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 Posted - November 25 2016 : 09:48:30 AM
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any ideas on this please ken
my first thought was cary,tyco but not 100% not even 50%
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Posted - November 25 2016 : 2:00:00 PM
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The crosshead guides remind me of the ones on the Bowser H9 Consolidation, as do the wheels and connecting rods. I think it's either Bowser or one of the other companies that Bowser absorbed.
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Posted - November 29 2016 : 2:08:35 PM
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Posted - November 29 2016 : 7:11:01 PM
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Ken, it looks an awful lot like a Southern Pacific MK-5 Mikado. But don't ask me who made it. I've only seen them produced in brass.
https://brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/039109/HO-Brass-Balboa-SP-Southern-Pacific-2-8-2-MK-5-Mikado-779
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Posted - December 16 2016 : 04:04:45 AM
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Chassis is from a Bowser USRA Light Mikado!
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Posted - December 16 2016 : 10:02:50 AM
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I believe the boiler is a Cary made piece. Also supplied by Bowser.
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 Posted - December 16 2016 : 10:38:02 AM
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Here's my idea: Get some lights and a motor in that thing
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Posted - December 17 2016 : 05:42:34 AM
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Hi Kenny ! It sure looks like a Cary Conversion boiler to me. Cray's Harriman standard 2-8-2 and USRA light 2-8-2 conversions were made. It doesn't look like a USRA boiler. The only one left is the Harriman. It was released in 1958 and discontinued in 1962. Cary-Bowser would have placed photos of the conversion kit in MR and MRC magazines of that period. I wonder how it would look in PGW paint.
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Posted - December 27 2016 : 8:36:08 PM
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Boiler definitely looks like a Cary casting. What do we know about that tender?
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Posted - January 10 2017 : 12:36:11 AM
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Chassis - Bowser 2-8-2 USRA Mik
Boiler - Cary
Tender - Brass SP with weird trucks
I will bet on it :P
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Posted - January 19 2017 : 8:10:26 PM
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Here it is the harriman 2-8-2 by Cary. April 1961 MR page 8.
frank
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Posted - January 20 2017 : 09:54:58 AM
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thanks frank and others for your input,very much appreciated ken
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Posted - January 20 2017 : 1:04:00 PM
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Kemtron tender , perhaps?
Just a guess.
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Posted - January 20 2017 : 7:40:42 PM
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That boiler is a very rare one as is said here often, as it was only made for 3 years and 10 months. Seeing that the dies were destroyed in a fire in 1962, Bowser never manufactured or sold this boiler kit for they didn't acquire the Cary line until May of 1988. So Ken you have a special conversion kit there. The word RARE really does applies to it.
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