Building a Live Steam Locomotive - the Mikado Project!Updated! Back to Fabrication! Construction photos of a 1.6" scale, 7.5" gage live steam USRA Heavy Mikado locomotive, wheel arrangement 2-8-2. Under construction in my basement under the expert tutelage of Bill W., retired master machinist. I have chosen the home road for this locomotive, it will be a Frisco 1400-series engine.
In Progress! Although there is no 'Section A' in the prints, I need a place to record the assembling of the locomotive. Recent activity: Chassis Timing, December 2009. Started July 2009
Painting
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| Date added: 19.10.2008
Another non-print section, but another milestone event. Parts have been Prepared, Primered and Painted.
Section 1 - Frame
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| Date added: 30.08.2007
Completed! Frame construction pictures Oct 2004 - Aug 2007
Section 2 - Spring Rigging
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| Date added: 16.03.2008
Completed! Very few pictures of the spring rigging
Section 3 - Drive Wheels
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| Date added: 13.12.2007
Completed! Pictures, video and the Saga of the main drive wheels. Started July 2005, finished December 2007 with a break in the middle to find, move and restore a bigger lathe.
Section 4 - Cylinders
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| Date added: 23.11.2006
Completed! The cylinder saddle as machined by master machinist Bill W. Summer 2003
Section 5 - Cylinder group 2
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| Date added: 01.10.2009
Completed! The cylinder parts - covers, piping, jacketing. July 2006-Jan 2007, June 2009-August 2009, finished September 2009
Section 6 - Pilot and Pilot Deck
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| Date added: 07.10.2009
Nearly Complete! The Pilot (front of engine) and Front Truck. Sheetmetal work for the pilot deck and ladder await.
Section 7 - Trailing Truck
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| Date added: 10.08.2007
Completed! The Delta Trailing Truck. May 2005 - Aug 2007
Section 8 - Motion Structure
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| Date added: 07.10.2009
Completed! Guide Yoke, Link Support, Connecting Rods,Water pump. August 2007-Jan 2008
Section 9 - Locomotive Brakes
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| Date added: 21.07.2009
Completed! Locomotive Brakes. Brake Cylinder completed, brake hangers, brake shoes, connecting links and beams. Jan - Feb 2008 The Brake gear was welded in August. I have received three replacement brake hangers and we completed them June 2009.
Section 10 - Drive Rods
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| Date added: 21.07.2009
Completed! Drive Rods. Main, Side and Intermediate rods. Jan-June 2008
Section 11 - Valve Gear
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| Date added: 01.02.2009
Completed! Valve Gear. Lots of little levers: Link Trunion, tumbling shaft lever, eccentric crank, eccentric rod, radius rod, combination lever, union link, lifing link. July 2008-January 2009
Section 12 - Smokebox
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| Date added: 11.06.2009
In Progress! The 'face' of a locomotive. Smokebox front, smokestack, headlight bracket, hinges, bell. February - June 2009. Completion on hold until assembly.
In Progress February 2010. Modifications for frame installation. The boiler was fabricated by a machine shop in the hobby in 2003 and was part of the castings and prints when I purchased them from an individual. Started Jan 2010
Not Started. Boiler Accessories. Steam dome cover, sand dome. The firepan, sight glasses, brake stand have been purchased.
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Section 15 - Cab
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| Date added: 31.07.2008
The Cab. Check out the beautiful laser cut parts my friend Tim M. hooked me up with! June 2008
Section 16 - Cab Accessories
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| Date added: 23.11.2006
Not Started. Cab Accessories. Reverse stand, Johnson bar.
Section 17 - Tender Trucks
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| Date added: 03.07.2009
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.
Section 18 - Tender
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| Date added: 01.08.2009
Tender. Fiberglass Tender received 2003. Update: June 2009 - I am thinking of making a tender instead of using the fiberglass one since the 3 axle trucks I have will not fit under the frame.
Section 19 - Misc
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| Date added: 23.11.2006
Misc. Like plumbing. And hand rails. And a Bell, and whistle, and lettering, and couplers, and....and...and...
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