W. I ordered a replacement blade for the Aristo-Craft gondola thing, it should be here Monday or Tuesday.
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And, just so it can actually push snow, this one will be battery powered
 
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Plow arrived today, so I cut it up.
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And then used the chunks to reinforce it where the pilot would bear.
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While the glue was drying on that I cut the tender shell for the charging jack and on/off switch box.
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With the 'air tank' cover in place.
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Plow attached to the chassis, boiler mocked up... I think this might just work!
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Now that is turning into some beastie
 
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Somebody is probably going to say "about flipping time!", but I finally wired the tender for this thing today! Aaand.............. the 3800 mah battery packs are just a smidge too big to fit the way I wanted, so I'm going to have to rearrange things, or make the tender 3/8" taller.

I wired it so I could switch the batteries to parallel to charge, and then series to run using a simple dpdt switch. I also wired in another dpdt between the critter control and the motor leads, so I can change it over to track power if needed (IF I ever get the pickups installed) Del Tapparo's Basic Critter Control was a fairly easy installation. (Somebody anonymously donated a brand new one for this project! http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/DelTapparo/gscalegraphics_1_015.htm < Link To http://1stclass.mylargesc...calegraphics_1_015.htm ) The only un-positive comment I have about it is wiring 3-1 and 5-3 on the board to rotary switch is a little counter-intuitive since you also wire 2-2 and 4-4. It's just one of those "hey dummy, pay attention!" things.

The batteries are getting a conditioning cycle before I try hooking up the loco to see if the wheels go 'round. If all goes well, I guess I gotta fabricate a drawbar and finish the loco.

Once it's finished, it won't snow... right?
 
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Nice work Mik. I see that you have rescued some change from the bottom of the washing machine :rolf:
 
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Madman said:
Nice work Mik. I see that you have rescued some change from the bottom of the washing machine :rolf:
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Well, you see, I HAD a workbench, but after we 'cleaned up' the rest of the house, I can't get to it. (One of the many disadvantages of living in a tin box with no closets)
 
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