Bill, Do you live anywhere near Nevada City/Grass Valley CA, home of the NCNG? You can email me direct if you want to. jefe

Dave, The idler gear is NWSL #3056 or Walters #53-3056 in Derlin. Bruce Dunlevy

Ah yes, the Craftsman 3 Coreless Drive as fitted to the Nakamura K-28 and 36. Ironically although the Nakimi motors were Gutless rather than Coreless, they are fine runners when remotored, I have two

here s a quick shot of the top of the chassis and one of the bottom .looks like I better get a NWSL idler so thanks for the tip martin

Dave, There is a Westside K-37 on Ebay right now with several good photo shots of the underside. Take a look at those photos to clarify what I write below. There are two screws (probably 1.4mm

Thanks for the correction Wayne John

IIRC, the Westside K36s had Namiki coreless motors that were undersize and often locked up due to the lubrication used. The K37s though, came with an open frame motor. Both models were built by

Dave You say you have a can motor. If you have a cylindrical motor fitted into a tubular brass housing, this is actually the original Nakamura(sp?) coreless motor. These motors

Hi everyone! I'm on the hunt for decent drawings of NCNG #8... Anyone have anything? BillShow more

I’ll give it a try. Thanks for your help Dave

OK . so it is more than just boiler to frame . Without taking it apart again I do see that the crosshead guides have a screw that attaches them --screw head on top of guides , guides set on frame

Ooops! The longer screw is a little fatter and 9/32”; the shorter screw is smaller in diameter. Dave

I have understand about the screws by the cab and the screw thru the pilot truck. My concern is the large brass washer, the fiber washer, a 3/16” tube, and two small screws (one 1/4” and one about

2 small slotted screws hold the back or the cab to the frame , and 1 phillips screw about 3/8th inch hold the front of the boiler . You will have to remove the pilot truck though . Also make sure

I have a Westside K-37 with a cam motor. Unfortunately the frame is not attached to the boiler; however, all the screws and washers are supposed to be there. Can anyone help with how to assemble the

Love that car Paul! Well done! -- Brian Kopp Jacksonville, FL

Really nice car. I am told that the San Juan CONOCO cars should be here by summer’s end. And body know where the these cars contents were transferred from the standard gauge to narrow gauge in

Looks really good Paul Mike Smith Tucson Sent from Mike's iPhone

Ah, I needed another flat car and had a second #5 kit so I raided the #5 for the flatcar. I knew I would have a use for that tank; sometime/somewhere. -- Paul Buhrke D&RGW Salida Division Lost in the

Looks good enough to me. Bizarre story? Mike Conder -- Mike Conder