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mlaughlinnyc posted:

Thanks  Eric, I was referring to the pilot, not the pilot truck.  That flat sheet metal pilot looks like a replacement, as does the sheet metal rear of the cab.  That Ives might have acually made such a pilot strikes me as unlikely.

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I note from your earlier note that there is an Ives train society and I'm pausing my writing to take a look - just found the web site ...  now thinking about joining ...sent an "Information on My Train" request 

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What I suspect at this point is that the engine was dropped breaking off the pilot and part of the cab.  I see that the actual Ives side rods look like  a casting also.

I'm beginning to think that the best value that could be realized for this engine would be to dismantle it and sell the parts, hoping that I can get the motor running.

Is there an active market for Ives pasts such as there is for Lionel ?

Malcolm Laughlin

 

Malcolm,

Unfortunately as others have mentioned, that locomotive is probably best dismantled and sold for parts.

I wouldn't expect to get much, as the most desirable parts are either missing or broken already.

That is a 1929 model.  It may not have been dropped.  The early run of boiler castings on those often crack or fracture in large pieces, on their own, as they age.  Also the early cowcatcher was not reinforced, and over time they become weak and either fracture on their own, or if the wind blows on them the wrong way.  Or it was dropped.  

The piston rods and hangers were steel, the other rods were all die cast metal and often warp or break.

The green 129 & 130 cars you asked about did not come with the 1122.  They are earlier 1920's pieces.

http://ivestrains.org/CD/O_Gau...mlfiles/No1122_1.htm

http://ivestrains.org/CD/O_Gauge/sets/html/576.htm

http://ivestrains.org/CD/O_Gauge/sets/html/575.html

http://ivestrains.org/CD/O_Gau...l/30BlackDiamond.htm

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