Thread: 4-6-2 Tank Locomotive - Circa 1910

Keith my thoughts would be that it is an oil line, one for each cylinder, but it goes into the valve chest under the running board/smokebox to lubricate the valve and then the piston/cylinder.
The third oil line from the hydrostatic lubricator in the cab (middle line) goes to the lubricator just prior to the governor valve.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Keith my thoughts would be that it is an oil line, one for each cylinder, but it goes into the valve chest under the running board/smokebox to lubricate the valve and then the piston/cylinder.
The third oil line from the hydrostatic lubricator in the cab (middle line) goes to the lubricator just prior to the governor valve.

Thanks Kevin,

Have made up one for the compressor side. It's pretty tight for space now on that front side of the loco.

Regards

Keith

Keith,

The loco is looking fantastic! I have been away for a few days from the forum and you have given me several minutes of catching up. As always the workmanship is "Top Notch" as Crowie would say. I have the same feeling for this forum. Its a great place to be even if you aren't building anything. I have a truck forum for the 64' and a garage forum I frequent and this Tuesday I am being visited by 2 of the truck members who are from merry old England. To say I am excited is an understatement. Look forward to what's next.


Bret


By the way when I transported my little 1:38 scale steam train from my old house out to the big shop I was very nervous. I can't imagine how you feel with your behemoth!

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Keith,

The loco is looking fantastic! I have been away for a few days from the forum and you have given me several minutes of catching up. As always the workmanship is "Top Notch" as Crowie would say. I have the same feeling for this forum. Its a great place to be even if you aren't building anything. I have a truck forum for the 64' and a garage forum I frequent and this Tuesday I am being visited by 2 of the truck members who are from merry old England. To say I am excited is an understatement. Look forward to what's next.


Bret


By the way when I transported my little 1:38 scale steam train from my old house out to the big shop I was very nervous. I can't imagine how you feel with your behemoth!

Hi Bret,

Great to hear from you. Hope your house build is going well. Thanks for your really nice comments on my loco. Haven't done too much over the last few days - haven't been that well. I am loving building this loco - it is a great challenge - trying to put as much detail into it as I can. That is the good thing about building something 1/7th scale - you can try and add some extra bits on it. Cathie made me make a stand that I can move the loco around on (she was afraid she would drop it when I asked her to help lift it) It was another really good suggestion from her - and she keeps letting me know. I am now starting to work on the couplings. Doing both front and rear at the same time so I get all the components the same.
Agree my loco is a behemoth and it's going to get longer, but as we get older it's easier to work on bigger stuff - eyesight deteriorates.

Is the steam train a live steamer or is it that beautiful loco you made some time ago ?

I really hope you enjoy meeting the 2 truck members and have an enjoyable time with them. It's great catching up with guys in "real life" who you meet on Forums

Take care and as I said great to hear from you

Regards

Keith

Hi All,

I have been working on the front and rear couplers for my locomotive. I made up 2 of each component so the couplers will be exactly the same (although they do differ in so much as the front and rear are a different hand). I still have not made up the coupler heads. This is the insert that actually couples from the loco to rolling stock. This head is hold in position by the pin you can see in my photos of the front coupler assembly. At the moment the main buffer plate is just clamped in position (for the photo). I will make up the spring loaded buffers after I do the coupler heads. Am still looking at having the buffer / coupler assembly removable to allow easier ?? transport. There are quite a few different materials in the coupler support I have made.
The main backplate is MDF. The body and fillets are made of pine. The linkages are aluminium. The turnbuckle is nylon (pain to turn). The pins are mild steel as are the main securing bolts. The main coupler head locating pin is aluminium. At the moment I have just doweled the main bracket to the front buffer plate (not glued) so I can remove it.

Regards

Keith

Front coupling2.jpg Front Coupling3.jpg

I thought you said you'd been unwell Keith, I wasn't expecting this sort of details work so quickly....
Well done, sir and please keep well now you're better. Cheers, Peter

Wow, when I first looked at the thumbnails, I thought they were actually pictures of the prototype loco!
Those trees (and the workmanship!) make it look SO realistic!

fletty

Front coupling looks great Keith, I have to agree if it was on a track bed and the clamps removed you would have problems telling the difference between the real deal and you model.

Glad you are feeling well enough to get back to the loco.

As fletty and Dalboy said you need to look twice to see that it is the model and not the prototype. (Wait until there is a whisp of steam/smoke above the chimney or even a heat haze.)

While the couplers may seem a different hand, they are actually the same. Just think of the build process where it is easier to make all the same, rather than left and right hand. What might differ is some couplers are bottom operated and other top. I am not sure what the D4 has.

Re length, perhaps you can have the headstock removable, but a slide fit on T track or dovetails. Just a thought.

I heard the whistle blow when I was looking at it

Thanks for that suggestion Kevin.

A bit of dry ice down the stack may be a bit of a go when nearing completion. I am working on the coupler head at the moment and then onto the buffers. The buffers are interesting - quite a bit of wood ting I think. They also used lots of bolts to hold them together - 16 for each buffer !!!
Still some work to go on it but here is a photo in situ to show how it will be located.(This is still a Work in Progress). The chain is for the coupler release.

Regards

Keith

coupler head.jpg

Kevin,

You have got me wondering - could I get a some sound on the loco whilst doing the cab. Any ideas on small sound gear that could be programmed and inserted ? I would have space behind the cabin wall (I think)

Regards

Keith

Turn a whistle Keith take a look at this I thought it was great I even have a piece of wood in the workshop ready to have a go myself.

I bought a sound recorder from radio shack for about ten dollars that records and plays for about 20 seconds I have it ready to mount under my mack truck base, running motor and air horn. you can record whatever you want as there is a built in microphone.