It takes a village to raise a Commodore

Some pictures of the progress, thanks to Pat!

New motor to replace the old, much smaller can motor...

Lowered to match roof line with the tender…

Weight!

Water scoop! (Notice the ATS shoe...)

Notice there’s no traction tires; stump pulling without rubber tires equals 3 1/2 pounds of weight.

@CentralFan1976 posted:

Notice there’s no traction tires; stump pulling without rubber tires equals 3 1/2 pounds of weight.

Now that's just silly...and it's so good!!

Mario, you forgot the most important part of no traction tires, accurate wheel slip starts.

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Mario, you forgot the most important part of no traction tires, accurate wheel slip starts.

You’ve been talking with Pat, haven’t you?

Always. We were chatting tonight, though it was about that other railroad I'm into.

Nothing more dramatic than working out a stall on your road, …….you stop being a remote holder, and now you have to work for a living!…..😉

Pat

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Always. We were chatting tonight, though it was about that other railroad I'm into.

Yeah, I heard he’s got a Keystone stuck in his Oval.

He's got to get the Hudson's hungry for competition you know. Remember that NYC crewman took pride in beating the PRR crews.