Joe Douglass

Bruce_Chandler · January 30, 2022, 9:37pm

VERY nice! Great work (as usual!)

WaverlySouthern · January 30, 2022, 9:44pm

Excellent work, Cliff. You’ve created a very realistic and prototypical engine. Momma should be pleased.

Cliff_Jennings · January 30, 2022, 9:46pm

Thanks much Dan, and she is!

And I’m happy, because now I can start on my main winter projects before spring actually hits, haha!

Rooster · January 30, 2022, 10:39pm

Cliff,
Excellent work as always!

Cliff_Jennings · January 31, 2022, 2:19am

Thanks much, Roostah!

JRad · January 31, 2022, 3:48am

Awesome work Cliff. The raised lettering came out great!

smcgill · January 31, 2022, 12:26pm

How does it run …we need to see it doing a lap on the layout !
Looks superb …

Cliff_Jennings · January 31, 2022, 2:28pm

Thanks Jon, glad you like the lettering.

Thanks Sean, it tested ok on a little test track, but I’ll have to wait till spring for the layout running (my other winter project has been overhauling controls, which ain’t hooked up at the moment). (And it’s cold out there!)

Pete_Lassen · January 31, 2022, 3:38pm

WOW!!! Cliff that turned out amazing.

PeterT · January 31, 2022, 7:34pm

Very nice work Cliff.

Ed_Mattison · January 31, 2022, 9:45pm

Wow! I am impressed.
I look at your work here and I see the Joe Douglass and I’ve been close enough to touch the real one.
I’m impressed. sorry I’m repeating myself

Good Job!

Type at you later…
Ed

Cliff_Jennings · January 31, 2022, 11:01pm

Thanks for all the kind remarks, Pete and Peter and Ed, and everyone else. Means a lot!!

Ed, so you know the Joe, that’s cool! This will be a big year for him (her?), with a new feasibility study underway this spring regarding rebuilding to working order.

AndyC · February 1, 2022, 1:00pm

Nice workmanship and a beautiful loco,

Cliff_Jennings · February 1, 2022, 3:03pm

Thanks very much Andy.

Devon_Sinsley · February 1, 2022, 3:06pm

Knocked it out of the park. What a great little loco.

Cliff_Jennings · February 1, 2022, 8:28pm

My sincere thanks, Devon!

Rooster · February 2, 2022, 12:42am

Ditch the brakes and never mind …Looks great Cliff!

10’ rule

Rooster · February 2, 2022, 12:43am

I don’t even like steam locomotives

JRad · February 2, 2022, 1:25am

Well yes, but I really like the entire loco too!

Cliff_Jennings · February 2, 2022, 8:58pm

Naah Rooster, you just need to get in touch with your inner smokebox.

But, great brake idea! That would get me away from their ongoing drama. Because oddly enough, there were brakes on the original, though they seem to have been liberated by the time the museum took over.

They were odd brakes, too: big bands that were apparently operated by a handwheel.

I left the LGB brakes on as a reminder of all this… and as a way to ignore it as well.

But you asked!