Lobaugh Berkshire

[bob turner]

All has been quiet for 24 hours. I had a nice day - 2 1/2 hours aloft in antique airplanes, a glass of home brewed beer at what is called the Stearman Ale House, some good company and spectacular weather, if warm for San Diego.

And I finished the B-17 windshield for my Doorstop Erie-Built project, and watched a couple news programs. So I thought, why not liven things up here?

My first thought was Lobaugh Pacifics. I had forgotten that only two months ago we did all of them in a thread called "Did we do my Pacifics?"

Then I searched for Lobaugh Berks - how could I not have done them for you? Well, there is no thread containing those two words. I expanded it to search for Lobaugh Berkshire - and several threads came up, none of which apparently addressed my variations.

So, to keep myself from watching more of whatever Washington is up to this hour, I will post a few photos - all at once, since it is easier.

Herewith:

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Here is the stock Lobaugh Berkshire:

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Here is the same kit converted to MoPac:

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And finally, the most radical conversion - the B & M / SP haystack:

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There are other possibilities - TH&B had a similar locomotive, and I have converted at least three mechanisms to Mikados, which I am sure I have covered here multiple times.

Happy weekend!

[E7]

And finally, the most radical conversion - the B & M / SP haystack:

Happy weekend!

I like those.....I am assuming that is the coffin feedwater heater job. OMI did a very nice one.

My other favorite Berk is the P&LE A2.

Happy weekend to you, Bob.

[ScaleCraft]

Bit of thread drift, but still Berk.

[De Bruin]

Super good models Bob; for my tastes the Lobaugh J-4 is one of the best; albeit for an obscure and numerically small prototype class of a only a dozen(another example of O scale manufacturers perversity.) My old Dallas club buddy George Potter had one that his Dad built and it ran like a watch pulling fifty cars. I was always making him an offer for it (also wanting to re-do it in Missouri Pacific) and he reliably always declined due to the sentimentality he attached to it, totally understandable. Still, seeing your MP version still makes when want one of these even more.
That B&M SP version is off the chart; (opinion) a tad unusual looking but got be be one of your best SP engines, the details are amazing. Had to be a lot of fun to build.
Wow,Wow & Wow!
Pete
(BTW Dave, how a about a better picture?)

[ScaleCraft]

I know. That's just one I happened to have on my flickr account.

[Carey Williams]

Thank you Bob for posting the photos of your lovely Lobaugh Berkshires ...
Do all Lobaugh engines have the same drive with the little enclosed brass cover seen from below ?
Thank you
Cheers Carey

[J. S. Bach]

Very nice. I like the B&M/SP one the best. How about a front shot of it? That I definitely would like to see.

[bob turner]

Maybe. I will try an IPad shot.

Carey - yes, except for early stuff, where the gearbox is soldered together with flat stock. Either way, I tend to replace them with NWSL, then shove the lobaugh parts into the boiler. The NWSL 0.6 is a bit wide, but can be skinnied down to fit.

[Jay Criswell]

Now, nobody knows more about Lobaugh than Bob but when I read brass cover I said, no brass cover on a Lobaugh gearbox. A left and a right brass stamping is what I remember. Four screws (none visible from the bottom) hold the top portion to the main gearbox and also hold the worm retainers in place and alignment. I've never seen a Lobaugh gearbox with any kind of cover.

Did I miss something?

Jay

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Pete
(BTW Dave, how a about a better picture?)

More than one?



Just to whizz off the purists, we do "selective compression" and since these are the largest, this one is numbered as a Yellowstone!
That's the one that is "modified" in stack, appliances. Both have ashpans cut back to clear rear driver.
This is the oddball, I had an old 1946 version 726 (bad shape), picked up a 736, swapped the drivers onto the single worm chassis so I had "Baldwin Discs". On flat-topped rail (GarGraves) I don't care about MagneTraction.



When I get the roundhouse all done and these back in the shed, I'll touch up the handrails a bit.

[bob turner]

Jay is sort of correct, and maybe I misread Carey's question. Modern Lobaugh gears have two stamped halves on the bottom, soldered together at the centerline. From the bottom they present a rounded appearance. A top portion consists of a barrel and two stamped end caps. Assembly is difficult, and Gerry White told me the mesh is imperfect - maybe that is one reason they fail.

Pre-war gearboxes were flat plates and machined blocks. Some are enclosed with brass sheet soldered on the plates; others were just open. If one had the time and inclination, a brass gearbox for the NWSL Mod 0.6 would be ten times the quality, and yield dramatically better appearance. As it is, the plastic gearbox is workable - a better gearbox than the Lobaugh.

Maybe NWSL could shoot some waxes for Jay? I really liked Raoul's glass-filled cases.

[bob turner]

Maybe tonight, with Dave's permission, I will try to lighten up his photos and enhance them?