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SoCal Camel Back |
| Location: |
SCLS |
| Photographer: |
Tom Downing |
| Submission
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1/24/2010 9:42:56 PM |
| Comments: |
This is the So Cal club's 1" scale LE 0-4-0 camel back sitting on Rory's flat car which is its new home for the time being. Charlie has made it his main project to get it running with some help from his club friends. The boiler tag said 1998 on it, so it looks like some time has past since it was last steamed up. His goal is to have it running for the LALS meet in May. We will post more info on the forum page as time passes on this project. |
| Gallery Category: |
Steam |
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| Shooting Location: |
SCLS |
| Owner: |
socal live steamers |
| Locomotive Name or Road: |
camelback |
| Locomotive or Car Type: |
Steam Locomotives |
| Whyte Classification |
Numeric: 0-4-0 Name: Four-Wheel Switcher Layout: OO Class: Switching Locomotive |
| Track Gauge: |
7.5 |
| Scale: |
1 |
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Critiqued
1/27/2010 6:59:06 AM by
Charlie Giordano, Torrance, CA
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| this will be a great project. need to tke of injector and clean that and then run some pluming so steam can get into that thing. The axel pump needs alot of work from what i here but that shudnt be too much of a problem. soon well be adding a third rail! |
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Comment Response Entered: 1/27/2010 9:31:24 AM
By: tom d - lakewood
chucky, you need to fined out who gave this neat little loco to the club, I was thinking the loco number maybe the build date 11-1957
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Comment Response Entered: 1/27/2010 3:33:53 PM
By: Charlie Giordano - Torrance, CA
wow that would make it one of the oldest locos at the club! im relly lookin forward to running this puppy and maybe one day we'll have that 3 rail. tim still has his 1 inch loco to but i here that it never ran that good
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Comment Response Entered: 1/28/2010 1:31:48 AM
By: Rusty Shackleford - so cal
Thats one neat looking locomotive.... I am sure you will have it up and running soon...
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Comment Response Entered: 1/28/2010 6:32:29 PM
By: charlie giordano - Torrance CA
ya shes already running good on air
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Comment Response Entered: 1/28/2010 7:06:48 PM
By: Rusty Shackleford - so cal
SWEET!!! That good to hear.
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Comment Response Entered: 1/28/2010 7:08:46 PM
By: Charlie Giordano - Torrance, CA
ya ull have to come and visit one day! realy nice club we got
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Critiqued
1/29/2010 10:52:48 PM by
Richard Farmer, Northridge, Ca
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| Charlie: This locomotive was designed, built and castings sold by Ed Puryear in 1958. Parts were also sold by Bob Harper in Wilmington and finally by Little Engines. I built one of these in the 1960's when I was 14. It runs but has a serious design problem in the firebox. The crown sheet is an arch which leaves little space for both steam and water. I put very enlarged steam dome in the cab to take care of the steam problem but be sure that the axle pump, injector and hand pump are in working order. I've always wondered what happened to this locomotive, I'm looking forward to seeing her go! |
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Comment Response Entered: 1/30/2010 5:15:04 PM
By: charlie giordano - Torrance CA
o wow thats soo cool to hear from the original owner! I'd love to have you come down to LA with us and the gang for its for steaming! She looks in good shape and the last guy that ran it told me she steamed very good so we will have to see what happens
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Comment Response Entered: 1/31/2010 4:28:22 AM
By: Phil Cohen - Torrance
If I recall, I think that Bob Harpur was a member of SCLS many years ago. There is a picture of him in the archives at a 1949 Golden Spike Ceremony. Check this out, he is #14 the one in the middle just to the left of Stan Chovil in the engineer hat.
Click HERE
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