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Phil Joines
01-06-2009, 07:33 PM
I'd like to build a display model of the Tom Thumb engine. The scale isn't important and it doesn't need to rum. Does anyone know of any plans for it?

stationmaster
01-06-2009, 09:29 PM
Metal? Plastic? Wood? I've got a working HO model from Bachmann. A Thom Thumb, a John Bull and one other pre 1840 train.

Phil Joines
01-06-2009, 09:52 PM
I work mostly in wood but do have some capacity for metal and plastic, hand turning, etc.

Since it's to be a display I'd like to build it in a large scale, about 1:24 or so. I can probably change the scale of an existing plan or draw one but the photos I've found on the net are too fuzzy to use.

T-Man
01-07-2009, 10:38 PM
The engine is at the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Museum. They have a resource library.Perhaps you could contact them.
Here is the site It is seen on the virtual tour.Road Trip?

http://www.borail.org/collections-locomotives.shtml

Phil Joines
01-08-2009, 09:20 PM
I'll check into them.