Weekend Photos - 8/24/18

[healey36]

That's a good idea too, Hondo...here's one I have, cobbled together from the remains of a prewar 3652 operating gondola:





I picked this up at a meet twenty-five years or so ago. Whoever made it did a brilliant job. The transition truck can be rotated for a prewar or postwar coupler.

Healey

[rogruth]

Could that be done on a tender?

[healey36]

I would think so. The overhang on most of the coffin-style tender frames is less than that of the freight cars.

[christopher2035]

I dont think you could put a PW tender behind it as it doesn't have a drawbar. At least I think it doesn't

[HONDO74]

Prewar tender.


Postwar 675

[christopher2035]

ah, so I was correct!

[healey36]

A simple modification...get yourself a repro replacement drawbar, cut it to length, than drill a hole in the flat end.