3-¾" scale 7-½" gauge 2-4-2
(modeled after a 2’ gauge Baldwin)
A modified Don Young "Maxi-7" design, the prints were
purchased in February of 1982, castings purchased April 1982, construction
started in 1982 and finished in the fall of 1999.
Boiler
Code steel boiler
made by western metal products- Agoura, CA
14" OD diameter
barrel
12" x 14" firebox
33 ¾" pipe
flues
100 psi working
pressure
2 Kunkle safety
valves
2 Superscale Nathan
simplex injectors
Dome throttle
Coal fired on
stainless steel grates
Terlyn boiler
treatment was always used. Steamed an average of one time per year.
Engine
26" wide x 42" tall
x 106 long
4.0 inch dia
cylinders x 5 inch stroke
Walscherts valve
gear-polished steel with case hardened pins
D slide valves
Lubrication by
mechanical lubricator-two pumps-steam heated
Cab operated
cylinder drains and blow downs
1" steel frames are
flame cut annealed and blanchard ground
Weight 1800# plus??
10 15/16 driver
diameter
Plain bearings on
main, lead, and trailing truck axles-lubrication by oil
Only aluminum on
engine are the driver brake shoes
Cab is all steel
with 607 steel rivets-window frames are brass with glass
Engine has steam
brakes. Tender has straight air brakes supplied by a Westinghouse type air
pump with 2 3/8 bore x 2 3/8 stroke-hydrostatic lubrication-2 air tanks (3"
scale Winton pump-now sold by Mamouth Loco Works)
Headlight and cab
lights are 12 volt battery powered. Batteries in engineers seat box
Sand dome has
mechanism for gravity operation-never tried
2 whistles-one small
and large one under cab
Tender
61 gallons of water
(500# of h20)
All fabricated or
hogged out of plate steel construction
Frame is from
Baldwin prints with all components hot riveted together
Only castings on
tender- wheels, coupler, and brake shoes
Tank is sheet steel
witn 2690 steel rivets
Trucks run on needle
bearings
Couplers are 3"
scale Winton products-now sold by Mamouth loco works
Building two engines currently and need the shop room!
The book: two-foot cyclopedia volume #2 sr&rl #23 by william
h. Jensen Jr. was the source for the Baldwin prints used in construction of
the tender and many engine details
Locomotive cyclopedias were used for many components: blow
down valves, cylinder drains, drifting valves, dome throttle, air pump
governor, lubricator, and other items
Buyer is responsible for shipping from Abingdon, Virginia
$76,000
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Miscellaneous Tools
Brown & Sharpe Depth micrometer 0"-6", 6 interchangeable
measuring rods, .001 graduations, 4" X 9/16" base wrench (no case).
Excellent Condition
Also, Craftsman USA telescoping hole gauges, 4 total, 5/16"-21/8". Excellent
Condition. $45.00 for all. Buyer pays shipping
Mitutoyo 0"-12" dial calipers OD & ID and step measurements.
Stainless hardened. .200 graduation dial. Case. Excellent Condition
$110.00 Buyer Pays Shipping
