MDC/ROUNDHOUSE locomotive rebuilds

[cnrglen]

Thanks Matt. I just hope I can get the red into the number plate to do it justice.
Well I finished the engine and tender to the point of disassembling them for painting:

I think the tender is fairly well proportioned to the engine. I may shorten the drawbar a bit in the future, when I'm confident that it will handle the curves on my layout.

I have tested it on my layout and it runs. It's a bit on the nosy side but I am dealing with a 30+ year-old design that's all cast metal and gears. I also noticed that I need to clean the wheels and add weight to the tender for better electrical contact.

I also replaced the missing tender ladder with the brass one from the bowser kit. It was the exact width that I needed and with a bit of bending, went right into the slots in the tender body. The handrails and cut bar were already on the shell.