Bachmann 2-8-0 into camelback..

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

I did this kit bash a while ago, but looking at it, just didn't seem right so i'm redoing it. Some steps won't be shown as they have been covered before but this will be updated as work progresses,

Before work.


I neglected to take a pic with my camera before starting the surgery but here is one i took with my phone of the above engine disassembled



For removal of the domes, its hard to remove them without destroying them.

Will post more pics as work progresses.

[brokenrail]

Didn't Rivarossi make one of those? May be a source for parts if needed.
Johnny

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

IHC did a 2-6-0, which is what the cab on back is from.

[jonathan]

very cool.

Regards,

Jonathan

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

to help the engine have a better apperance, I've cut the boiler as shown below the weight gives the illusion the boiler continues on.



Test fitting, the engine will get the same treatment as my other B&O 2-8-0s, for info on how to change the headlight position see this post by Jonathan: http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,22055.0.html



Emily

[Trainman203]

Boy, if you're not from anthracite country ...... Camelbacks are the strangest looking things ever, except maybe a Beyer-Garrett.

Although, in lists of roads that had camel backs , is the Southern Pacific.

[Jhanecker2]

I am curious:  What was the original justification for the construction of the camelback ?   It must have created numerous mechanical difficulties . John2

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

Real ones or model?

[Trainman203]

Very wide ("Wooten") fireboxes were required for anthracite coal to properly burn.  Only a few roads used anthracite coal.  It was paticularly clean burning, and one road, the D&LW, built a passenger  train ad  campaign around it ("The Route of Phoebe Snow").

Some roads thought that the hoghead couldn't see around the Wooten fireboxes, so they put the cab in front of the firebox.  The fireman stayed behind on the tender footplate.  Must have been hell calling signals. Or having the engineer able to help a rookie fireman.

Somewhere long ago I saw a picture of a camelback cab totally shredded on the engineer's side by a broken main road below.  I looked on the Internet for it in vain.  This kind of thing got camelbacks outlawed.

I'm pretty sure some Wooten firebox engines had cabs in regular position too.

[Len]

Strictly speaking, the center cab/Wooten firebox locos were "Mother Hubbards". The "Camelback", invented by Ross Winans in the 1840's, had a more conventional firebox and center cab. After a while, newspaper people who didn't know the difference started calling all center cab steamers "Camelbacks" in speed and accident stories, and it stuck.

Len

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

Strictly speaking, the center cab/Wooten firebox locos were "Mother Hubbards". The "Camelback", invented by Ross Winans in the 1840's, had a more conventional firebox and center cab. After a while, newspaper people who didn't know the difference started calling all center cab steamers "Camelbacks" in speed and accident stories, and it stuck.

Len

I always thought it was railroad preference on what they were called.


Emily

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

added the dome, and assembled the parts together(harder then you think) was going to paint but the compound stuff hadn't hardened yet. I also drilled a hole in the top of the smoke box for the new placement of the headlight.


Emily

[jonathan]

I really like how this loco is turning out.  Perhaps when it's done, you might consider a good trade? 

Regards,

Jonathan

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

I really like how this loco is turning out.  Perhaps when it's done, you might consider a good trade? 

Regards,

Jonathan

If i go to the next show i might be nice and let you run it on the club layout for a while. Just would have to use one of your 280 tenders with it for the dcc part. If you want to build one i'll give you a parts list.

Emily

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

Hoping to have her decaled tonight. About to add some more details. I want to add a generator just in front of the cab behind the dome to help hide the shatty mold work haha. Jonathon whats the best B&O one?



Emily