Strasburg 89 from a Bachmann 2-6-0

[davefoxx]

Well, everyone knows that cigarettes don’t have COVID. 😝

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Alright! Onto the rear end.

89 spends half her time running backwards so making the tender look as good as the engine is kinda important.

To that end I have fabricated a platform for the backup light to sit on.

It's not as delicate as the prototype, but hey, this is N Scale.

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I need to figure out where to get the footboards to go on the beam.

It looks like one of the options on the MRC/Model Power engines might have something close. Does anyone have a spare footboard pilot from one hanging around, by chance?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Terri has said "that's called growth, honey" numerous times while I've been telling her about this project.

Here's the latest: I said "model railroading is kinda fun when you're not striving for perfection".

Case in point: the air compressor. @mu26aeh printed me up a single stage compressor but when looking at photos for placement the big pipe into the cab really stood out.

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So I did this.

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The assembly is drying before installation.

[Dave V]

Is that tender light a functioning light?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Is that tender light a functioning light?

Not yet. But the appropriately sized LED is on the way from Evan Designs.

It'll likely only become functional when I install a new decoder, but I want to be ready.