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Taking my addiction to a whole new level

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#1

So recently I posted about my serious train addiction, but in the spirit of things I didn’t give up. I took to ebay in search of some new “medicine”, and I found a real pick me up. I put in an opening bid on this “cure”, but just knew the price of the prescription would be to high, but lo and behold, I was the only bidder! So as the doctor ordered I grabbed the truck and a trailer, and took a road trip to the back roads of St. Charles, Missouri to get my new medicine!

So my new project for summer visits, a Fairmont A4 Gang motorcar!! Seen here during the loading process, the brakes were stuck on the front, so we winched it up there, finally working them free part way onto the trailer

Even got my dad involved in the medicine pickup

And here it is out at the farm waiting for unloading tomorrow :slight_smile:

After a brief inspection, I found that thought the brake rigging is a little loose, the pads are almost brand new, and the wheels are at a depth of 3/8", exceeding the required 5/16" required for gang cars for NARCOA excursion runs. Now I will be searching for the Ford 2.3L 4 cylinder and a 4 speed tranny to drop in someday to match what it would have had from the factory. After a frame up rework and a motor drop in, it will mainly be cosmetic and a few little things to meet the NARCOA standards. I will remove what is left of a plywood cab that was put on at one point, and replace with the half wall and handrails this car would have had. More pics to follow once unloaded, stay tuned

#2

#3

FANTASTIC ! Working in “12in. to the Foot” Scale !

#4

Vic: maybe a 1:1 scale pizza layout may be in order (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)

#5

Um that’s a serious addiction

#6

Devon Sinsley said:
Um that’s a serious addiction

figured if I’m going to go big in the hobby, might as well go for it hahaha didn’t think i would win it for the opening bid, but now that I did I have something to keep me out of trouble, or maybe get me into more, not sure which hahaha

#7

I thought going big meant getting a big boy not going 1:1 but that looks fun. . . a blown 351 Cleveland might make it more fun and increase the get into trouble factor.

#8

So cool Aaron. Ebay is funny like that some times. Do you have any pictures of an original? This is going to be fun to watch.

#9

might it be, that you are more than just a little bit crazy?

i love that idea, go for it!!

#10

Aaron Loyet said:

Devon Sinsley said:
Um that’s a serious addiction

figured if I’m going to go big in the hobby, might as well go for it hahaha didn’t think i would win it for the opening bid, but now that I did I have something to keep me out of trouble, or maybe get me into more, not sure which hahaha

Worse comes to worse, you can always re-gauge it and run it on Andy’s layout. Sorta of a crew trolley to get operators out to the far reaches of no-mans land…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)

#11

Something like this?

or this?

#12

This is going to be interesting. With recently abandoned track now close to the area, you can check things pretty easily. Any clue, what railroad it was used on? St. Charles County could be MKT, N&W or CB&Q, if local.

#13

Devon Sinsley said:

I thought going big meant getting a big boy not going 1:1 but that looks fun. . . a blown 351 Cleveland might make it more fun and increase the get into trouble factor.

Hmmmm, I like your thinking(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif) though i think i may know how that would end (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)

#14

I don’t think there was any plywood in original construction. Wood planking and sheet metal would be construction standards. Used to be a guy by the name of Nick Pull that wrote most of the construction manuals for the Speeder Industry. He lived off of US51 just south of Bloomington/Normal and his signature was “Nick, just a little below Normal”.

Just searching for service manuals could be a great part of this addiction treatment and cure.

#15

David, pretty close. This one I think looked more like this

someone built a plywood cab at one point, which was quickly cut off at one point the way it looks.

Ric, still digging into that, hope to find which railroad it was used for before restoration so I can get the right paint (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)Now that the rail line just a mile away was abandoned, would be awesome if i could take it down to test it lol

#16

Ric Golding said:

I don’t think there was any plywood in original construction. Wood planking and sheet metal would be construction standards. Used to be a guy by the name of Nick Pull that wrote most of the construction manuals for the Speeder Industry. He lived off of US51 just south of Bloomington/Normal and his signature was “Nick, just a little below Normal”.

Just searching for service manuals could be a great part of this addiction treatment and cure.

didnt see this one yet lol. yea, someone replaced the deck with plywood, and build a cab as well, last owner cut the cab off and bend the irons that were used to brace it. that will all be removed and possible replaced with an oak deck or something, and use sheet metal to build the ends to meet standards. May have to look into those, would be a great help.

#17

Until you get it powered, you could test it on the old B&O line from 159 to 157. All downhill and you’d need those brakes to work. :wink:

#18

So is there a local support group? Any examples out at the Museum of Transportation, Monticello or up at Union? The measurements you were speaking of 3/8 inch and 5/16 inch, is that wheel flange? This is great, you can research this any where. What is the engine?

#19

Can it be multi - gaged for running on NG?

#20

Or, maybe, you could chip the paint, if there is any left, and see what the first colour was.

Edit, because I just remembered, there was a thread on prototypical colours, and the general consensus was that the prototype colours didn’t even match the prototype’s colours.