Old store display.

cool good luck

Thank you Jim

Wow what a nice piece. Glad it ended up with someone who will take care of it. That is a nice looking piece.

Very nice. Would you restore it to look like a Reading engine?

That's pretty cool,it's nice to see it found a good home instead of ending up in a landfill !! Your going to have to add a SUPER superchuffer to it 

Doug

Hi Mark yes it's going to be Reading #175 it will not be exact but that's were it's going..

Hi Doug  I think for this one we would need a Mega supper chuffer.

Nice save. It looks great. I think a mega super chuffer would be cool. GRG can probably supersize one for you.

That is really neat!  Who ever buys it will need a bit of room, but I'd think it would be a nice compliment for a large display or collection train room.

Dennis Holler posted:

That is really neat!  Who ever buys it will need a bit of room, but I'd think it would be a nice compliment for a large display or collection train room.

I'd guess it won't be for sale  but rather meant to be an iconic piece of nostalgia and identifier for Henning's train store to be enjoyed by customers and visitors to the store.

Sorry Dennis it's not going to be for sale at anytime. It's getting redone for display for the public to enjoy. I was glad it made it our way.

That makes sense and it surely has a great new home!

Keep us updated on the progress of the restoration, Harry, and when it's in the store for all customers and visitors to see, enjoy, and appreciate.

An excellent save, of a hand built loco & tender.  The owner had the forethought to contact you, before trashing it.  Good luck with the restoration.

very nicely done, and glad it found a good home.

 Please keep us appraised of its progress. Very nice model.

Pretty cool model, glad you got it before the landfill did. Having the history of it sounds pretty neat as well. I'm also interested in following along with your progress on restoration. I'm sure it will be nicely detailed when you are finished. Good luck with the project and it will be a great item for display in your train store. 

The super chuffer would be a neat idea to go along with the motorized wheels, maybe you could con GRJ into making a 'larger' one?  

Harry,

You are doing a fine job of refurbishing a really nice locomotive!  It will look great on display!

Well got the new headlight finished and started on making the mountains to relocate the bell up front on the boiler. Lots of hand carving.

That's a great gesture that you're doing to preserve and share a piece of history.  It will be neat to see it in its restored glory.

-Greg

Thank Greg.

Got the bell bracket made and bell mounted. Then did more details on the tender.

What's the track guage if I may ask.

Lol, ya think if you contact Archer, they could make you some large rivit decals for you?

Rivits? Foam balls cut in half like Norm C's layout?

Smoke? ...many fog machines would fit in the boiler (? It's not a log is it ?). Some maybe even in the stack.

  It's awsome already though.

Looking better and better Harry!!

Wow, what a great project.   So glad it found its way to your home where it will get a new life.  Hope you post the progress.

Thanks,

Ed

Harry, how about some head, marker and tender lights? Maybe an engineer and fireman. Nice job, will be fun to see finished project. Don

Hi scale rail.  I have been looking for guys to fit in the cab of the engine. Just haven't found the right people yet. It will not have marker lights on it Reading was one of those railroads that didn't use them. 

Very cool, Harry. Great that you saved it and really enjoying the restoration. Thanks for posting.

Update on progress.

Got the lights lit up.

Changed out the sand dooms on the top to ones that look better.

Harry,

  Glad you were able to restore this. You mentioned that it was built from wood, cardboard and plastic. What is the boiler shell and the drive wheels made out of? 

  Luckily, your store has been in business so long, I know you guys can make just about anything that you don't have parts for.

  Please say hi to Pop Henning for me.

   Tom 

I stumbled on these since my last post.

http://www.craftparts.com/ball...balls-c-277_279.html

The whole balls are as small as 1/4" (the halfs are 1" or larger).

Hi Tom. The boiler is cardboard wrapped around plywood. All the wheels are made of wood that we're turned on a laths. 

Very nice! This display is coming along very nicely! But comparing to the "real deal" that Wooten Firebox needs some more "Meat"? No?

I have a blue print of 175 but I am not going to make it exactly the same. I don't want to change to much on this engine. The dooms that were on it had to go. They were in rough shape and falling off. It made sense to up date them to something that looked better. It's still an old store display with some updates. The number will be 128 after the store address.