New Victorian Era train

Very nice looking. Your talent never ceases to amaze me.

I think it looks GREAT even if not 100% perfect for the era. I tend to go with what 'looks' right than rivet counting. I too like to model trains of different periods. My layout may be 1950's but trains of every time may run.......My Civil War era loco.....

I like the censored folks!  Thanks as always for posting!

Very nicely done, Lee

And the cars do fill a gap between the Overton style and Heavyweights.

Lionel and others should make more of these cars in various livery.

Very nice Lee!

I always enjoy your posts with interesting ideas.

One question................

Do you sleep !!!!!!!

Soo Line

What is that, and who made it?

It's a O scale 3 rail Winans 0-8-0 locomotive of the B&O.

SMR Trains had announced the model, then later canceled it. Then the locos showed up at a FLA retailer at a much reduced price. I bought one....runs nice....it's conventional no sound or smoke....so I love it! I have built a few cars for it as there is only a 'hopper' car made with it extra. Thanks....didn't mean to hijack!

Also.....while cleaning today some stuff packed from our move almost 10 years ago...I found a few photos of my great grandfathers B&O loco.....which I had been told was a 4-6-0....but turns out it was a 2-8-0....so I need to find a loco like the won you just got now!!

Lee,

          That is a remarkable piece of work, you continually amaze us. Your comment about a small train making your layout look bigger is so true. By using smaller engines and rolling stock I can manage with a smaller layout. I was disappointed when Lionel s new 2014 catalog did not offer a single “small” steam locomotive; I think they are missing a good market.

Douglas

Well done, Lee. I really like the way you highlighted each picture....makes each one

really stand out.

your time was well spent!

Congratulations on another fine project, Lee.  

Another fine project Lee!!  Always a great deal to learn from your topics...

Alan

Lee,

   You out did your self this time buddy, great engine for the Presidental Funeral Train and the custom work is beyond belief, outstanding job!

PCRR/Dave

Lee,

Why no stripe on the baggage door?

  --Joe

Lee,

If you have the time, could you compare your 2-8-0 engine to the Williams 4-6-0? I know the detailing is a lot less on the Williams, but am wondering about how the two would look next to each other size-wise. The railroad I model had both types of engines and I would like to operate them close to one another.

Agreed......I just found some photos of my Great Grandfathers B&O E-8 2-8-0 loco and I'd like to know how the MTH and WbB loco look together...

I am still hoping someone will produce Wagner or Pullman Palace cars.

Me, too.  I would love some!

Lee, with all of the left-over parts from your engineering masterpieces, perhaps you could make one of these? 

Wow!  I'd be painting the details and filigree forever  . . . .

That is very cool!

Very nice customization!  Not that it matters, but out of curiosity, how much time or hours did you invest in making your period train?  ....love the MTH 2-8-0.

It took an average of about four hours per car, although I didn't do them one at a time.  I disassembled all of them, primed all at the same time, painted them in two stages (black, then the maroon) at the same time, then built their interiors and finished them one by one.  So maybe 24-30 hours altogether. 

The MTH is a nice little loco.  It has a very high pitched, small-loco chuff - with a lot of hiss in it - that is different than any other loco I have.  It has excellent, just awesome, labored chuffing: as it climbs pulling a load it starts chuffing with a "deeper voice" - louder, more bass in it, quite nice!  If it has cruise control (I thought PS3 did) it does not work quite as well a bit pulling 12-15 cars when going up a 2.5%.  It is sort of realistic actually  . . . I suppose they did slow down up slopes.

Only thing I don't like is the painted spokes on the drivers -- they aredisconcerting and I am going to neolube over them: they create some sort of optical illusion to my eyes so that it appears they are turning faster than the loco is going.   Can't stand to look right at them!

I do like the the realistic slowdown on slopes, so the fact the cruise control doesn't kick in is a plus to me.  As a point of interest, here's a bit of info for next year you might be interested in:

Nearly 149 years after Abraham Lincoln’s death, the president’s appeal to the public imagination remains undiminished.

Next year, on the 150th anniversary of the assassination, a re-enactment of his funeral train, covering 13 days, 10 major cities — including Columbus and Cleveland — and more than 1,600 miles will recall a period of mourning unprecedented in American history.

I know I'll be there.....

http://www.dispatch.com/conten...p-at-statehouse.html

Lee.....can you show us the MTH 2-8-0 and WbB 4-6-0 side by side??? THX

Here are photos of it with several small locos I have, including the only WBB Baldwin I could find. 

THANKS!!! That 2-8-0 is SMALL!! I found one for $600.....but may be a bit small for my plans.....a WbB 4-6-0 may have to stand in!

It is tiny.  The only steamer with tender I have seen that is smaller is the LFT loco, which looks, frankly, more like its S or even HO it is so tiny, but that's how small they were way back when.  It is a beautiful little jewel of a loco though.  

Thanks for posting the comparision pictures.

For some reason I thought the WBB was pretty close to scale.

Anyway, I'm in the same boat as AMCDave.

Thanks again for the pictures.

I don't think the WBB is far off scale except for the cab: only people of less than average height could have run it.  It has a scale 5 feet of maximum headroom, compared to at least 7 and sometimes 8 on scale locos.

But if you rivet-count and it ends up 100% perfect (read to mean as accurate) for the era, then ipso facto it will "look" right, right?

It looks right to me.  Ran it about two hours this afternoon.  That little loco is so small, and the cars match it in size, being rather small themselves.  Really a great train to watch - just very . . . well, late 19th century. I think of Teddy Roosevelt and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Of course, the car bodies were wood - at least they look like that, since there are no rivets to count.

Lee, do you have any overall videos of your layout?  That is a great looking train by the way!