11-11-2010, 06:37 PM
Detail Associates offer straight brass wire in various sizes, from .006" up to at least .052, and also many sizes of stainless steel wire, too. They also have brass bar in several sizes, some good for making your own sill steps for rolling stock. I prefer music wire for handrails on diesels and steamers, especially if they're going to be handled frequently, as it retains its shape much better than brass.
The box in front of the cab is the turret cover - on some locos, the pipes and fittings of the turret weren't enclosed. The turret referred to is simply a distribution point for steam for the various appliances found on the loco - these could include air pumps, water pumps, injectors, whistle, stokers, coal pushers, etc. The turret cover on my earlier picture of 4807 is a NYC-style, and similar to that on TH&B 202, a road partially controlled by NYC, while the one on Beeg Boy (the unpainted brass loco) is more like the one on your loco.
The loco shown below has an exposed turret, and that part is available from Cal-Scale. In my old Cal-Scale catalogue, it's Part TU-323. The various pipes are part of the casting and may be bent as desired by the modeller. If you opt for this version, the box on your model needs to be removed.
![[Image: Foe-toesfromTrainPhotos2007third-1.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/locomotives/Foe-toesfromTrainPhotos2007third-1.jpg)
The throttle rod can go to either the steam dome, or to a front end throttle. The version to the steam dome is usually under the boiler jacketing, and wouldn't normally be visible. A front end throttle does have visible rods to control it, and they usually look somewhat like those on CNR 8414, shown below. The rod exits the cab just below the handrail and extends forward to a bell crank, with a second rod extending from the crank to a connection to the throttle itself, which is located just forward of the superheater, inside the smokebox.
![[Image: Foe-toesfromTrainPhotos2007third-5.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/locos%20switching%20industries/Foe-toesfromTrainPhotos2007third-5.jpg)
This detail is also available from Cal-Scale and consists of the bell crank, throttle valve connection, and a number of guides for the control rods. The modeller supplies the wire for the rods. The part number is TL-268.
According to my re-print of the 1925 Locomotive Cyclopedia, the front end throttle was a fairly new innovation in 1925, but it quickly became very popular for the savings it offered and for its ease of maintenance. It was used on many new locos and retro-fitted to a large number of older ones, too.
Wayne
The box in front of the cab is the turret cover - on some locos, the pipes and fittings of the turret weren't enclosed. The turret referred to is simply a distribution point for steam for the various appliances found on the loco - these could include air pumps, water pumps, injectors, whistle, stokers, coal pushers, etc. The turret cover on my earlier picture of 4807 is a NYC-style, and similar to that on TH&B 202, a road partially controlled by NYC, while the one on Beeg Boy (the unpainted brass loco) is more like the one on your loco.
The loco shown below has an exposed turret, and that part is available from Cal-Scale. In my old Cal-Scale catalogue, it's Part TU-323. The various pipes are part of the casting and may be bent as desired by the modeller. If you opt for this version, the box on your model needs to be removed.
The throttle rod can go to either the steam dome, or to a front end throttle. The version to the steam dome is usually under the boiler jacketing, and wouldn't normally be visible. A front end throttle does have visible rods to control it, and they usually look somewhat like those on CNR 8414, shown below. The rod exits the cab just below the handrail and extends forward to a bell crank, with a second rod extending from the crank to a connection to the throttle itself, which is located just forward of the superheater, inside the smokebox.
This detail is also available from Cal-Scale and consists of the bell crank, throttle valve connection, and a number of guides for the control rods. The modeller supplies the wire for the rods. The part number is TL-268.
According to my re-print of the 1925 Locomotive Cyclopedia, the front end throttle was a fairly new innovation in 1925, but it quickly became very popular for the savings it offered and for its ease of maintenance. It was used on many new locos and retro-fitted to a large number of older ones, too.
Wayne