I have been going through a large collection of MR and RMC dating back to the late Sixties, and I remember seeing a flurry of articles about converting the AHM kit into a 2-8-0 basically by extending the front end of the chassis slightly & adding a leading pony truck, into a 2-8-2 by splicing an extra section into the boiler to make the firebox sit behind the rear drivers, and a 2-8-4 created by taking the 2-8-2 approach to a greater extreme. I thought the berk looked cute but perhaps not entirely believable, because the 57" drivers are a lot smaller than the wheels worn by any prototype berk I've ever seen. Even mikes with 57" drivers were not common. There were quite a few small-drivered connies, tho'. The NYC rostered 103 examples of class G-46 57"-drivered consolidations, 18 of which even had Baker valve gear like the AHM kit, which is what I'm hoping to build one day. The NYCSHS has a lot of drawings pertaining to the G-46 in their 'G-class' drawing set, which makes the job a bit easier.
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