The "new" JJJ&E In N Scale

[PRR Modeler]

Nice shot. How did you weather the pit? What I did in my pit was with less finesse.

[sdrees]

Wow, look at all that steam power.  I concur that it is a great looking scene.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Nice shot. How did you weather the pit? What I did in my pit was with less finesse.

Thanks Curt. I used the Bragdon Weathering System to weather the turntable pit.

Stay cool and run steam........

[Powersteamguy1790]

Wow, look at all that steam power.  I concur that it is a great looking scene.

Thanks Steve. I appreciate your comment.

Stay cool and run steam.........

[Powersteamguy1790]

A very early old sepia photo showing a KMP Steam Donkey adjacent to the turntable. I had to kit bash some parts for this KMP Steam Donkey as they were missing from this kit which I bought from a kit bin for $5.00.




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[PRR Modeler]

Cool kitbash!

[Powersteamguy1790]

Thanks Curt.  Almost half the parts were missing. But I have loads of N scale detail parts to make up the difference.

Stay cool and run steam.........

[Powersteamguy1790]

Closeup of a WP 0-8-0 on the upper level of the "Original" JJJ&E



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[PRR Modeler]

Is that a Walthers heritage unit? It looks a lot like my HO one which has Lok Sound in it and it is my favorite steamer.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Is that a Walthers heritage unit? It looks a lot like my HO one which has Lok Sound in it and it is my favorite steamer.

Curt:

That 0-8-0 is a Life Like 0-8-0 which was taken over by Walthers N scale four years ago. This is a 2008 LL 0-8-0. In this steamer there was little or no room for a decoder. In 2008, I published a tutorial in the May/June 2008 issue of N Scale Magazine entitled The Addition of Weight and a Decoder to the Walthers USRA 0-8-0. In N scale this steamer could barely pull its own weight up a grade. I showed how to add weight and install a decoder in this steamer.  I used various forms of lead in the boiler and I installed a Lenz mini silver decoder in via an eight pin plug. To install sound in this tender means gutting the entire inside of the tender which I really don't feel like doing, although I could change my mind by installing an ESU Select micro decoder in the tender with a Zimo cube speaker. In 2008 sound in N scale locomotives was extremely rare. Manufacturers never installed sound in N scale locomotives in 2007-2008.

With the added weight in the boiler,  the 0-8-0 pulls 10-12 cars up a 2% grade in N scale. However it requires a long break-in period of 8-10 hours.

Enjoy the photo's.









Stay cool and run steam..........

[Powersteamguy1790]

Denver & Rio Grande # 3802 "Challenger"  On Upper Level Of The "Original" JJJ&E High In The Monterrey Mountains



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[Powersteamguy1790]

A closeup photo of Rio Grande "Challenger" #3802 On Upper Level Of The "Original" JJJ&E




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[ACL1504]

Hey Doc,

Great job on the LL 0-8-0 conversion. "N" scale is just to small for me but through past years I often thought how much bigger a layout I could have had with the "N" scale.

Well done sir, very well done.

Tom

[PRR Modeler]

Nice pictures as always.

[Powersteamguy1790]

Hey Doc,

Great job on the LL 0-8-0 conversion. "N" scale is just to small for me but through past years I often thought how much bigger a layout I could have had with the "N" scale.

Well done sir, very well done.

Tom

Thanks Tom. I appreciate your comments and support. Wiring N scale decoders is no big deal for me. I enjoy doing it. BTW, my 18'x12' "U" shaped layout in N scale is equivalent to a 36'x24' layout in your HO scale.

I'm running 55 car trains which are pulled by 4 F3/F7 units all the time. With steam, I'm running 30-35 car trains depending on the locomotive.

Stay cool and run steam.......