taycotrains posted:oscaletrains posted:Actually it is an old photo that I scanned that I had found after my father passed away. It was labeled that it was an engine he built up and sold to get money to purchase a lathe. Still have the lathe, a 10" Logan. This probably would have happened in the 1940's or 50's. I'd like to have the engine. I imagine that it might be outside third rail maybe.
Interesting story of selling something to get something else...I bought a early 40s Logan 10 inch lathe from a widow back in 2002 for a $1000.00 with a huge amount of tooling...I got 6 guys together to move it out of her basement quickly in case she had second thoughts...it's a great machine that turns out excellent parts...with the right operator...I use it mostly to turn antique garden tractor axle bushings.
Dad's lathe turned a lot of brass O scale parts over the years. Steel tires for 2 railing stuff for other people, etc. He definately got his money's worth out of it.
