I recently purchased this new old stock mikado in a recent auction for $130. Who says that there aren’t bargains out there?I have never seen a Hines locomotive before and I am very impressed at the weight and quality. Came with the original boxes for the boiler and tender as well.
At any rate, I was not too thrilled with using the field motor and dropped in the El cheapo Pitman 8724. It fit perfectly. This is a gear motor which I purchased on the bay NOS for about $18 with free shipping. Seem to show up frequently on the Bay. All one has to do is to remove the gear motor part which involves a screwdriver and a cutting wheel but it’s pretty speedy process. These 8000 motors are pretty hard to find with rare earth magnets so this is kind of a bargain as well.
Now all that I have to do is finish the kit. The NOS field motor is in the foreground of one the photos.
