Need Any Advice on a Very sick engine

A replacement frame, boiler front, and steam chest should put it right. Looking at the what little I can see of the wheels, I am uncertain whether they might require replacement. I don't believe that epoxy will provide a satisfactory repair, as these parts are too far gone. The frame, steam chest, and boiler front are also shared with the Lionel #385E, but those are gunmetal color and would require painting as would the raw casting replacements. The tender was not mentioned and the IVES casting that was used is frequently warped and needing replacement also. It is as always, a matter of weighing the cost of parts and labor versus the value of the restored example and an original. MTH makes replacement parts and they are also available from Henning's Trains (forum sponsor) and George Tebolt Train Parts.

Eric Hofberg

TCA, LCCA 

The cast parts are definitely history. It all depends on the history of it and how much it means to the owner.  I would call MTH as they may have the cast parts it needs then there is repainting to make it look right. If I were doing it for myself I would do a total strip down of the parts and paint but that's a lot of labor which  equals to a lot of money  that the customer may or may not want to invest in.  No quick fix unfortunately. 

cast parts are available on ebay.

wheels are available from Jeff Kane

ttender.com

anything can be repaired for a price. I am in agreement that the cast parts are to far gone to epoxy, I would not even attempt it.

I see you are a firefighter!!!!

Thanks for serving!!!!

is this a Lionel or an Ives engine?

bbsfdl60 posted:

is this a Lionel or an Ives engine?

Just found it is a Lionel 1835E,

bbsfdl60 posted:

bbsfdl60 posted:

is this a Lionel or an Ives engine?

Just found it is a Lionel 1835E,

I have been looking for parts , is there any engine that is similar to the 1835 that I can use parts ?

This is from The Train Tender's site, Hennings also has it.

We have all the parts IN STOCK, including the Lionel / Ives tender shell if needed. The black drive wheels & truck wheels will be in stock as of June 9th.   Harry   

thanks for having these parts! I don't have one of these engines (yet) but it's great to have someone suppling these much needed parts for us.

Harry Henning posted:

We have all the parts IN STOCK, including the Lionel / Ives tender shell if needed. The black drive wheels & truck wheels will be in stock as of June 9th.   Harry   

Order from Harry, he will take care of you

I just bought a bunch of cast parts for that very loco for one of my customers. Wheels, boiler front, steam chest and tender shell. I got them from George Tebolt. Had everything I needed for 3 different locos. I would have bought a used one myself but my customer wanted this one repaired