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As for "great" puller, I'd say it depends upon which 0-8-0 you're referring to. Some of the latest ones only have one traction tire. Adequate, but nothing I'd rate as "great".
Gilly
My MTH 2-8-0
quote:Originally posted by AMCDave:
I have both the LIONEL 0-8-0 and a MTH 2-8-0. I picked up the MTH 2-8-0 for under $100 so converting a Lionel 0-8-0 would be more trouble it seems. You would loose the belpair boiler.
My MTH 2-8-0
I have thought about a 2-8-2 rather than a 2-8-0. Have not gotten to it yet, but will in time. The problem, I think, is that the 0-8-0 configuration runs great and handles a lot of track with grade changes, etc., that might give the 2-8-X configuration some "issues."
quote:Originally posted by Lee Willis:
You are not alone.
I have thought about a 2-8-2 rather than a 2-8-0. Have not gotten to it yet, but will in time. The problem, I think, is that the 0-8-0 configuration runs great and handles a lot of track with grade changes, etc., that might give the 2-8-X configuration some "issues."
John
quote:Originally posted by Eric Oxner:
Cool wm paintscem you got there.Makes me think of wm steam locomotive thats operates.It has a very large tender thou.
For those who are not aware of Western Maryland Scenic's 734 and her lineage, her engine is Lake Superior & Ishpeming 34, which had a rather small tender. 734's tender is from a New York Cetral steamer. I forget which number.
The B&O went the other way, converting 2-8-0's into 0-8-0's.
The Burlington once conveted a 2-8-2 into an 0-8-0. It was less then successful and not repeated.
Rusty
I agree with Rusty that many switch engines were derived from road engines. 2-6-2s and 2-6-0s became 0-6-0s, etc. But the popular USRA 0-8-0 that Lionel and MTH has produced was designed that way. It may take a little more work to add pilot and/or trailing trucks and make it look right.
Pete
I thought about it, even studied it a bit. Definately do-able and might even be a fun project.
But ultimately I decided not to:
1) The 0-8-0 is a very good runner. I use it on O-36 loops where it tolerates switchbacks, bumpy track and abrupt changes in slope with no problem. I'm not sure a pilot truck I add would do so well.
2) The world seems full of projects that are equally or more interesting to do. Lately, I've been thinking wouldn't an articulated 4-6-6-4 based on two Williams Baldwin ten wheels be a fun loco?
Back in the forties or earlier John Page, then edtor of Model Railroader, showed pictures of a Pearce 0-8-0 made into a 2-8-0 by adding a pilot truck. To me it looked like nothing more than an 0-8-0 with a pilot truck. Odd-d