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I'd love to see you do this kitbash. Just a note, though, from an operational standpoint... A5s didn't stray very far from a few key locations. Philly/Camden and other parts of Jersey seem to be their home range. This may not matter to you, but it's worth noting in case it does. B6s were a little more widespread, but again, they never strayed far from a major yard.
Cody,I have one of those Atlas 0-4-0's. I thought you realized how the motor and boiler are so integral in that engine. Sorry I didn't mentionthat.I'll take mine apart and see if I have any ideas for how to get rid of that dependence and mount the motor on its own in there.That really would make this much simpler and then you'd have the freedom to put the body on any way you like.Don't kid yourself. Small engines are much harder than large ones. Getting enough motor power, pickup, and weightin a tiny engine is much harder than doing it in large one. That said, I don't mean to be all gloom and doom here. Good-running small steam is something N Scale desperately needs, so I'm really glad you are building this.We have all wrung our hands for years wantingsmall diesel switchers like the 44T and S-2. Well, a really sweet-running 0-4-0 steam switcher is another staplethat is sorely lacking.
If you were to use the Trix B6 tender (perhaps on a Spectrum small or medium tender chassis for pickup),that would be a pretty good size, and you could get a decent motor in there, with a drive shaftto the engine. I bet a little 8mm coreless (spendy, I know) would fit in there, and could even have a gearhead on itto make for an excellent slow drive for a switcher.--- Max
And with tender pickups it might even move without your finger.
Put. Motor. In. Tender.
There is a motor in here:https://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/ErieRailroadB5060NScale#5192945134492935266https://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/ErieRailroadB5060NScale#5193062949740831858That powers the drivers and it adds x4 to the~28:1 gear ratio.
I may have missed this, but why did you choose the Atlas instead of the Bachmann 0-4-0 for this kitbash ?