Re: C&S Brass, Any Scale, Listed on eBay

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Brass-Any-Scale-Listed-on-eBay-tp12787p19472.html

Mike and Todd,

Just out of curiosity, how well do the Overland On3 C&S locomotives run?

In my collection, I have about a dozen OMI Sn3 C&S locomotives, that I have slowly been re-detailing/modifying/backdating. A few run extremely well out of the box.

About half have had mechanical issues to be dealt with:

Bad solder joints on the front frame spacer that had to be re-soldered so the cylinder block was stable. Burrs on the side rod holes to file/polished. One driver out-of-quarter.

One beautifully "factory" painted number 6 had the left (fireman's) cylinder soldered onto the chest too close to the frame--the lateral play in the insulated front driver caused an intermittent, then permanent short as the paint wore away. I ended up having to strip the entire frame and re-solder the cylinder and remount the cylinder chest. Lately, I've been re-motoring some of the locomotives with Faulhaber motors and re-gearing some with Boo-Rim gearboxes.

Don't misunderstand, I'm not contemplating changing scales and am determined to get my locomotive fleet running and painted some day. Just curious if the On3 OMI locomotives have similar issues??