Hello Guys,
I just finished another locomotive this week. A PRR G5 Ten-Wheeler. I got this one partially built complete with Lines West tender conversion. I have never seen a Lines West tender behind a G5, but I thought it looked kind of cool. This locomotive is VERY heavy. What does everyone else think?
Again, a very nice job!
Parts.
Another great job! [Y][Y]
Not a Lines west tender but notice the plow.
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/prr472s.jpg
I imagine near the end of steam that anything could go just to keep them going. See my reply for your K4s for tune up hints.
Pete
The G5’s used by the Long Island had a great looking tender like the K4 used. I have one of those.
The Lines West type does look better than the standard PRR, but was not used on the G5.
I would guess this little loco can pull a lot of coach cars since the die cast metal loco is heavy.
Nice job. How does it run? I have heard they do run and pull well, but I never tried to build one.
CZ
I have the same Bowser kit sitting in my closet, I bought it and a Boswer Pennsy M1a about 15 years ago and forgot about them until a few weeks ago when I re-orgainized by closet.
They are indeed heavy locomotives and should have great pulling power.
Great job on assembling the G5, ten wheelers are the mainstay of my locomotive roster.
Very, very nice work. Bowser engines have a well-deserved reputation for being able to pull the wallpaper off the wall. Unfortunately, the correct tender for a PRR G5s has never been produced by Bowser, although the L.I.R.R. used a tank that is fairly well represented by the K4s tender. However, somebody produced a plastic G5s about 20-25 years ago, and it had a correct G5s tender. I think there was a review in MR at the time. This tender was also used on some H9s 2-8-0’s and possibly other engines. I found a couple of these models at a show in Timonium, MD, in poor condition (VERY cheap) and have plans to use all the parts. I looked the engines over & saw no manufacturer’s I.D. If you can find one of those, you might fit the plastic tender shell onto the Bowser tender frame. In the meantime, we all know what to say to anybody who objects to your Lines West tender, don’t we?
Thanks for all the nice words guys. I know the tender is not quite right for behind a G5, but the lines west tender conversion came with the kit, and I figured I would use it. So i am calling this a little bit of a fantasy build.
Sweet looker! [tup]
Another great job…
Can you take another pic, but this time without the flash?