Baldwin 1922 2-4-2.........an HO kit/scratch/bash

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Pete is there room in the boiler casting to mill it out for a small can motor ? if so you could mount it in there and use a 1/1 gear mesh to the input shaft on the driver gear box.
jim

Jim, that's an option that is possible, but I'm leaning towards a motor in the tender, with a universal drive coupling to the driver gearbox, so I can add weight to the engine, for better electrical contact, as well as pulling ability. In either case, there will be some modifications that will have to be made.
The "kluge" didn't work because the can motor was too small, and alignment with the gearbox wasn't "perfect".
.......I'm working on it. I'd like to have this loco running on the new modules, at the National Train Show in Milwaukee, next year.