Vertical Boiler Teakettle

Finally finished it! This is the little loco that will take guests up  the mountain to the resort. It is built over a Bachmann On30 Davenport. The parts are my own resin castings and a lot of styrene bits and pieces. The pump was built from bits of styrene as there wasn't anything on the market close to what I needed. Water is carried in the round tank up front while coal is in the bin under the seat. The piping is styrene and Plastruct pipe joints along with my own "joints" of nuts and thin styrene wafers from a paper punch. The water glass is a Precision scale 1/4" brass detail casting as are some of the valves. Its purely fictitious and home-built. Parts for this conversion will be available soon for those who may wish to build something similar.

The track work shows my new cast resin ties to slip over Micro Engineering ties once about 60% or so have been removed and re-spaced. The little bridge is one of many to be used on the line. Not heavy duty!