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We are working up an old O scale kit of a gas electric, very similar to our Great Northern gas electric, built in 1925 by EMC. My buddy is looking for some sort of model of an engine/prime mover, maybe even the exact 6-cylinder Winton gas engine it has. Any help would be appreciated in finding a suitable model of a prime mover.

 

Thanks for your help.

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get one of the reproduction parts of Lionel's motor casting. I looked extensively for a prime mover part for my own Brill project and it was all I could come up with. It's a decent starting point. The piece has the prime mover engine with a generator attached. You can then detail it as you wish.

I don't know about the GN car, but the Brill 660 version also had a small 'exciter' engine to generate enough power to turn over the big Winton. I found a small engine part for that once online.

 

A good place to look is the old marine engine field, like Sterling, Hall-Scott or Standard Motor, for example. The usual massively overbuilt beasts that folks like us love, hooked up to a generator of some kind. The same type of engine was tried in mechanical drives, with differing success rates, depending on the arrangement. (McKeen cars were one example)

 

http://www.oldmarineengine.com.../messages/2/1600.jpg

 

http://www.curbsideclassic.com...l-car-engine-800.jpg

 

 

Just exactly what are we talking about? Not sure I understand what you mean as to Lionels motor casting.
 
 
Originally Posted by PRR Man:

get one of the reproduction parts of Lionel's motor casting. I looked extensively for a prime mover part for my own Brill project and it was all I could come up with. It's a decent starting point. The piece has the prime mover engine with a generator attached. You can then detail it as you wish.

I don't know about the GN car, but the Brill 660 version also had a small 'exciter' engine to generate enough power to turn over the big Winton. I found a small engine part for that once online.

 

 

this is the part I refer to. the boxlike piece on the right is a separate piece and is not used. most of the reproduction parts sellers will have this piece. they are cast in various color plastic.

 

with this as a base, you can detail out your prime mover. in most cases, the generator end faced forward.

 

 

lionel motor casting

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Oh...OK.got ya. Great idea even for other situations. Thanks.
 
 
 
Originally Posted by PRR Man:

this is the part I refer to. the boxlike piece on the right is a separate piece and is not used. most of the reproduction parts sellers will have this piece. they are cast in various color plastic.

 

with this as a base, you can detail out your prime mover. in most cases, the generator end faced forward.

 

 

lionel motor casting

 

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