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Engineers Turn Heads - 1
Here’s a short
project that you can
finish in an evening
or two that will really
turn heads! ...
– Dr. Geoff Bunza
Photos by the author
J
ohn Armstrong described an O-scale project in Model
Railroader back in November 1989. He used a geared
mechanism tied to an open frame motor to turn a scale
model engineer’s head. In this article we’ll do the same for HO
scale cabs with a small motor that can be run with both DCC
and DC locomotives.
After choosing a locomotive with enough cab room next to
the engineer’s window (I used an Athearn GP9), obtain a small
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Teach Your Engineers to Turn Heads
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