VGN PAs (WAS: Jawn Henry tender numbers)

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I plan to start with the Mehano USRA light Pacific. The drivers are a little too 
tall, but overal, the chassis is fairly correct. Boiler needs to be a little 
fatter than the one on the light USRA, but somebody has suggested shortening the 
boiler from a USRA light Mountain. I happen to have one (left over from a 
conversion of the Bachmann light 4-8-2 to a streamlined K2a) so I will give that 
a try. No easy tender, but I will start with the shell from a Bachmann N&W aux. 
tender, and use the Andrews trucks from the Mehano tender (and maybe the floor).

Mehano is the manufacturer, and their Pacific has been offered at various times 
by Model Power and IHC (maybe others). The later IHC ones have flywheels.

If you are paticular about the driver size, your best option is the Bowser NYC 
Pacific, but the valve gear is wrong and the metal boiler will be harder to work 
with. I prefer the styrene parts in the Mehano, and I can live with the slight 
difference in driver size.

Jim Nichols




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Sent: Sun, July 22, 2012 6:52:58 PM
Subject: Re: VGN PAs (WAS: Jawn Henry tender numbers)

Just curious; which production loco(s) would be a good basis for bashing into a 
VGN PA?

Greg Harrod 

In a message dated 7/22/2012 8:07:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Okay, Frank, you talked me into it. No promises on when, but it is going to 
happen.

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>Jim Nichols

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>Sent: Sat, July 21, 2012 8:46:37 PM

>Subject: Re: VGN PAs (WAS: Jawn Henry tender numbers)

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>No, they didn't.  Best information we have is that the project was taken off the 

>table about three or four years ago.  Apparently part of the reason was that 

>they didn't think there's be enough interest in a $1,700 Pacific.  

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>The good part of this is that those of you who held off bashing one can go 

>ahead, and, if the result is good, you can share it with the rest of us and do 

>an interesting article for the Arrow.(another subtle plug)

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>Frank Bongiovanni

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>On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 3:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 

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>Did Division Point ever produce the HO VGN PAs they talked about for a while? 

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>>pete groom

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