Steamer posted:I like that. How did you mount the coupler? My 262 still needs a pilot.
The coupler isn’t mounted yet. The new apron on the front took a few hours to knock out as I am really tooled for wood work, not metal. The top portion is really long, it actually goes through the opening in the steam chest. I am trying to duplicate the dual swivel set up 2800 series freight cars. I think I have enough rivets to do the job. I will need to drill a partial hole in the underside of the pilot deck of the engine to accept the tang on the coupler. I am need to make a pivot link from the rear hole to the hole on the coupler. This needs to be a little thicker than the material I made the new pilot out of. I try to cut up a ss outlet cover I had laying around, but my drill bit kept walking sideways. I have some more work to do for sure
