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Modifying a MTH Berkshire to prototype Locos and rolling stock
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Active Member 96 posts Geoff Brigham Active Member 96 posts
Geoff Brigham

This weekend I couldn't pass on an HO MTH Pere Marquette Berkshire 1225 for $125.  MTH actually prototyped it from the Nickel Plate Rd 765 so the main issue is it has a horizontally slatted pilot instead of vertical boiler tube pilot the the pilot wheel are roller bearing instead of solid.  I am trying to figure on a way to correct these (mainly the pilot)  Bachmann and Proto made these engines but I can't find the pilot parts.  Cal Scal and precision have castings that are close and I am new/having trouble drawing a 3D image for Shapeways.  Any suggestions out there?

Geoff

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Wasn't the 1;1 PM 1225 the

Wasn't the 1;1 PM 1225 the locomotive the one in the movie "Polar Express" was based on?

 

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Geoff Brigham Active Member 96 posts
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Polar Express

Yes. They used it for sound recordings and the general design. 

Geoff

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