03-10-2010, 07:23 PM
The end details are almost complete. I've bent cut levers and installed them in place along with the crash bars. The ladders are also in, They are only glued in at the top and fitted into the holes in the end beams so that the shells can be removed easily. This will allow me access to the interior.
Now it is time to modify the trucks. Cab #582 Has coil springs in the side frames like most trucks, but 582 once again is the anomaly. All the other cabooses in the class Have a Pennsy stile truck equipped with leaf springs. So the next step was to remove the springs with a #11 blade. They will be installed under # 580
Now it is time to modify the trucks. Cab #582 Has coil springs in the side frames like most trucks, but 582 once again is the anomaly. All the other cabooses in the class Have a Pennsy stile truck equipped with leaf springs. So the next step was to remove the springs with a #11 blade. They will be installed under # 580
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew