
This freight motor was built in 1914. The NS&T was its sixth owner.
I’m waiting for decals to arrive for the “three sisters” – NS&T 8, 15, and 19 – but that’s not preventing me from making progress on S scale freight motors for the Niagara St. Catharines & Toronto Railway. I’ve spent the past week building another William Flatt brass kit – this time, a classic GE 55 Ton steeple cab, which I am detailing as NS&T 20.

As the above photo shows, I’ve made a lot of progress in about a week. In addition to fabricating the frame, I’ve assembled and detailed the cab and both end hoods. I’ve also built a sub-frame to attach the power trucks and hold this unit’s DCC package.
I’m basically down to ends, handrails, and a few miscellaneous details. Then I can do final clean up and send this one to the paint shop.
Now that I’ve built a few brass freight motors, the process is getting easier – and faster!
Nice clean work Trevor – bravo! Interesting arrangement of the air horns. I wonder if to avoid the trolley pole?
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Thanks. Possible so they don’t snag the rope. These units only had a single pole so the operator had to unhook the rope and walk it to the other end to rotate the pole for travel in the opposite direction. I imagine they backpoled a lot when switching.
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Boy Trevor, your self-imposed exile in Saskberia has really brought on a flurry of building activity. Nice!
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I like the wagons at the back…
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Does that mean you don’t like the project this post is actually about?
😢
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Not at all. I think they provide an interesting comparison.
Thought you might appreciate someone noticing their presence!
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