Where is a good place to buy brass locomotives

[Kentuckian]

UP4-8-8-4,

Thanks for the source for replacement brass gears.  I have joined another yahoo group.

[robert3985]

Ok, one more from me. I bough this fully decorated brass B&M caboose, I didn't like the paint job, so I repainted (using the identical paint scheme) and installed window glazing!  Feel free to call me anal!    Or does that make me an  ? 

Here it is, repainted.

Okay Peteski...you're anal.  But, that's a good thing if you want to improve N-scale brass, eh? 

For some reason, cabooses fascinate me.  I remember when Hallmark introduced their unpainted brass U.P. "Welded" and "Riveted" cabooses.  I didn't know much about them at that time, but I learned that the "riveted" version did not represent ANY caboose U.P. had, but the "welded" version was a crude representation of a CA-7 (1965) and the later CA-8.

I had purchased several of each, and I stripped the parts from the "riveted" versions and threw the bodies in the trash.  I decided to modify the "welded" version to see how close I could come to my references for the CA-7.

Brass is so great to work with!  I love soldered joints and attaching grabs by flattening the ends, tinning them, then applying flux and current with my resistance solderer.  Pffft! and it's ON!  Can't do that with plastic.

Here's the "before" photo of one of my Hallmark "welded" U.P. cabooses


Here's a photo of the completed, modified body with over 80 scratch-build detail parts manufactured and many mods.  It's ready for paint!


Here's the completed model with cupola interior, glazing, smokejack braces, weathering and a brakeman


This is an example of turning a sow's ear into a silk purse.  Doesn't happen very often.

Yup.  Anal...

Cheers!!
Bob Gilmore

[peteski]

Are these cabeese N scale?  WOW!

[spookshow]

Thanks for the source for replacement brass gears.  I have joined another yahoo group.

Northwest Short Line is another good source for replacement gears for brass (as well as plastic) engines - http://www.nwsl.com/

Their online catalogs (all in .pdf form) can be a bit confusing to navigate, but they do have gears for just about any model you'd care to name, so well worth the extra effort. I've used their gears to fix numerous Samhongsa brass diesels (Samhongsa being notorious for the disintigrating plastic gears they used back in day).

Cheers,
-Mark

[UP4-8-8-4]

    Thanks for the link Mark, didn't know about that one, got that site saved now.
Good to know they also have replacement gears for plastic as well.




Ernie

[fredmoehrle]

I've got a Hallmark/Samhongsa C40-8W in CR quality paint (#6221).
It runs on par with the old B'mann spectrum C40-8's, but has no window glazing, and is a bit louder then the older Spectrums.
On the other hand, it pulls quite a bit more.
I'd part with it for what I paid for it, but if I were looking for running ability, I'd go for the Atlas models, probably get 3 at street price.  Two at full MSRP easily.