Making a Marx Krocodile

Thanks for posting. What a neat kitbash and clever video.

I love to see more video of the  loco pulling those tin passenger cars!.

franktrain

Mighty tasty looking recipe!

Pretty interesting locomotive cool project

that was fun!

Very creative and entertaining as well. I love the result!

Eric

That was great!  Nice work.

fantastic!

Steve, your friend's video has had me looking at photos of other model train Croks.  They all seem to have, in some form, the distinctive eccentric wheels mounted in the center cab section and attached to the drive wheels of each of the powered sections by means of  connecting rods.

Can you or anyone else here give a little background and explanation of the function of these eccentric wheels, and why they seem to be peculiar to Crocs?  Both steam engines and diesel electrics that used connecting rods balanced the drive rods with extra weight cast into the drive wheels themselves:  do the Croc eccentrics serve a similar function, and why are they used instead of the counter weight in the drive wheels? Or do they serve a different function?

Thanks!

  I was a little disappointed he didn't make the krock out of the pan itself. But loved the whole idea and video in general. Finally a Krock I can afford.

 Thanks Poppa Steve.

hojak- Im not even close to positive, but think Ive read they are jackshaft.