Originally Posted by John Korling:
Hmmm, that's an interesting bash project. I dunno about a single front pilot truck though; that's an awful lot of open space between that and the first set of driving wheels; doesn't give it a good symmetrical look to me, but it's your locomotive, have at it! 
I made a two-axle front truck and it didn't look good. Almost no US railroads had Adriatics - a few tank engines, etc. . . . but it looks good to me. I have some equipment that will go in that gap.
