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Lewis Tender Trucks
Group: I am looking for a set of Lewis trucks. I would like to purchase a set if anyone has them. These are the trucks found on Norfolk and Western Y3 2-8-8-2 tenders and some of N&W' auxiliar water tenders. These can be found on Proto USRA 2-8-8-2 tenders, on recent Bachmann Aux tenders and on current BLI aux tenders. Only place I've found that has them in stock is Greenway...for $18/ truck and they are not processing new orders until April. I've also tried Funaro, which makes a resin version of these trucks, but I'm sure they will be too swamped to reply until some time in the new year.?
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Re: Bowser tender trucks
I'd try very short wheel base Commonwealth 6 wheel trucks. These were used by Norfolk and Western, Union Pacific and others. They appear on many tenders that you could find on the 2ndary market. I believe you can buy them new from Precision Scale.
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From: william.murray@... [yardbirdtrains] <yardbirdtrains@...> To: yardbirdtrains Sent: Mon, Dec 11, 2017 01:20 AM Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Bowser tender trucks ?I recently built a NOS Bowser Vanderbilt tender. The kit did not include trucks. I cannot figure out what to use for this. The Mantua 3 axle trucks that come with their standard and vandy tender don't work. Too long. Looks like it needs 2 2axle trucks, needing electrical pickup. Any ideas ?? |
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Re: Cary Stuff
Hah! I knew that was coming! :-) Of course those Barney tenders will be purple... and I'm gonna mount little T-Rex arms on the smoke box doors too. My happy train family!
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From: Jim Waterman Watermaj@... [yardbirdtrains] To: yardbirdtrains Sent: Wed, Dec 6, 2017 06:20 AM Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Re: Cary Stuff Gonna paint them tenders purple? |
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Re: Cary Stuff [2 Attachments]
Stupid auto correct on my phone. It keeps changing Varney to Barney. Anyway, I'm sure you knew what I meant!?
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From: Jeff Pellas jppellas@... [yardbirdtrains] To: yardbirdtrains Sent: Mon, Dec 4, 2017 10:17 PM Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Cary Stuff [2 Attachments]
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Group, Here are a couple of pix of some of my Cary projects. First is a group shot showing, front to back, a Cary USRA Heavy 4-8-2 boiler mounted on a Bowser USRA 2-10-2 chassis with a Barney tender behind it. Object is to model a PRR N2sa. Next is a Cary N1s boiler on a Bowser/Penn Line decapod chassis. Barney tender frame that I was going to use behind it. Finally, in back, a Cary M1a 4-8-2 boiler on an older Bowser USRA chassis, BLI cylinder saddle and Penn Line tender. ? ? The second picture is of the 100F85 tender kit I just picked up. I laid out the parts where they seem to belong. You can see the N1s cab details on the left and the thick brass frame piece on the right.
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Cary Stuff
Group, Here are a couple of pix of some of my Cary projects. First is a group shot showing, front to back, a Cary USRA Heavy 4-8-2 boiler mounted on a Bowser USRA 2-10-2 chassis with a Barney tender behind it. Object is to model a PRR N2sa. Next is a Cary N1s boiler on a Bowser/Penn Line decapod chassis. Barney tender frame that I was going to use behind it. Finally, in back, a Cary M1a 4-8-2 boiler on an older Bowser USRA chassis, BLI cylinder saddle and Penn Line tender.
? ? The second picture is of the 100F85 tender kit I just picked up. I laid out the parts where they seem to belong. You can see the N1s cab details on the left and the thick brass frame piece on the right. Jeff jppellas@... |
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Re: PRR brass tender
That's interesting because, before I received the parts and found the one piece brass frame, I was thinking of using a varney tender frame. I have no idea if the frame piece supplied was part of the original kit or something someone else made to be used with it. These tenders had the Andrews type trucks, I believe.
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? ? I'll post some pix when I get home this evening. Jeff jppellas@... -----Original Message-----
From: huligin62@... [yardbirdtrains] To: yardbirdtrains Sent: Mon, Dec 4, 2017 12:31 PM Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Re: PRR brass tender Nice work on your A3-A5 Locos . Sean had a kit lke that [for the frame] . I was almost going to use a Varney 32' tender for mine ?? If my memory serves ? That tender didn't have Kiesel trucks ??? ? Henry |
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PRR brass tender
I recently picked up an interesting kit from eBay. The listing said the kit was made specifically for the "Bowser PRR N1." I assumed they meant the Cary PRR N1 shell that was to be combined with either a Penn Line or Bowser 2-10-0 chassis to make a 2-10-2 locomotive. The kit I just received is for the tender that was unique to the N1: the 100F85. The kit consists of all etched brass parts to build a complete tender body and frame although there is no underside detail and no trucks. Besides the tender kit, there are a some locomotive cab details to be added to the Cary shell. Unfortunately there was no box, no instructions or parts list and no identifying marks on any of the parts (other than 100F85). Does anyone know anything about this kit? Is it a Cary product or something else? I'd never even knew this kit existed before stumbling across it.?
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