Line em up! 4 Lee Lines engines newly built for lucky customers

Wowee-zowee! What a great looking lineup of almost one of a kind locos. Where does one go to learn more about Lee Lines, or would you care to school us, please?

"Lucky customers" is right - nice photo Jim!  That represents a lot of beautiful work.  Thank you for resurrecting the Lee Lines Daylight!  

david

Wow, nice stuff Jim. The new owners will be thrilled.

Awesome!!

Wow! Three rail models built that are not reissues!!??  Is that possible? Wish there was a Brother Love building 3r O gauge steam...

I would love to see built a Lee Lines version of a Milwaukee Road S3 like the Milwaukee Road 261 along with a smooth-sided set of Lee Lines passenger cars in a Milwaukee Road tri-color paint scheme.

Bob Nelson

How are these things, mechanically?

navy.seal posted:

I would love to see built a Lee Lines version of a Milwaukee Road S3 like the Milwaukee Road 261 along with a smooth-sided set of Lee Lines passenger cars in a Milwaukee Road tri-color paint scheme.

 

Bob Nelson

 

Bob, A big project to build this engine - although I really like it. Got any friends that are good with 3D printing? Might be a way to make the shell. I used a 3d printer for the nose cone of the J. If I did a unique new engine, it would have a different drive than the Lee Lines as well.

Still working on smooth sided passenger cars, though. Came close to buying a horizontal mill to 'smooth out the extruded sides that I have. Possible future, cause I want some too.

Frisco Chris 1522 posted:

How are these things, mechanically?

Drives are a little cranky. Having two motors connected end to end, and dual worm gear drives, everything has to be just right. If so, they run, if not, they bind. 

Jim,

Should you come up with smooth-sided cars please let me know.

Bob Nelson

Jim Waterman posted:

A prominent Standard Gauge collector suggested to me that I should line up some of the Lee Lines SP GS-4's that I'm building from original parts that were sitting for almost 40 years.

Here's the shot - the second and third GS engines not QUITE complete, but needed to ship the first set out. On the back track is an N&W J that I fashioned from the Lee Lines parts - highly modified, and includes a 3D printed nose

Note also the passenger cars, also Lee Lines parts, painted to SP Daylight as were the originals.

How's that for a time warp?

Jim Waterman

Some more photos of the stuff I've been building.