@hokie71 posted:Pat,
I always learn from your posts but not being familiar with this locomotive, I have no idea what this picture is showing. Is this the new floor or is it prior to the backhead installation? Thanks in advance!
Good question, ….so here’s what I started with, …..this is a stock C&O Yellow Belly that’s all original, ….as you can see, there’s nothing, natta, no floor, no backhead, just a giant open hole …..there’s a little bit of floor on the Vision Line 700E backhead that’s first bolted to the shell, but it’s nowhere’s near enough to fill in all that cavernous area on these Yellow Belly’s …….the brass plate is screwed to the base of the new backhead assembly, ….tomorrow ( whether permitting ) I’ll paint all the parts, so I’ll do an exploded view picture before assembly, and that should make it more understandable too,…
Pat 
