This engine was one of the last consolidations employed by the Santa Fe. Built around 1900 (E.D. Worley, IRON HORSES) it was donated to Travel Town, Griffith Park, LA in 1953 were it is still on display. I try to model Oklahoma around the 1950's and these little engines were used extensively overthere...... Model started as a MDC/Athearn old time 2-8-0, a rather toylike engine but and excellent runner and puller. The conversion consists of a completely new tender (8,5 K oil, plans from Frank Ellington's STEAM LOCOMOTIVES of the SANTA FE), featuring a coreless 8 x 16 mm 12V motor, a ZIMO MX648 sound decoder and a 8 x 11 mm sugar cube speaker. Also a new 3D printed cab and stack and changes to the running boards (phosphor bronze etchings). Its not a rivetcounter replica but the general dimensions give it a credible Santa Fe outlook (in my opinion) and a very good operating model. See WWW.ATSFNSCALEMODELS.COM for more pictures and building information (go to AVAILABLE MODELS and scroll down). Happy SANTA FE N scale modeling in these strange times!!!
That is how I usually approach my kit bash projects. If it can not be mistaken for anything else, I will go with it.
Very nice! From my experience this is the best steamer in N scale! They run like a Swiss watch! I have done brain surgery on two of mine, meaning I have had to completely rewire the trucks to the motor along with adding wires from the motor to the screws under the cab that way assuring electrical contact between the drivers and the motor.
