Hi Ken,
I have done it on an N-Scale Concor 2-10-2.
I used GHQ Mikado kit (I don't know if it's available in HO) for a
Worthington feedwater and air pump and I also added some missing pipes.
Later years photos show also a compressed air reservoir added in front
(slightly underneath the boiler).
The kit can be used to add additional features such as window-top shades.
However one additional thing to consider which requires some work is that
the prototype M3 came with a USRA tender.
That tender was modified very soon after delivery for a higher capacity coal
load by increasing the height of the bunker walls (check photos) and I did
that modification by using styrene pieces.
I also added DCC sound into the tender.
One good source of photos that can help you is Otto Perry's collection of
photos currently located in the Denver public library (accessible online).
Good Luck,
Dan
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Hol
Wagner
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 8:14 AM
To: CB&Q Group
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Walthers USRA 2-10-2
Ken:
One thing you might want to bear in mind is that all 10 of the Q's class M-3
USRA heavy 2-10-2s were leased to the C&S in 1927 following delivery of the
first of the class M-4 2-10-4s and thereafter operated exclusively north and
south out of Denver until the end of their service careers in the early
1950s.
Hol
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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: krmiddle@charter.net
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:09:51 -0400
Subject: [CBQ] Walthers USRA 2-10-2
Last fall I purchased a Walthers USRA Heavy 2-10-2, which seems to be a nice
locomotive, but appears to be pretty much as the prototypes were built. Has
anyone had any experience trying to update it? To me the obvious things to
be done would be to move the air pump to the engineer's side, move the power
reverse forward and install a feedwater heater on the fireman's side. Has
anyone tried this? If so, I would be grateful for any tips or advice anyone
might have.
Thanks and best regards,
Ken Middleton
Portage, MI
krmiddle@charter.net
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