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[[Morris | [[Morris Railroad Supplies]] produces 1/8 scale EMD Switchers. | ||
From the Morris R.R. Supplies website previously hosted on <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i> | |||
Features of our EMD Switcher... | |||
* 5.5hp. Honda - 2 to 1 reduction with oil alert (Not available with electric Start.) | |||
* Eaton Hyd. Trans. Model 7 with by-pass valve | |||
* Atlas universal joints | |||
* Tol-o-matic - 2 to 1 gear reduction - Right angle drive | |||
* Front headlight lighted - works great | |||
* Louvered + engraved doors | |||
* Bell and horn mounted (dummy) | |||
* All wheel powered | |||
* Body is # 16 gauge crs and chassis deck is # 12 gauge crs with 2x1x1/8 C channel frame | |||
* Primed - and ready to paint | |||
* Coupler front and rear (Tom Bee couplers - cast steel) | |||
* One lever on Toe board to control forward and Backwards and speed | |||
* Throttle is located in rear window | |||
* Locomotive Specs: 60"long X 22" high X 16"wide.66" overall with couplers. weight is 300 lbs with battery (customer installed). | |||
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File:MorrisRRSupply EMDSwitcher 1.jpg | |||
File:MorrisRRSupply EMDSwitcher 2.jpg | |||
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== End of Production == | |||
Wayne Fort posted the following on Facebook, March 2026: | |||
: From the 1990's through around 2010 Steve Morris of Charlotte, Michigan made an outstanding switcher around a Honda 5HP with hydrostatic drive. He made 100+ of them. | |||
: Unfortunately, he stopped producing and having trouble reassembling his supply chain again. Eaton does not directly product, etc. | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://discoverlivesteam.com/forsale/MorrisRR/index.htm Official website | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140331094505/http://discoverlivesteam.com/forsale/MorrisRR/index.htm Official website (<i>Archive.org</i>)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 25 March 2026
Morris Railroad Supplies produces 1/8 scale EMD Switchers.
From the Morris R.R. Supplies website previously hosted on DiscoverLiveSteam.com
Features of our EMD Switcher...
- 5.5hp. Honda - 2 to 1 reduction with oil alert (Not available with electric Start.)
- Eaton Hyd. Trans. Model 7 with by-pass valve
- Atlas universal joints
- Tol-o-matic - 2 to 1 gear reduction - Right angle drive
- Front headlight lighted - works great
- Louvered + engraved doors
- Bell and horn mounted (dummy)
- All wheel powered
- Body is # 16 gauge crs and chassis deck is # 12 gauge crs with 2x1x1/8 C channel frame
- Primed - and ready to paint
- Coupler front and rear (Tom Bee couplers - cast steel)
- One lever on Toe board to control forward and Backwards and speed
- Throttle is located in rear window
- Locomotive Specs: 60"long X 22" high X 16"wide.66" overall with couplers. weight is 300 lbs with battery (customer installed).
End of Production
Wayne Fort posted the following on Facebook, March 2026:
- From the 1990's through around 2010 Steve Morris of Charlotte, Michigan made an outstanding switcher around a Honda 5HP with hydrostatic drive. He made 100+ of them.
- Unfortunately, he stopped producing and having trouble reassembling his supply chain again. Eaton does not directly product, etc.