Pieter, Yes you are correct about all the work he did. I would also
have put in a better triple valve. And yes he did turn the reservoir
and cylinder and probably the smaller unions, T's and retainer valve.
Fred worked brass like a master sculptor--he generally shunned
plastic. I don't think either the SouthWind or Grandt AB sets were
available at that time--it was pretty much the old Steward stuff. I
once showed him a Milwaukee Road homemade window cab extension. He
looked over the photo, took some measurements and came back in a week
with one formed from one piece of brass. Unfortunately the photo was of
a later time period when the Milwaukee used the short hood forward, and
I use the long hood forward. He would have loved to make a new one for
me, but I hated to tell him that we had goofed!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
> Hi Bob;
>
> If he turned the brake cylinder and air tank, he did a beautiful job!
>
> The center sill and cross ties/cross braces/bolsters appear to be the
> original AM part, with a lot of the excess flat plastic cut away
> between. He appears to have left the AM's half an A/B valve as it
> stood. The longitudinal floor boards are a bit out of the ordinary.
> Most of us would use styrene for the floor and a Grandt Line brake set
> for the parts with weight on the top of the floor to get similar results.
>
> Pieter E. Roos
>
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