New arrival on the GNRW.
N&W Class A 2-6-6-4 by United.
This is definitely one of my older engines as it was made in 1962. I picked it up for a very reasonable price of $296 (including mailing) as the drivers were binding.
Original box and how they packed them back then: no foam.
I figured I could fix the problem.
One of the back drivers was very loose on the axle. I used some dikes and knurled the end of the axle and then used an NWSL quartering jig to re-mount the driver onto the axle.
Tender trucks were, not only backward for the hot side but they were too far in on the tender. The mounting hole on each truck is offset so a 180 rotation plus swapping trucks to the other end of the tender fixed that.
Who ever painted the engine, did a nice job on the paint. They tried to add the decals over a dull surface so the decals are too shiny. I'll have to use some solvaset to seal them and apply a sealer over the engine.
The engine ran pretty quietly without the boiler but is noisy with the boiler. Will need to, next, diagnose that: but at least she now runs 
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Back then, they really put large lead weights in the boiler as this engine weighs a 'ton'.
One of the reasons I bought the engine as I'd like to collect some the iconic engines of the past that, in my mind, were memorable steam engines. IE, N&W J and Y-6B, B&O EM-1, Pennsy S-2, Q-1, T-1, etc.
You don't see couplers like this very often! I think it is called a baker coupler.
The engine has very little run time on it.
