Tyco Chattanooga 2-8-0

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The chattanogga can be made into a decent S1 or S1a.  If you want I will
take Jpegs of a project I did years ago.

Bob Riffe  leconte at frontiernet.net
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> Thanks. I think the Tyco locomotives I have will be set aside as parts
units
> anyway. Neither is a particularly good running unit due to the design.
Maybe
> I will kitbash them into a Mike or something. Would require a new tender
and
> some extensive boiler and frame mods to put a motor in the locomotive
> instead of the current tender-installed power.....
>
> Bob Welsh
>
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>
> > > How would I get a copy of said article?
> > >
> > > Bob Welsh
> > >
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> > > To: "N&W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:04 PM
> > > Subject: Tyco Chattanooga 2-8-0
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hi Bob;
> > >>
> > >> A G would be out of the question, it is much much smaller than the
Tyco
> > >> model.  And it is still large for a W.  It depends on how close you
> want
> > > to
> > >> get, and how much work you are willing to do.  There have been a
couple
> of
> > >> excellent articles in Mainline Modeler on building steam locomotives
> from
> > >> plastic a few years back.  One was on building a scale model of a J
one
> > > the
> > >> Bachmann Plus mechanism, it showed up about the same time the
Spectrum
> > >> version was announced.  A W on Tyco Chattanooga chassis would be a
> similar
> > >> project.
> > >>
> > >> Nigel F Misso
> > >> nfmisso at mchsi.com
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> How much effort would be required to modify the inexpensive Tyco
> > >> Chattanooga
> > >>> Choo Choo locomotive into one of the N&W 2-8-0 units, either a G or
a
> W?
> > > I
> > >>> have tried to pull up pictures of these on a N&W photo archive
hosted
> at
> > >> VT
> > >>> but many of the links do not work, including some for the 2-8-0
> classes.
> > > I
> > >>> have two of these locos left over from old train sets and would not
> mind
> > >>> painting them and detailing them to fit N&W prototypes if possible.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bob Welsh
> > >>>
> > >>
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> >
> > The MDC 2-8-0 Old Timer is more close to the size of the G1's.  A new
cab
> > and frame extension on the back is all that's needed...along with new
> > details on the boiler and a new pilot.  Spoked wheel up front too.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Lindsey
> >
> >
> >
> >
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