East Broad Top #1 - "Edward Roberts"

Garden Railroading
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Filling a need for additional motive power, the Tuscarora Railroad has acquired the use of East Broad Top #1, the “Edward Roberts.”

“Edward Roberts” was the East Broad Top’s first locomotive, built in 1873 for the Cairo & St. Louis, but never delivered. It served in myriad capacities over its life, from freight, passenger, local switcher, and lastly pulling the president’s business car, before it was sold to the Tuscarora Valley Railroad in 1913.

The model depicts the loco as she likely appeared in 1911. It’s based on an LGB mogul chassis, and uses a Delton C-16 boiler and smokebox, Bachmann cab, and other bits from this loco or that, in addition to various scratchbuilt parts. It did a pretty good job of cleaning out my scrap parts box.

A full account of its construction and more finished photos can be found here:

http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/8/tpage/1/view/Topic/postid/76195/Default.aspx

Construction photos on page 1, finished photos on page 2.

Later,

K

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Kevin: Looks like you had more fun than is authorized. Well done my friend.

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Kevin Our Top hat is off to you!! Another show piece! Is it getting any easyer ? You do seem to have the nack. Your pics are just as good as the loco!! Thanks for sharing. Sean

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I concur with the comments on the fine work and the thanks for sharing.

We just don’t see many 3-axle tenders! Looking over old photos reveals all sorts of interesting arrangements or additions to railroad equipment “back in the day”. But my mind couldn’t help but wonder just a bit… You could also model a “modernized” version where your shops mounted a booster engine on that lead axle of the tender. [:D] Too much caffine in my morning coffee, I guess.

I’ve also appreciated the photography work you have done to capture the atmosphere of your railroad in the appearance of period photos.

Thanks. Bill