GE Diesel Electric 0-6-0 industrial switcher

[oldcoyote]

Here are before and after pictures of the diesel electric switcher I have bee restoring from my father's "O" Gauge model railroad collection. When I found the switcher in a box, it had been disassembled and gutted. I remember this unit from when I was a kid. I scrounged parts from his boxes, modified some, and scratchbuilt some parts to get this beast back into display condition. This switcher was originally built (and run) back in the early 1950's. The piece is all metal with the exception of the wood base I built to attach the driving trucks to the metal body.


What I started with:






What I ended up with

[Nacho Z]

Wow! That is a piece of history right there. Around 70 years old! It looks like you did a nice job putting it all back together and restoring it. Thanks for sharing this neat piece!

[Eddie]

That's cool!

[tim]

x2 Ive looked back at this several times. That is really cool!