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Williams 70-Ton Rutland Engine

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Now if only I could figure out the built in electrical bored to see what will run on 12V DC, so I could have lights and engine sound.

I think it'll be a bit more complicated than that.  You will find that the horn and/or bell is always going off first.  Also, the prime mover ramp-up is based on the incoming AC amplitude, so that won't work right either I suspect.

AtlasO 36” freight car wheels on Williams axles.  I used a layer of heat shrink tubing to make the wheels a press fit. I used my thumb/finger press.  The heat shrink idea was from Rick  Bacon.

I tried the heat shrink tubing on the geared axle. I could not get it to hold. I am using the K-Line passenger car replacement 36” dia. axles for the unpowered axle. I am trying to adapt the K-Line wheels to the geared axle from the locomotive. The axles are .0935 on the majority but are turned down and knurled on the ends to 0.090 where the wheels mount. The K-Line wheels were a press fit on .0935”. I plan to make some bushings for the wheels.

On either side of the motor block I am using a .015” thick washer. There is about 0.032”play on each side without the washer. But that is with using wheelsets of the older O scale .175” standard with thicker flanges and 1.125 back to back dimension.

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I tried the heat shrink tubing on the geared axle. I could not get it to hold. I am using the K-Line passenger car replacement 36” dia. axles for the unpowered axle. I am trying to adapt the wheels to the geared axle from the locomotive. The axles are .0935 on the majority but are turned down and knurled on the ends to 0.090 where the wheels mount. I plan to make some bushings for the wheels.

On either side of the motor block I am using a .015 thick washer. There is about 0.032 play on each side without the washer. But that is for wheelsets of the older O scale standard with thicker flanges and 1.125 back to back dimension.

Sorry it did not work for you. I just finished my 3rd conversion using it.

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