I love seeing videos from this channel. It really does provide an education of the early years of model railroading. I've learned so much that I did not know before watching this channel. This is the reason I watch this channel even if the video doesn't always peak my interest 100% time. You never know what you will see or learn. This is the reason that I take time to see what is presented from the channel. For those looking in the comments to see whether or not to subscribe to this channel, I would recommend doing this. You need to see "What's next" to learn something.
Those wheels and trailing truck really dress up the Atlantic. I've always thought about trying to make an eccentric rod and linkage to go to the boiler casting between the drivers. I have used K5 trailing trucks on prewar 565's and postwar 300's.
The Atlantic and the Pennsy K5 Pacific look the best with the Nimco conversion as the prototypes used spoked drivers. The UP Northern and the NYC J3 Hudson prototypes were equipped with Boxpok drivers and look a little strange to me with the Nimco spoked drivers.
Hi Leonard, another short but sweet video, the Nimco conversion is a definite improvement, i like the personal touch of being able to send your locomotive to them for conversion. Those coaches are beautiful, i'm guessing cost had something to do with such a short run in copper?.
On the coaches exacta offered the cars in O, HO, S & OO In 1946 the company then moved the following year and only continued offering the cars in O & HO A market for S & OO was really too small to warrant offering the kits with any hope of making money.
AF passenger locomotive drivers (as used on Atlantics, Pacifics, Hudsons, and Northerns are only about 73 scale inches in diameter. The prototypes had drivers that were between 77” and 80” in diameter, depending on the type. That’s a big reason why the Nimco conversions look better and a bit taller.
Beautiful!. I just took delivery of a Hudson outfitted with nimco in all wheels and the tender. One of the drivers is broken. Any ideas where I might find a single wheel?
Congratulations on finding the engine I don't know of any loose spare parts at this point like drivers I'm sure someone has a pile of them somewhere but so far the ones I found have matched up to the engines that I picked up and they're all in good shape
@ that’s too bad they were pretty neat, maybe someone will pick up the business- I know Portline Hobbies-in MA dies a lot of repro stuff but I hadn’t seen that item
Interesting history lesson, thanks.
Love the look of that fat firebox Reading Atlantic! And the Nimco conversion looks great on it too!
Thanks Leonard!
I love seeing videos from this channel. It really does provide an education of the early years of model railroading. I've learned so much that I did not know before watching this channel. This is the reason I watch this channel even if the video doesn't always peak my interest 100% time. You never know what you will see or learn. This is the reason that I take time to see what is presented from the channel. For those looking in the comments to see whether or not to subscribe to this channel, I would recommend doing this. You need to see "What's next" to learn something.
Thanks for your kind words and the recommendation, I appreciate it!
Those wheels and trailing truck really dress up the Atlantic. I've always thought about trying to make an eccentric rod and linkage to go to the boiler casting between the drivers. I have used K5 trailing trucks on prewar 565's and postwar 300's.
Beautiful cars and the Nimco conversion is nice
Leonard, I think the trailing truck makes sense to support the weight of the firebox and cab.
that was their function
The Atlantic and the Pennsy K5 Pacific look the best with the Nimco conversion as the prototypes used spoked drivers. The UP Northern and the NYC J3 Hudson prototypes were equipped with Boxpok drivers and look a little strange to me with the Nimco spoked drivers.
Hi Leonard, another short but sweet video, the Nimco conversion is a definite improvement, i like the personal touch of being able to send your locomotive to them for conversion. Those coaches are beautiful, i'm guessing cost had something to do with such a short run in copper?.
On the coaches exacta offered the cars in O, HO, S & OO In 1946 the company then moved the following year and only continued offering the cars in O & HO
A market for S & OO was really too small to warrant offering the kits with any hope of making money.
Thanks for replying leonard, maybe you should write a book with all your knowledge, it would be a good read.
The wheels make the engine look “right”, possibly a bit taller? The coaches are beautiful
AF passenger locomotive drivers (as used on Atlantics, Pacifics, Hudsons, and Northerns are only about 73 scale inches in diameter. The prototypes had drivers that were between 77” and 80” in diameter, depending on the type. That’s a big reason why the Nimco conversions look better and a bit taller.
Beautiful!. I just took delivery of a Hudson outfitted with nimco in all wheels and the tender. One of the drivers is broken. Any ideas where I might find a single wheel?
Congratulations on finding the engine I don't know of any loose spare parts at this point like drivers I'm sure someone has a pile of them somewhere but so far the ones I found have matched up to the engines that I picked up and they're all in good shape
Who is doing this conversation? Can you provide a link?
The conversion kits have not been available since the early 1950s sorry
@ that’s too bad they were pretty neat, maybe someone will pick up the business- I know Portline Hobbies-in MA dies a lot of repro stuff but I hadn’t seen that item