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Excellent! Thank you Bill! This is essentially what I am looking for so I can haul a yard in each car.

Thank you,

Jeff Smith
Florida

Nah, you want two steel bars with a center bronze pivot on a 1/2" bolt, and four loose bearings. Ain't rocket science. I put a set on my riding / propane car 20 years ago ..no formal drawings, just scrap parts and scribbles on an envelope. Ok if I send just a picture and you work out the detai...

Thank you for the offer, Greg, but I would prefer something without springs. I have an idea for pillow blocks on the inside of the wheels, mounted on a flat plate with 1/2" bolts welded to the plates so they can be longer and allow the pillow blocks to "drop" in the dips of the track....

Hello, I am looking for a simple, heavy duty, truck design for ballast cars. Pillow blocks, or solid side frames, as an example. Something like the "Purinton Design" would be great. I have tried doing a search on the site, but I am not finding very many examples. Thank you, Jeff Smith Flor...

Bill Shields,

Do you have any drawings or basic dimensions for the Purinton Design trucks in 7-1/4" / 7-1/2"? I am looking for a simple truck for some ballast cars.

Thank you,

Jeff Smith
Florida

Karl_Losely wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:17 am Does anybody have the schedule for the 2022 winter meets in Florida?

Please bring down your beautiful steam engine when you attend the 2022 meet. Thank you!

Marty_Knox wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:18 am I have always used 1/4 of the tube diameter. That would be 1/4" for a 1" diameter tube. Larger diameter tubes need a larger ligament.

I am just curious if that is the od or id of the tube?
Thank you,
Jeff

I grew up in West Virginia and moved after college. I shoveled more coal as kid than I want to remember. I worked for the power company while in college and got to work in the coal lab for a while and that was very interesting. We would test and blend different coals from around the country to not h...

I have an axle pump on my locomotive. I fill the boiler through the pump, so I have never had a problem with the check valves sticking. I fill all of my other steam engines through the pumps also, and that seems to take any stuck checks and free them, especially if they have been in storage for a wh...

Just as an fyi -
I have been using Dripstop 940 and am very happy with the product on all other piping. It is made in the USA in Sanford, Florida.

I have used never seize in the smoke box without any problems and it is still working fine.

Plexiglass steam chest covers work wonders on setting Stevenson valve gear with air.
I had one slip on me at Ridge at the top of the hill and I had to back all the way back to the steaming bays. My neck was stiff the next day. lol