Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

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Couple steps forward...

Got the LV C628 re-assembled after the track pickup work and reapplication of the front handrails (the short hood railings are out of the new Bowser stock, while the "chunkier" front rails are a vintage Stewart part.  I will say that the locomotive does seem to power a lot better with pickups on all six axles, so I think the work on the trucks was worth it.


   

I assembled the fuel tank for the BCR M630 using the old Stewart fuel tank housing and (I think I reported), cutting out the back slot for securing the fuel tanks sides since the new sides were just a bit longer than the old Stewart parts.  Here's a pic of the back ends jutting out the back (subsequently shorn off with a sharp knife after gluing the sides on the housing.

   

I also got the Dremel and a cutting wheel out and hacked up the old Stewart metal frame to accommodate air tanks, piping, and various other appendages that cause interference in closing the shell.  The shell now mates to the frame...

   

I did contact Bowswer to try to get a wiring guide for the Executive Line version 1 circuit board that I picked up on ebay - they said it was told old and they didn't have records of it.  So, I got out a multimeter and traced each wire connection between the DCC plug and the 6 pins on the lighting plug.  Pin 2 is F0R, Pin 3 is F0F, Pin 5 is + (Blue wire)  The rest can be accessory lighting functions, so I'm thinking of using 1 and 6 for F2 and F3 (probably Ditch lights and Class lights if I can figure out the correct wiring implementation in the shell).