SP #3000 - start for a Daylight train

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Some days ago I received permission for showing these both pictures on my website.



Thank you very much to Stan Kistler for given permission and thanks also to John Nestegard, member of MRH forum, who has sent me these fine pictures!
In left picture is shown "my engine" - Espee #3000 class A-6 with a Vanderbilt tender and in Daylight colors - and right a second class A-6 #3002 with a rectangular tender.
For seeing pictures in a larger view, click on pictures and open my website. Scroll a bit down to prototype photos. Click anew on pictures to open a full size view.

At last - digitalisation is done and my A-6 is ready!



Front lamp and classification lamps are lightened, tender also. And front and rear lamp have got also a dimmed light for switching in change with full light.



Also engineer and fireman must not stand in darkness. And now? Where are the scales and needles of armatures?
Two views into inside of boiler.





Wires and resistors and connectors for cables to tender. And left I mounted the speaker into the boiler with smokebox as a closed box behind of it. So I received a large sound box with a very full sound. I'm very satisfied with result!
In lower picture you can see additional lead weights, one that is fixed into boiler already by double-side adhesive tape and so the weight of loco increased from 10 oz. to 11 1/2 oz. I think that should be a need for pulling five 85' passenger cars by 4 driven wheels only.



Last picture shows connections from engine to tender and one of two cable beams with 5 wires each.
Because there was not enough free space in boiler I must install the decoder (a TCS WOW-Sound with keep-alive) in tender - and thereby I must use 10 wires for all functions. But it works! By twisting five wires each I have got two very flexible connections.
Next will be some paint repairs by a friend and so I hope for first use in end of November on a test installation of our large modular layout that should exhibited in February of next year, I hope. And then I hope that I can make a few video shots maybe with my new Daylight train already. And then I will show a few impressions from running engine and train, I think.