Hello!

This was one of my first locos of US prototype.
The historic background of the prototype you can read here:
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Here is some information about Russian 2-10-0's too:
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And here:
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It is astoningly that the last ones were built as late as 1947 by ALCO. Because of the outbreak of the Cold War the last ones were delivered to Finland.





In short terms:

- axles 1, 2 and 5 were sprung loaded, but can't work because the bottom plate was too tight. So i filed away small portions were the axles meet the bottom plate. Now the springing works and gave a significat better electrical pick up
- shortening of the front end of the frame according to prototype photos
- reworking pilot deck
- shortening of the running board
- relocating of the front steps from pilot deck to running board
- shortening the heigt of: steam dome, sand dome and stack
- making a new stack crown out of brass wire
- new scratch built whistle mounted on dome
- bell now on smokebox front
- Kadee #58
- supplementing of plumbing according to prototype photos
- lettering for my ET&N



- new coal pile "not so full"
- Andrews tender trucks (were additional delivered with the model in the box by Bachmann)
- steps on the front end relocated
- aditional side side steps on rear
- Kadee #58
- relettering

Hope you enjoyed my posting.

Greetings Lutz

Cool,, nice work on it. I have 2 of them that I intend to convert into Camelbacks for my line. I'm just waiting for some firebox parts from Bethlehem car works. They sold off their Kit Bits line to someone else, Now the parts are almost impossible to get... Always glad to see more steam on the Gauge.

The Russian decapods.
I, like Steve have 2. I backdated mine to the USRA leasing period in the 1918's. The CNJ received 19 of them. A mixture of Alco, and Baldwin units. Baldwin having built the most of these. I would call it a kitbashing. Bachmann as built by them were alerted locomotives. The ones leased to the CNJ were only different from the ones sent to Russia by the wider driver tires, removal of the bumpers, insulation of US couplers, oil marker lights, and the USA paint scheme. All 19 retained their all-weather cabs, handrails, oil headlamps, and issued numbers. They were used on the CNJ's Lehigh and Susquehanna division. After the war in 1920 all were returned to the USRA. The CNJ kept none of them.
Frank

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very nicely done

I got to ride in the cab of the "Russian" Frisco decapod, that runs at the Illinois Railway Museum, at Union, Illinois.
The wider driver tires are " noticeable ", to say the least.

The fireman, finished a can of soda, and tossed the empty into the firebox....the aluminum can vaporized long before the firebox door could close.

Just so you can see that they get on a layout.
frank

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