Frenchy - Thanks for the fantastic drawings you posted of the S-160. I am sure they will be a great help to Jon in his efforts.

He has me really chomping at the bit for the model kit he is producing. He is doing a fantastic job!!!!!

Paul is the one to be thanked in the first place !

H.P.

Well, in that case, thank you very much Paul. Great research on this not too well known subject.

Mike.

Jon - Cannot wait for your next post. Very exciting project you have going there.

Hope the new deck is coming together and that you can return to this project in the very near future.

I was at first put off by the projected price on this model. (Just simply out of my usual price range.) But after seeing the quality of your fine work I realise now I will have to be your first customer!

Hi All,

Spent the last three weeks replacing a 12' x 20' deck 10' in the air. Only fell once...

Anyhow, quick update on the progress. Next is the brake lines...

Fell or got pushed by your wife?

Way cool - great work Jon (as always!)

Link to a new product review from Armor35.

Railway Water Column USSR 1/35th, see below:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/211208

The front truck has been completed. Now (possibly) on to the boiler...



Jon

I promise I will get off this Monorail kick in the very near future but I could not resist posting this very unusual photo. A Monorail turntable! Also it is interesting to know that this British rail line is still operating today!



Also note the double boilers and fire boxes!

Sorry to say that this " Monorail" is not in Britain. It's in Ireland (Erie), a totally separate country. It's a bit like saying that America is part of Canada.

Paul, in the good old U.K.

Of course you are correct. I knew it was in Ireland but just didn't think. I was more taken by the complexity and unusual quality of the mechanism.

My reply was tongue in cheek. But thinking about it, it uses three rails, one at the top and two on the sides so is it really a mono rail?

Or should it be a try rail?

When the rail system was in full use it ran from Cork to Balaybunue (I'm not sure about the spelling of the town name)

ATB

Paul.

Three parts so far, with the firebox pan to go. Then comes detail...

Reference photo for the Russian Water Column talked about earlier:

Another view of S-160 locomotive currently on display at Ft. Eustis, Army Transportation Museum.


William Grimes photo - All rights reserved

Another shot of the Ft. Eustis S-160 Locomotive found on line.


That's a steam driven electric generator just behind the smoke stack. Not sure that was on the original Transportation Corps design and neither was the high mounted electric headlight.

Hi Mike,

The Eustis engine also was modified for US stateside operations with different couplers, as well as the high whistle and the raised smokestack. It's probably also oil fired, since the Alaska Railroad ones also had that done. Anyhow, here's the progress:

Looking Amazing Jon!!!!!

You're single handedly keeping Grant Line nuts and bolts casting in business.

Actually, I'm using Tichy Train Group bolts and rivets. They're a little cheaper... Anyhow, got the back head to rivet...

Some of the larger O scale washout plugs might save you a little work on the boiler.

Another interest Great War RR listing:




http://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/212198

Jon

I am just amazed at the work you are doing on the S-160 locomotive and the speed with which you are doing it.

Mike

Thanks Mike, it keeps me out of trouble. The large parts of the locomotive are on their way for casting, and the duplicate parts are done. Now on to the tender...

Posted today on the Facebook page "Railroad Glory Days"


We pass one of the Southern Railway's USA tank locos, [0-6-0 built by the H.K. Porter company] these were bought over during the second war and found favour working in Southampton docks up to the early 1960's. One of very few American built locos to work long term in the UK.