Re: Yreka Western
Author: Mouse?
Date: 03-24-2019 - 16:54
Will it be able to operate over Bechtel Gauge?
HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> David Dewey Wrote:
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> > Yes, it was Doug's Locomotive and was painted
> for
> > the Nevada Northern--that's why the diamond
> shape
> > on the noses, where the NN logo was supposed to
> > go. I designed the paint styling--but not the
> > Colors!!! One reason for the bright colors
> along
> > the frames was for safety visibility,
> especially
> > at grade crossings. The plan was to add
> diagonal
> > strips of reflective material on the frame
> edges.
> > Shame no one purchased the engine, although I
> > wondered about the axle bearings; I helped Doug
> > polish them out, and there were rust pits on
> the
> > axles that I ground smooth with a dremel tool
> so
> > there wouldn't be any sharp edges to damage the
> > brasses. The idea must have worked as there were
> a
> > lot of miles put on them after the polishing
> job.
> > We figured with the edges smoothed out, the
> pits
> > would serve as tiny oil reservoirs and not be
> an
> > issue. There was a LOT of hand work done on
> those
> > axles! I do think there was only one or two
> axles
> > that had the problem.
> > I still remember seeing the locomotive painted
> > after I came back from a vacation to Hawaii.
> They
> > weren't the colors I'd envisioned and I always
> > thought of it as a circus loco.
>
>
> Didn’t that locomotive have the ability to run on
> different gauges? If so how were the axles
> adjusted to change the gauge?