A friend in my operating group has an Athern 2-8-2. Wouldn't pull much. He
put a USRA Cary boiler on the loco and it added a lot of traction. This
didn't make an O1a out of it, but it sure changed it into a powerful little
engine.
Dale Reeves
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From: "Steve Fuchs" <fuchst900@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: [CBQ] 4978 from an Athearn?
>
> I have an Athearn 2-8-2 and model the C&S. Since there seems to be
> more "late 50's" references to 4978 than the original C&S 800 series
> maybe 4978 would be a better choice. Has anyone made this conversion?
> Any pointers? Are there diagrams, other than "Steam Loco.. of the
> Burlington" book? I just would like to have some these things nailed
> down before attempting this project. I converted a Broadway Hvy to C&S
> 805 and after starting ordered, on the suggestion of this talk group,
> the Railmodel Journal that covered that conversion. Now that the model
> is complete, is see ways, that I could have made model better. Just
> hoping to avoid some of the pitfall I encountered on the first model!
> Steve Fuchs
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