01-26-2013, 12:49 PM
Did a little more work on the 2-10-0's today..
From this pic you can see that I have added a new air tank, Installed marker lights, mounted the supports that run from the boiler to the pilot, and changed the placement of the train control box on the pilot deck. It is now located on top of another equipment box for the "Speed" control. I had wanted to mount it high on the firebox, but it just didn't look right. The speed box found a home next to the Stop box, This was also a CNJ inspired location found on many of there locomotives. In the real world the Jersey central used this system on most of it's high volume mains to either stop a train if the engineer missed a signal or slow it down if the train was running over the posted speed.
I have also filled in the holes in the tender frames that were use to mount the stock tender shells to them.
They will get some sanding when they are dry.
The water hatches were also salvaged from the old tenders and glued in place on the new decks.
From this pic you can see that I have added a new air tank, Installed marker lights, mounted the supports that run from the boiler to the pilot, and changed the placement of the train control box on the pilot deck. It is now located on top of another equipment box for the "Speed" control. I had wanted to mount it high on the firebox, but it just didn't look right. The speed box found a home next to the Stop box, This was also a CNJ inspired location found on many of there locomotives. In the real world the Jersey central used this system on most of it's high volume mains to either stop a train if the engineer missed a signal or slow it down if the train was running over the posted speed.
I have also filled in the holes in the tender frames that were use to mount the stock tender shells to them.
The water hatches were also salvaged from the old tenders and glued in place on the new decks.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew