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Section 17 - Tender Trucks
Shop made three axle tender trucks. I picked up a set of 3-axle commonwealth trucks in November 2008 which I will use instead of the supplied USRA Bettendorfs. One problem: the homemade castings do not have an engineering print with them. We have to figure out how to machine them.

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IMG_5503 13-Apr-2014 The aluminum truck frames are painted with special aluminum primer. IMG_5504 14-Apr-2014 A coat of black paint is slathered on before assembly. IMG_5282 9-Dec-2013 Sometimes a pencil and paper drawing will suffice. Here Bill has laid out the bolt hole pattern for the bolster swing link plate. IMG_5272 27-Nov-2013 Finished binders. On the drawing I created, the center portion is machined away to allow for more axle box travel. Bill wanted to captivate the ends of the binders to prevent them from moving, so he only cut a slot to closely fit the boss on the end of the binders. IMG_5085 15-July-2013 Bill machines a test axle. We need to heat the ends and see if it will harden so the bearings can run on the bare axle. IMG_5084 15-July-2013 The finished set of axle boxes.
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