Hello all ..
Has anyone ever heard of Missouri Illinois Railroad / Railway ? ...... Here we have an early 2 rail scratch built Pacific ( I've been told looks like B&O P5 ?) .... beautifully done ... it arrived in pieces ..so it's had a rough life ..but some fun with the solder iron, new wires ... straighten up a few things and she rolling down the rails ...
Who ever built this was a talented builder ... unique reverse unit ..in the tender.... AC universal motor ... wires run to block in tender ... wires run to swinging arm that is pulled by electric magnet ... forward /reverse.... so run AC through rails for motor and DC for reversing ? .... ..hand punched rivets on tender......
Yes by moving the swinging arm the motor reverses ... this is all a bit above my pay grade ..so I just helped the swing arm stay in the forward position for running .check out pot in tender to dim headlight ...headlight works!!!! worth the price of the whole engine just to see it glow ..
So who had the Missouri Illinois RR ?
Thank you
Cheers Carey