Re: arc headlights and dynamos - A bit more research

Posted by John Greenly on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/arc-headlights-and-dynamos-tp15165p15203.html

Hi Skip,

well I hate to cause you grief, but yes, look closely at the photo of #12 on Coleman p.62.   As you know, the air tank is mounted on a pair of longitudinal brackets, consisting of steel strips with their ends bent down vertical to form the feet that attach to the boiler.  This is a standard mounting used on lots of C&S engines.  In the photo you can clearly see the rearward extension of the bracket, and on it sits a horizontal plate on which the generator is mounted.  It looks exactly like the one on engine 21 on p.71,  you could take dimensions from that nice side view.  One difference is that the turbine exhaust pipe on #12 is probably not quite as tall as on #21.  You can barely see its rearward-curved end just exactly over the top of the near end of the air tank in the p.62 photo.  If you're not as nearsighted as me you might need a magnifying glass to see it, but it's there, in just the correct place coming up from the turbine which is over on the far (fireman's) side, as you see on #21 p.72.  

please do post some photos of your  models, I'd love to see them!

Cheers,
John