Check the publication index. An article on this was published in The Zypher
some years ago, but I don't remember when.
Nelson Moyer
On Mar 10, 2014, at 4:23 PM, "Dan Almosnino" <danalm@gte.net> wrote:
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> Hi Ken,
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Good Luck,
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> Dan
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> 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
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> Ken:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Thanks and best regards,
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> Ken Middleton
> Portage, MI
> krmiddle@charter.net
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