Karl Bub tinplate Steam 0-4-0 converted to Standard Gauge

Very cool !!  I like it. Do you run that motor on AC or DC ??   I have a n LGB  G gauge motor and wheels.

That's a nifty unique loco and the removable cow-catcher is a clever feature !

Jim, my standard gauge layout is AC of course, so i use a bridge rectifier tucked up in the engine to run the DC motor block when I don't need reverse.  On fancier conversions, I use a Williams reversing board which also contains a bridge rectifier.  I've found I prefer to convert the G Scale DC motors to standard gauge rather than trying to convert O Gauge AC motors.  The USA trains blocks have the advantage of having axles long enough to make the transition.

Ace, I have a book of old Bing catalogs, and I can find a 1 Gauge clockwork loco that almost looks like this one, but not quite.   Maybe a smaller brand like HWN, Bub, Diller...?    No mention of the removable cowcatcher.   It's a wonder it didn't get separated and lost over the years.

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I believe I have found it, here.

Karl Bub, model #332, 1913-1924.  In the photo of the front on the engine, I think those are the two holes for the cowcatcher.  No mention of the cowcatcher itself.

Excellent!  

Absolutely fabulous David.

Steve

Very nice! Does it have a KBN marking anywhere?

Regards

Fred

Nice loco and cars David, and you saved it with a new motor, great to see it running on your beautifull layout.

I have an O gauge loco, similar to yours, same system to remove the cow catcher to have an european look and typical US one with it.

I think it is a Karl Bub Nuremberg model. KBN. In fact those engines are common and seems to have been produced by several manufacturers; the original one seems to have been Carette before 1917.

Daniel

Fred, it has no marks of any kind, makers' logo or country, either in the litho or stamped in the metal.  Which makes sense if, as Daniel says, this was something of a "generic" loco sold by several toy companies... maybe one company (Karl Bub?) made them and provided them to other companies to sell?

Daniel, your O Gauge version is very similar except scaled down a little and only one nickel dome.  It is definitely the same design.  Thank you for the confirmation!  I knew that if this removable cowcatcher thing was for real, some one else would have heard of it!!

Thanks for the comments, a project like this is just too much fun.   I try to preserve as much as I can of the old toy, while making it practical to run.  Standard Gauge is of course wider than 1 Gauge, so that usually messes up the side rods/steam chest:  I was glad to be able to keep them and make them work on this one.

david

very nice!

looks awesome and mates well with your Marklin rolling stock too.

David, what is the measurement across the axle centers of the USA trains motor block?

Rob English posted:

David, what is the measurement across the axle centers of the USA trains motor block?

Rob, give me a couple of days, i'll get back to you later in the week.  I'm away from the trains, doing a roof job in upstate NY.  I know I use two different USA motor blocks, the R22-115 and the R22-12, the 115 has a larger motor and a slightly longer wheelbase that the 12.  I know that even the shorter 12 is too long to conceal in the big old Lionel 10-series truck, so it's longer than whatever that is.  I'll get a measurement for you when I get back home.

david

Axle to axle

RS22-115, 3-3/4"

RS-12, 3-5/16"

Steve

Thanks guys.  Steve that is exactly what is needed! Thanks!

Two days later... I'm back with my trains, but it looks like Steve answered the question.  Rob, what are you up to?  Making something?

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