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HO steam locomotive builder 7 years 1 month ago #5811

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	And if it was Bradford, one might want to recall the fiasco the RCT&HS lived through with his T-1 project. - I am having flashbacks of a company "something-else" Locomotive Works that got kicked around and it seemed like it may have been Bradford operating under a new name, with all the same mystery... Rob
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HO steam locomotive builder 7 years 1 month ago #5813

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Group, Bradford is long gone, only to be under the name "Eddystone Locomotive Works". Now, having picked up an old Bradford piece in a consignment shop many years back, and then coming to find out what this gentleman did to John Greene was truly reprehensible. I'm sure you have figured out my feelings on his products, although they may be "super detailed" if you looked closely at the casting work that was done on my camelback, awful. Also too, the motor was located in the tender, which from the torque needed to move a 2lb boiler, shall we say looked far from prototypical.

Bill

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HO steam locomotive builder 7 years 1 month ago #5814

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eddystone-custom-steam.com/main_page.html

There's his website - appears to be last updated in early 2016. He is now living in Maine (the cynical part of me wonders if the relocation is to avoid the mob bearing torches and pitchforks...)

I echo Rob's sentiments. Having lived through the RCT&HS "Bradford T-1 Debacle" as a member of the Society BOD at the time, and having to ensure that all of the customers who got STIFFED by this guy got a full refund in order to maintain the Society's credibility, not to mention the CRAP that this guy actually delivered - parts falling off the locomotive as it ran, etc., all I can say is:

CAVEAT EMPTOR
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK
WOULDN'T YOU REALLY RATHER HAVE A DIESEL?

Again, this is simply my opinion, but it's based on personal experience - it was only through the good fortune of finding a buyer for 3 excess MU cars (and collecting payment on those was a whole OTHER RCT&HS adventure) that the Society avoided going in a $30K hole as a result of the Bradford Locomotive Works partnership.

Tom

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HO steam locomotive builder 7 years 1 month ago #5819

HoboPiker OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 227 Thank you received: 53	No, definitely not Bradford. I am racking my brain but cannot recall the gentleman's name or name of his business. Thanks to all for the responses. Will post if the cobwebs clear.
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