12-24-2020, 02:03 PM
(09-29-2018, 05:49 AM)Rscott417 Wrote: All of the photos I've seen of this engine always has the trolley pole angled over the end with the bell so that's where I'm going to place it. I was able to stretch out the springs so that the pole would hang and not be pulled back up...
On the real ones, the pole would be reversible depending on the direction of travel, and most modelled versions of the poles are reversible, too. Simply add a hook or eye to the front of both hoods, and you should be able to change the pole's orientation, and easily secure it at the proper height, too.
I had thought about making the Erie Northshore's part of my layout as an interurban line, but instead decided to make it a "former interurban", now served by steam locomotives...they're at least partly correct, as they do run on electricity.
Wayne