Harmon/Roberts Line Challenger and Hudson and smooth side passenger cars

That's fantastic Jim! Really wonderful!

George

Any chance you will bring it to Train Fest in November? I go pretty regularly.

George

Jim Waterman posted:

Wanted to let you guys know that I bought the parts and tooling for the Harmon Line and also his 28" long smooth side passenger cars. I plan to build a minimum of 5 of the Challengers (4-6-6-4), and can build a couple of the Hudsons or Pacifics as well.  Will have Bob's engine to run at the TTOS National in early August.

 

 

Jim,

Any chance you might build a Mallet?  I'd buy one of those along with a full set of smooth-sided cars.

Bob Nelson

navy.seal posted:

Jim Waterman posted:

Wanted to let you guys know that I bought the parts and tooling for the Harmon Line and also his 28" long smooth side passenger cars. I plan to build a minimum of 5 of the Challengers (4-6-6-4), and can build a couple of the Hudsons or Pacifics as well.  Will have Bob's engine to run at the TTOS National in early August.

 

 

Jim,

Any chance you might build a Mallet?  I'd buy one of those along with a full set of smooth-sided cars.

Bob Nelson

Hi Bob - the question is going to be how detailed it will be. I see a few things that set this loco apart (in it's various mods) - cab, tender, coffin water heater, placement of domes and their shape, pilot design.

I can send you photos later of a Hendricks mechanism that might better fit this loco. I can get the overall look of it pretty close, but it might not be exact. and 'scale', but it will be 'BIG'. Probably still have to use Lionel steam chests, but might have better drivers at some point. 

Neither will be very real term. What I have is 5 partially completed Challengers, and a bunch of parts. If you can stand using the bild a loco motor style spacing and look, I can get closer to a yes. Looking to build and sell these first. 

As to the smooth side cars, gotta hit up the caster. These cars are pretty heavy, I'll be looking to thin out the aluminum castings. Window spacing is probably doable. You probably still want a beaver tail, right?

jim

Jim,

The 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement and a box-type tender are key to me.  Domes and piping are next.  The rest is negotiable. 

Bob

Looks beautiful, too bad it’s not O gauge .

This should be fun to watch but I don’t have a horse in the standard gauge race.  Best of luck in your project.

Jim Waterman posted:

Wanted to let you guys know that I bought the parts and tooling for the Harmon Line and also his 28" long smooth side passenger cars. I plan to build a minimum of 5 of the Challengers (4-6-6-4), and can build a couple of the Hudsons or Pacifics as well.  Will have Bob's engine to run at the TTOS National in early August.

 

 

Jim.

Could you please post a photo of a Harmon Line smooth sided passenger car.

Bob Nelson

navy.seal posted:

Jim Waterman posted:

Wanted to let you guys know that I bought the parts and tooling for the Harmon Line and also his 28" long smooth side passenger cars. I plan to build a minimum of 5 of the Challengers (4-6-6-4), and can build a couple of the Hudsons or Pacifics as well.  Will have Bob's engine to run at the TTOS National in early August.

 

 

Jim.

Could you please post a photo of a Harmon Line smooth sided passenger car.

Bob Nelson

Bob, this is the only shot I have of a Thon finished passenger car. I believe this one is about 2" shorter than the full length one.

Here is the sample unpainted one that Bob gave me with the tooling. Many different options for window spacing. The brown painted strip is steel, he punched many different configurations.

Jim,

Can you punch out "round" windows as most smooth-sided Milwaukee Road cars had one or more porthole and/or oblong windows? 

Bob Nelson