05-20-2021, 04:58 PM
Yeah, it was an error by Athearn, as the diagram of the prototype brake rigging which they used, showed the parts and pipe layout as it would be if viewed from above - probably a mechanical drawing from a real car-builder.
The Athearn crew assumed that it was a view as seen from below, (I guess because it's no big operation to flip an HO scale boxcar on its roof) which explains why the components are not in the prototypically-correct places.
For years, I never even thought about it until I began adding some of the brake piping and rigging on a few select models, and when I decided to do the same on an Athearn boxcar, it suddenly occurred to me that those cars were incorrect, at least in that regard.
Wayne
The Athearn crew assumed that it was a view as seen from below, (I guess because it's no big operation to flip an HO scale boxcar on its roof) which explains why the components are not in the prototypically-correct places.
For years, I never even thought about it until I began adding some of the brake piping and rigging on a few select models, and when I decided to do the same on an Athearn boxcar, it suddenly occurred to me that those cars were incorrect, at least in that regard.
Wayne