The Gentleman O gauger ….Tales From Harmon Shops

Another great project begins to take shape.

@Mark Boyce- You are a lucky guy and Pat's comments are spot on! Will this run on your layout or the ceiling central?

Bob

Prepare for the kitchen sink to be pulled out of the wall and then some Mark. This engine will pull the house down if you're not careful.

Love the mechanical craftsmanship that Pat brings to a project like this.  Everything I've seen from Pat is top shelf work, this one is looking like it follows that trend.

Well Pat, as far as the gentleman goes, thank you!  I guess it goes back to my high school days 50 and more years ago, when we called each other ‘a gentleman and a scholar’ a lot.  We had so many gentlemanly scholars at my small rural high school, we must have gotten big heads.  Life whittled us down.  I guess that is where patience came in.  I know working men at our age need to take our time.  You have proven taking your time has made for excellent projects!

The work on the engine looks great.  Your experience on these and other projects helps in making the best decisions on how to proceed on each one.

To answer Bob’s question, I plan to run this engine on the main layout.  I’m afraid I will drop it getting it on and off the Ceiling Central Railroad, since I have to step up on the folding platform to get high enough to place anything up there.  Also, it is too high to get a good look at a steam engine.

Pat quizzed me on the grades and curves of the main layout when I sent the engine to him.  As you know Since then, I started modifying the layout into two loops, high and low, with two ~4% ramps between the loops.  I have a very nice 4-car set of 18” Lionel NYC streamlined cars I intend to run with it.  I am keeping them boxed while construction goes on, but use them for clearance standards.  I realize this engine will easily pull them, and will have to watch it doesn’t leave the track or it could go through the brick and block wall into the laundry room, Dave!

I will probably make up a long train of cars just to see how many it will pull, like John did with the yellow beast!

Thank you, Pat, for your post!  There is no rush.

Bravo Maestro!

Hi Mark Boyce, great choice of engine and you've got the best man building it for you it will come out perfect Pat! way to go! good luck Mark and enjoy it can't wait to see a video of your running it on your modified layout!

Alan

Is the MTH chassis an indispensable part of the K-Line Hudson rebuild?

@KarlDL posted:

Is the MTH chassis an indispensable part of the K-Line Hudson rebuild?

To make it pull stumps out of the ground, yes.

Pat

@Mark Boyce, Mark, all I can say is, Your going to be very happy, and it will be a stump puller. I can pull so many heavyweight passenger cars with my K-Line rebuild it’s unreal. Pats the best. Harmonyards is a great shop, however, you don’t hear much about the Madisonville Shops, my friend Rich Hane runs the Madisonville Shops and he can add fine detailing, fix wrecked diesel handrails, electrical issues, re-paint issues. Pat is the machine specialist, and both shops are great. Happy Railroading Everyone

@Mark Boyce posted:

Well Pat, as far as the gentleman goes, thank you!  I guess it goes back to my high school days 50 and more years ago, when we called each other ‘a gentleman and a scholar’ a lot.  We had so many gentlemanly scholars at my small rural high school, we must have gotten big heads.  Life whittled us down.  I guess that is where patience came in.  I know working men at our age need to take our time.  You have proven taking your time has made for excellent projects!

The work on the engine looks great.  Your experience on these and other projects helps in making the best decisions on how to proceed on each one.

To answer Bob’s question, I plan to run this engine on the main layout.  I’m afraid I will drop it getting it on and off the Ceiling Central Railroad, since I have to step up on the folding platform to get high enough to place anything up there.  Also, it is too high to get a good look at a steam engine.

Pat quizzed me on the grades and curves of the main layout when I sent the engine to him.  As you know Since then, I started modifying the layout into two loops, high and low, with two ~4% ramps between the loops.  I have a very nice 4-car set of 18” Lionel NYC streamlined cars I intend to run with it.  I am keeping them boxed while construction goes on, but use them for clearance standards.  I realize this engine will easily pull them, and will have to watch it doesn’t leave the track or it could go through the brick and block wall into the laundry room, Dave!

I will probably make up a long train of cars just to see how many it will pull, like John did with the yellow beast!

Thank you, Pat, for your post!  There is no rush.

It will look great pulling Streamliners or Madisons. I was watching a s-word ton of New York Central videos yesterday, and as Pat has told me that the Central would often throw whatever cars they had together after a while to make their runs. I think one of the many videos yesterday had one of the non-shrouded Hudson's pulling some Streamliners, a couple of Madison's, and then some other type of car which I think was a different colored Streamliner. Any way you slice it, this stump puller will look great, and be a proud example of pulling a s-word ton of passenger cars behind it whatever consist it may be Mark.

Good Luck to you MARK,  I have one of these K -line Hudsons that I am contemplating on getting a redo by PAT.  I will watch with great anticipation, but I know that the HARMONYARDS are TOP NOTCH!!!!  Go get em PAT!!!