OK, here's the scoop... I've always liked the looks of the C&O heavy Mikado with the flying pumps & the Elesco feedwater heater on the smokebox. Well, the other night, I found out that my NKP actually leased some of those very engines from the C&O to ease a locomotive shortage during WWII. While this is not my era, it is an excuse for me to run one on my layout.
So here's my thought... AHM did at one time make one of these engines with that very configuration of pumps & the feedwater heater. Does anyone know if I could take the boiler off of that engine and put it on the mechanism of the newer IHC engine with its much improved mechanism? That would be a whole lot easier than cutting off detail parts & adding new ones.
If anyone happens to have both engines, I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Thanks!
dlm
So here's my thought... AHM did at one time make one of these engines with that very configuration of pumps & the feedwater heater. Does anyone know if I could take the boiler off of that engine and put it on the mechanism of the newer IHC engine with its much improved mechanism? That would be a whole lot easier than cutting off detail parts & adding new ones.
If anyone happens to have both engines, I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Thanks!
dlm