4-4-2 Steam Locomotives for Reading (RDG)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
301
Prototype Info
Category:
4-4-2
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Road Number:
301
Product Type:
Die-cast
Finish:
painted & lettered
Power:
AC
Couplers:
AF
Online Article:
(image copyright © Austin Birkey; used by permission)
(image copyright © Austin Birkey; used by permission)
Test Running His Dad's Engine on S-Helper Service Track
Follow-up On Running The Engine
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
Nixon Model Co (Nimco)
Manufacturer ID:
C-301
Prototype Info
Category:
4-4-2
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Introduced:
1950
Product Type:
Conversion Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Supplemental:
Notes:
This kit enabled the modeler to convert an A.C. Gilbert American Flyer locomotive to "scale". The kit contained replacement wheels/axles for tender, pilot, and trailing trucks as well as scale drivers and axles. The axles had "D"-shaped ends, and the zamac driver centers had "D"-shaped openings to match. This design assured proper quartering. The modeler had to remove the AF drivers, axles, and worm gear, then use the reverse procedure to install the scale versions (applied using the jaws of a vice to keep the drivers perpendicular to the axles).
(image copyright © Nixon Model Co (Nimco))