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All the boiler top is done…just need to finish up the airpump and add the appropriate stripes and stenciling…
We’re coming into the final stretch on this project…thank goodness!!! New airpump finished, painted and mounted…
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and the working glad hands ala THE BRUCE ™…
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The HO-Humming may now commence! 119 is FINALLY outshopped and runs just dandy on existing trackwork! In the early morning light, she’s steamed up ready for trials…
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And for those of you who have met the 117, a little size comparison:
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Its about half an inch too tall to make it in the Old Shop Building without removing its cab…'tis always something…
Bart, great job on the engine… I’d hate to see what it take out, going thru Ric’s shed… Ouch…
Nice work. I really like that paint scheme. That is one LARGE loco. I think you’ll have to run it at Andy’s.
I have no clue what posessed me to do that…I really don;t think I’ll build another locomotive that large again…even the 2-8-2 isn;t gonna be THAT big…but she takes the curves and switches nicely…I think I might need to put a little more weight in her tender to help it track a little better when reversing through switchwork…
Very Cool!! Nice job