H&B Engineering Mogul - updated

Finally finished giving this little loco a bit of a makeover.  Without a specific prototype in mind, I decided to turn it into a "typical" southern logging 2-6-0.  The biggest challenge was the original tender, which was a bit under-sized:

Before:

I needed a new one, but my scratchbuilding skills are not up to the task.  So, I got a shell from the Bachmann On30 4-6-0 (also a wood load since I wanted to "convert" the loco), built a new frame with wood from a clementine crate, and re-used the original trucks.  The shell had to be made slightly wider, so I JB Welded in a few filler pieces:

On the engine, some details were removed, and a whole bunch of brass details parts glued on.  The parts are primarily from Keith Wiseman, and the Rushton stack is also from Bachmann.  It was so much easier to work with a plastic (resin) boiler shell than die-cast!  Off to the paint shop it went, and voila:

There's no sound, no smoke, just a smooth-running engine (with only a simple e-unit) that now looks as good as it runs.  I hope Ed would be happy with it.  And the next time somebody says they wouldn't consider a plastic engine, I submit this one!

Martin Brechbiel may have those masters, seems like I recall him mentioning them.

Ed surely did things his own way, had battery RC engines running several years ago.  there may still be some of his YouTube videos floating around.

I wonder what happened to the tooling for this and Ed's other models.  He made quite a number of things, including structures.  It would be a shame if they were lost.  I met him at a couple of shows.  Nice guy.

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If the tooling is still around for his locomotives, I'd sure like to know about it, too.  It's a shame somebody hasn't already done something with them.

Neat little engine. I could go for one of them  !!

I like the looks of these "simpler" engines.  A year or 2 ago I got a Weaver 4-6-0 chassis from Ed Rappe during a trip to his magnificent layout and ended up making a boiler from a 2" diameter piece of PVC round stock.  Of course I had to add brass parts to it, and a cab from a washed-up Railking boiler bolted to the PVC boiler, but it has the look of an older steam loco.  Just wish I could have found a inclined steam chest to make it look even older.

Ed R. sent me a semi-built model of SAL motorcar 2028:

but I have yet to do anything with it.  My interest was rekindled a few months ago when I was contacted by a guy down south, who had a friend recently build his own model of 2028:

Yes, I remember your post about the 4-6-0.  I liked the looks of it.  Get to work on the 2028, and be sure to post here!