Jack Fesco
Shown in Jack M. Fesco and his 3/4 inch scale Southern Pacific Mountain type locomotive. She is a coal burner and runs on 100 pounds of steam that is super-heated.
There are Torrington needle point bearings on the drivers and rods. Other bearings used are Fafner ball bearings Nathan mechanical Lubricator and Boiler Check are used and 2 Consolidated saftey valves.
The dynamo is of the Otha Hege design. She has a front end throttle, and a multiple type cooper boiler, smoke box and jacket monel.
The other pictures shown are of a booster feed water pump, built by Jack.
The pump has an axle gear of 3/4 inch diameter and the eccentric gear is 1 inch in diameter. The cylinder has a 1/4 inch bore and a 1-1/4 inch stroke and is enclosed in a housing packed with a lubricant.
The water enters at the left manifold and discharges via the right manifold through the ball joints and then under the right running board to the boiler check.
A by-pass valve is installed, which is not shown in picture, in order to by-pass the water to the tank in case it floods the boiler.
The ball joints are real, and provide for flexibility such as when rounding a curve.
GS-4
- Jack Fesco was building a Southern Pacific GS-4 Daylight in 1" scale. A member of Riverside Live Steamers bought the unfinished loco from Fecso's estate/family not long after his death. Jack Sessums did what work was required to complete the engine and it's tender. During the early-mid 1980's, Fesco's Daylight was bought by Ron Mason, who owned Jack's 3/4 inch scale Southern Pacific MT-class 4-8-2. I believe Ron later sold the Daylight some years later.
- Jack Sessums owned the Fesco GS-4, and it is the loco used in the movie Tough Guys, part of which was filmed at Jack Sessums' place.