Rolling Stock For The Southwest

[Schraddel]

The next thing was to create the necessary sprung loading for pilot and trailing truck.


Here i have coiled a spring for the pilot truck out of 0,3mm hard bronze wire and soldered to the truck. The upper end of the spring will encircle the bolt head going through the cylinder blocks.


At the rear end i was a little confused of what kind of trailing truck this was. At least it became clear it is Baldwin's own Hodges trailing truck.
Here i planned in a first attempt to place the spring and soldered this cross bar onto the truck.


The final solution is this here. A stiffer spring soldered direct onto the main frame and a sliding shoe. The front traverser of the trailing truck will take the sprung force.


A look into the boiler, still not yet cleaned of excess wire ends.


I was lucky the original weight was enclosed in the box too.

The next steps of "electrification" and enlighting for DCC operating were routine. So i renounce to post it here again.

Lutz