On loco's again.

There was a suggestion yesterday on my e-mail that given that spare parts for the Kato 2-8-2 can be got reasonable cheaply (well, as cheap as it gets in these times), what are the possibilities.

The wheels I believe are about 9.5mm diameter, which is a shade under 4'. however the flanges take this out to 10.5mm so we are looking at 4' drivers. This narrows the field to locos like the Q, Aa, Ww, Wf. The side rod's basically rule out the Wf, as it's driven on the 3rd and not the second axle. However,I think it could be possible to remove the leading driver (as it doesn't have any gearing associated with it) and substitute a lead bogie.
Then theres always the cheaper option...

And the path to the dark side....