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by hudson
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:47 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: USRA Mikado online
Replies: 4
Views: 2069

Other links are: http://www.danslocoworks.com/Building%20the%20Daylight.htm SP Daylight http://iprr.topcities.com/mikado/ 90ton Mikado http://romubricoltout.canalblog.com/archives/00_accueil/index.html narrow gauge 0-4-0 Decauville in French http://www.northernsteam.com/25NC.htm SAR 25 NC in 7 1/4 i...
by hudson
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:28 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: USRA Mikado online
Replies: 4
Views: 2069

Check the following link:


http://www.neidrauer.com/HeavyMikado/index.html


Best regards,
hudson
by hudson
Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:45 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Interference fit for bearings?
Replies: 10
Views: 3203

Deep Groove Bearing fits

High,

Check at SKF

http://www.skf.com/portal/skf/home/prod ... ink=1_0_74

and choose Recommended fits and Shaft and housing tolerances.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
hudson
by hudson
Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:23 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Cole Trailing Truck
Replies: 17
Views: 5833

Cole Trailing Truck

Further info:

A good example of a fabricated cradle are the Swanton Pacifics:

http://pro-photography.net/gallery/swanton06

Uploads:


Best regards,
hudson
by hudson
Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:15 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Cole Trailing Truck
Replies: 17
Views: 5833

Cole Trailing Truck

Please check section 1 Frame Group at http://www.livesteam.com/heavymikado/AAheavymikadopricelist.html and download the full resolution diagram of: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:USRA_Heavy_Mikado_diagram.jpg I also add a scan of the Cole trailing truck. Happy designing and building! hudson
by hudson
Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:05 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 44
Views: 7855

GWR King bogie

The book by Greenly Model Steam Locomotives contains a drawing for
the bogie of the King loco. See uploaded part of the drawing.

Best regards,
hudson
by hudson
Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:46 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: What would you do without cleco’s?
Replies: 17
Views: 6552

A nice example of the use of the clecos is

http://www.jbodenmann.com/jack/tenders.html


hudson
by hudson
Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:09 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Sight Glass "Air Lock"
Replies: 5
Views: 3695

See

http://mokei-jouki.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index_e.html

The e-mail address is at the bottom of this page.


Best regards,
hudson
by hudson
Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:40 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Scrapping a Swiss Mogul loco in 1961 video
Replies: 1
Views: 1322

Scrapping a Swiss Mogul loco in 1961 video

Discovered a few minutes ago this video on:



http://mediaplayer.archives.tsr.ch/inst ... tive/0.ask

in French language

You have then to choose either Real Player or Windows Media Player

duration: approx 8 minutes


hudson
by hudson
Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:47 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: German Mallet first run video
Replies: 0
Views: 710

German Mallet first run video

The video is on:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1842743

shows well the Walschaerts gear

hudson
by hudson
Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:20 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: light Berkshires in Norway
Replies: 0
Views: 761

light Berkshires in Norway

Information can be found on:


http://www.jernbane.net/norge/damp/tp49/index.htm

A very light locomotive type!


hudson
by hudson
Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:30 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Drive Wheel Keying
Replies: 12
Views: 3845

Drive Wheel keying

The 1944 Locomotive Cyclopedia shows on page 681, top right, a
drawing with the keyway opposite to crankpin hole and it says

A.A.R. Recommended Driving Axles Adopted 1927

Best regards,
hudson