Poor-Running Brass
Diesell48 (Bill) wrote, re Sharks, "I am not sure what the collective experience here has been, but the original motoring/gearing in this {Alco} passenger shark was somewhat short of pathetic. I have...
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I own only two brass pieces, one is a C1 0-8-0 of questionable origin, and in need of some repair. The other is a Westside N2sa 2-10-2 with a large can motor, from the late '70s which runs quite well,...
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As someone modeling the Pennsy in N Scale, brass has been my only real option. I have examples of classes H8, H9, H10, GG1, I1, J1, K4, M1, Q2 and S1 in brass. All except the K4s and S1 are from Key...
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In N scale, my only experience with brass was an Illinois Terminal interurban combine imported by GHB. It was a fantastically detailed model, but it could not pull itself up a five percent grade, even...
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In the 1970s, the importers went to Korea when the Japanese models pricing went out of site. Quality control was a major problem for most Korean shops, and that was true of Samhongsa. Some models ran...
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Wow, Sam $75.00! Now at that price it makes sense to buy and remotor. But I object to that when the price is hundreds of dollars.I had bought and later sold a set of ALCO models passenger sharks....
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Bill,Wow, indeed! That was in the hobby shop opposite the Roanoke museum some 30 years ago and $75 just was more than my hobby budget would handle back then (even for the single unit on sale, which...
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Ok Sam, thats definitely a "minority viewpoint" as far as no terminal A units. But...believe it or not...I have a photo of a single Centipede in the Phila area. I'll have to reference it if you are...
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The UP didn't have Big Liz nor the T, S, or Q units, either.The UP is also still very much in business, having survived excursions into Challengers, and Big Boys and 4-12-2s and DD-35/40s, C-855s, and...
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RE the complaints about operating quality of brass diesels discussed earlier in this thread, I believe most --- perhaps even all --- of those early (1970's) Alco Models products were built by KMT. I...
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