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Reply to ""Modern" Chassis Under a Prewar Lionel O gauge Locomotive?"

Thanks for the ideas.

Pat, the one reason I was thinking about going with the Trolley chassis was that my train club sets up a display for the same event every year and one of our members used one of those trolleys quite frequently for hours on end.  It was beyond well used but kept right on going.  My only other hesitation with going the can motor route was the motor height on a regular power truck might be too great for the small locomotive shell.  As I recall the smaller open frame trolley motor doesn't stick up terribly far from the frame.  The heat issue is definitely a good point and, as you said, wouldn't be much different from the original frame vs the trolley chassis.

Steve and Jon, both are great ideas.  Do you happen to have any pictures (or even a description) of how you mounted the shells to the power trucks or 4-4-2 chassis?  As a machinist, I have a general idea of how I might go about it but any inspiration would be helpful so I'm not reinventing the wheel.

Jon, I might actually have one of the Lionel 4-4-2 assemblies in my parts stash... I'll have to look.  If not I'd certainly be open to taking you up on your offer if I can confirm that one would fit in the specific locomotive I have in mind.  I should be able to do some measuring in a couple of days when my 150 locomotive arrives in the mail.

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