Re: Bowser's K11 With DCC [2 Attachments]
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Doug,
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? ? ?Nice work! I changed my collecting direction from NYC, B&O and PRR to almost exclusively PRR meaning I have some surplus NYC items. Although I have already parted with my K11 that had a Knapp tender with it, I am certain I still have at least a couple sets of the trucks you initially wanted. Might have a Bowser set but definitely some PSC brass ones. I also have a brass NYC short express tender... the kind found behind K3s, K5s and early Hudson's. Also have four 19000 class cabooses from various manufactures. If you or anyone is interested in any of this stuff, email me directly. Jeff jppellas@... -----Original Message-----
From: Doug Kisala dougkisala@... [yardbirdtrains] To: Yard Bird Trains Sent: Mon, Aug 13, 2018 11:07 PM Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Bowser's K11 With DCC [2 Attachments]
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Hello list, A few months ago, I bought a completed Bowser K11 from my local hobby shop.? The version I bought has the cast frame and DC71 motor. I bought it with an Athearn Pacific tender that worked fine on DC, but didn't really resemble any of the tenders used by the New York Central on their West Shore Line commuter service. After reading Rich Stoving's book on New York Central Steam Power in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, I decided this engine will represent one of the Baldwin-built K11c engines (later NYC numbers 4450-4479) and hopefully one of the engines that worked the West Shore Line.? Link below is to a shot of Baldwin-built 4477.?? I had a different DC71 motor with the skew-wound armature and insulated brush holder.? I ended up swapping the brush holder with the kit's DC71 (which had a different worm gear) so I could add a Digitrax DH126 decoder.? I had a Mantua switcher tender on hand that is (to my eyes) reasonably close to the NYC 7500 gallon tenders that the K11c engines were built with.? I wanted to use Bowser's NYC tender trucks, but I could not find any, so I used Bowser's Andrews leaf spring tender trucks.? The engine I bought had the footboard pilot installed, and I swapped it out for the passenger/cow catcher pilot from Bowser (most of the West Shore Line K11 engines had the passenger pilot).? For serious students of the NYC, please forgive the liberties I took to produce an operating model.? I do plan on a few detail additions (like marker lights and a generator) along with painting and decaling the engine t
o represent one that worked to the end of NYC steam in NJ (1952).?? Doug Kisala |
Jeff Pellas