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Hello everyone,

 

          I've worked on quite a few of these VL Hudson's and I've been meaning to post this for a while. I just finished repairing this engine, When taking the boiler off please note there's a small piece of linkage that connects to the boiler, if you remove the chassis screws and pull the boiler off the chassis it will  rip this linkage apart. Just an FYI.

 

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Thanks,

Alex

 

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THANKS for the tip, but I have NO intention to ever open this baby up! If service is required, it will be sent back to Lionel CAREFULLY packed and insured for FULL value ($1600)!  

 

Hudson5432:

 

I well remember filling the lubricator on Ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 #722 with steam oil before our day's run. It has the viscosity of pancake syrup, and is even thicker in cold weather! My G-Scale Aster live steam engine also uses steam oil, but of a lower viscosity.

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Originally Posted by Hudson5432:

That linkage is to the lubricator which most or all modern steam locomotives had as a requirement. It was filled (on real locomotives) with valve oil.

Since there are two mechanical lubricators on most "modern steam locomotives", one for machine oil and one for valve (steam) oil, I would sure hope that nobody ever poured valve oil into the machine oil lubricator.

Originally Posted by PC9850:

I have had to deal with that little linkage when working on my 18056 Vandy Hudson project. If you care about prototypical appearance, the middle pivot point of the linkage needs to be swung in the other direction.

What direction is the proper direction? The "other direction" is a bit vague.

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