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SAL B-5 Brake Rigging
Scott H. Haycock
Folks,
These cars were XM-1 clones, with a fish-belly centersill and a heavy center crossbearer.
Lacking any information, I'm looking for diagrams, photos, etc., as I map out the brake piping.
The model is from Sunshine; a photo attached.
The piping on this model will be especially visible, so I'd like to get it right!
Thanks,
Scott Haycock
These cars were XM-1 clones, with a fish-belly centersill and a heavy center crossbearer.
Lacking any information, I'm looking for diagrams, photos, etc., as I map out the brake piping.
The model is from Sunshine; a photo attached.
The piping on this model will be especially visible, so I'd like to get it right!
Thanks,
Scott Haycock
Scott H. Haycock
Here's what I've come up with. Everything hooks up as it's supposed to. One headscratcher was seeing the reservoir and valve on opposite sides of the deep fishbelly centersill, requiring the drilling of 4 holes for the air lines. Or, might they have routed the lines under the centersill?
Can anyone advise me which way might be more likely? I'm at the limits of my knowledge here...
Also, the rod connecting between points A and B must penetrate the heavy center cross member, down inside the centersill. Would this pose a maintenance problem?
Being a retrofit system, would an adjuster of some sort have been incorporated?
Thanks,
Scott Haycock
On 02/12/2023 2:31 PM Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
Folks,
These cars were XM-1 clones, with a fish-belly centersill and a heavy center crossbearer.
Lacking any information, I'm looking for diagrams, photos, etc., as I map out the brake piping.
The model is from Sunshine; a photo attached.
The piping on this model will be especially visible, so I'd like to get it right!
Thanks,
Scott Haycock
Todd Sullivan
Scott,
I have no information on the brake rigging for the SAL B-5, but I know that, from researching and buildng models of other boxcars with deep center sills, the rod connecting the two brake levers often did run between the center sills (in between them). Also, drilling holes in the center sill members for brake piping between the reservoir and AB valve did not seem to be an obstacle, and happened in many AB air brake installations.
Other people with more information are welcome to comment.
Todd Sullivan
I have no information on the brake rigging for the SAL B-5, but I know that, from researching and buildng models of other boxcars with deep center sills, the rod connecting the two brake levers often did run between the center sills (in between them). Also, drilling holes in the center sill members for brake piping between the reservoir and AB valve did not seem to be an obstacle, and happened in many AB air brake installations.
Other people with more information are welcome to comment.
Todd Sullivan
Dennis Storzek
Never under the centersill; to likely to get damaged. Anyway, its only two holes for the pipes, and that's minor compared to the lever slots. The Accurail underframe and brake rods in the attached photo show the typical arrangement.Here's what I've come up with. Everything hooks up as it's supposed to. One headscratcher was seeing the reservoir and valve on opposite sides of the deep fishbelly centersill, requiring the drilling of 4 holes for the air lines. Or, might they have routed the lines under the centersill?
Dennis Storzek
Scott H. Haycock
Dennis Storzek wrote:
Never under the centersill; to likely to get damaged. Anyway, its only two holes for the pipes, and that's minor compared to the lever slots. The Accurail underframe and brake rods in the attached photo show the typical arrangement.
I have some of your frames; I'll dig one out and see how it compares to drawings of the B-5. I have a rebuilt version on my to-do list, so I might as well work on both underframes at once!
Scott Haycock
Scott John Golden sent me a photo of the car at Spencer. I will try to get over there next Wednesday and get some photos if at all possible
Fenton
On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 4:47 PM Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:
Dennis Storzek wrote:Never under the centersill; to likely to get damaged. Anyway, its only two holes for the pipes, and that's minor compared to the lever slots. The Accurail underframe and brake rods in the attached photo show the typical arrangement.
I have some of your frames; I'll dig one out and see how it compares to drawings of the B-5. I have a rebuilt version on my to-do list, so I might as well work on both underframes at once!
Scott Haycock
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