Jeff , I too want to know what radius is planned for this loco . Some really fine work Ray , thank you for sharing it with us . Henry H.
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--- In yardbirdtrains@..., Jeff Pellas <jppellas@...> wrote:
Nice work. I take it this is not just a show piece. You intend the loco to do some work, including car sorting? What minimum radius are you working with?
Jeff
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From: Ray Marinaccio <raymarinaccio@...>
To: yardbirdtrains <yardbirdtrains@...>
Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 9:22 pm
Subject: [yardbirdtrains] H10 Mantua Mikado (adding couplers) [5 Attachments]
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I installed a long shanked 30 series KD coupler to the tender. Hopefully the extra swing of the long shank coupler will compensate for the overhang the long tender has on sharp radius curves.
The pilot had to be raised and supported to nount the coupler.
I made a piece of channel to extend the frame from the cylinders to the pilot beam where the coupler would be mounted. The sides channel had to be cut out to clear the pilot wheels.
The centering spring is an older KD centering spring that works like the newer 30 series . The coupler is a low shank 30 series coupler.
