Apart from the several Thornburgh construction articles in MRR from the late 1940's up to the Wabash mogul in 1960, Gordon Odegaard had a series of articles on scratchbuilding a basic 4-6-0 in MRR in the 1970's (perhaps 1980's).? Another good armchair approach
is locating the SSL&S catalogues with their instructions on assembling their "kits."
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Mike the report on your engine building is really interesting.? Where does one go to learn the skill of building an engine in brass?? I don¡¯t recall seeing any adult
Ed classes for it.? If I wanted to build one I wouldn¡¯t have the foggiest of how to start.? The article was only a tease.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
