A friend of mine who we share common hobby interest, was married to a woman who was the daughter of Lawrence Emmons Buckwalter, who was the son of TV Buckwalter, supposedly the actual inventor of the roller bearing used on rail road car axles attributed to Timken, the company he was working for at the time. Lawrence was an avid builder of a Lionel empire, with many homemade items, was a stickler for prototype operations, switching and signalling, and used things like order cards to track freight, all back in the 1940's-50 time frame. I was given one of his creations, the pictured 2-14-2. It is highly detailed with small items, several hand made. While Russia thought it could one up the US by making a 14 driver loco, 2 more than UP's 12 driver, the Russian version was a dismal failure compared to the successful UP loco. Hopefully I will be able to get this cleaned and lubricated and back in action. 10 of the drivers are blind, so hoping it will handle my 72 inch curves, but I am sure it will overhang to not allow any passing train on an adjacent track in the curves.
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CALNNC posted:I was given one of his creations, the pictured 2-14-2.
Pictured? Image of the beast isn't included...
CALNNC,
Hay you can't just make a post like this and not have pictures with it, PICTURES PLEASE!
PCRR/Dave
You have stoked our imagination - PHOTOS PLEASE! VIDEO when you get it going! THANKS!
This is the prototype, Class AA-20. Wikipedia lists it as a 4-14-4, not a 2-14-2, and is likely correct, since the curved shape that appears under the rear of the steam chest appears to be the second leading wheel. With only two cylinders, it was definitely under powered, which is why it's recorded top speed was only 43 mph.
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Do you know what the builder used for parts? Was it strictly a "scratchbuild" or did he actually use Lionel components?
I see plenty of Lionel components there. Boiler front from 675, spur motors, linkages, etc., but a lot is scratch built.
artyoung posted:I see plenty of Lionel components there. Boiler front from 675, spur motors, linkages, etc., but a lot is scratch built.
Trucks on the tender look like from the F3.
Great model....hope you can get it up and running....Love it!!!
Looks one of a kind and very impressive. Hopefully it can be up upgraded to legacy or proto 3 ?
Requires, what?, O-240 curves? Basic circle in a basketball court? Wow! Lookit that wheelbase.
What?!? A keystone faceplate and no belpaire firebox?, forsooth!!
Just kidding, It looks great.
I would love to see a video of it moving down a stretch of track.
palallin posted:Requires, what?, O-240 curves? Basic circle in a basketball court? Wow! Lookit that wheelbase.
Note that almost all the drive wheels don't have flanges - just liker the prototype!
Beautiful !
Penn-Pacific posted:What?!? A keystone faceplate and no belpaire firebox?, forsooth!!
Just kidding, It looks great.
I would love to see a video of it moving down a stretch of track.
Why NOt? The USRA 2-10-2 that the PRR acquired originally didn't have Belpaires either!
A Big Boy or even a 2-8-8-2 is bigger. And prettier, at least as a Lionel model. I think the AC-9 would dwarf this thing.