and he notes -
All of them, including Claud Wade's locos had bronze boiers (cast by
Adams in Detroit) and yes they were heavy. But Nord's locomotives
had sprung drivers and they could haul a house! (If you didn't mind
the coffer grinder spur gears, that is). The Nord Mikado and the
2-8-0 used the same frame with an extension for the 2-8-2. Since the
lead and trailing trucks were only along for the ride all the weight
rested on the drivers. I don't believe there's been a steam engine
offered since with sprung drivers. Interestingly, both Miller and
Enhorning's diesels had sprung drivers, something we don't see today either.
Most modelers replaced the Rube Goldberg pillow drive in the Nord
locos with an enclosed gearbox and a Pittman motor. This usually
meant either losing the cast backhead or using a smaller motor. Gene
Fletcher did this to his 2-8-0 and it ran like clockwork. I had a
2-8-2 built by Win Blake with such a drive and (d- - -n it!) I sold
it many moons ago.
Yes they were (and still are) "mucho heavy"
Raleigh in sunny Maine
At 02:38 PM 8/27/2008, adguytrains wrote:
>Which of these 2-8-2 kits used the cast bronze boiler (mucho heavy!)?
>
>Bob Hogan
>
>
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