Re: The adventures of a ColoradoNarrowGauge Cowboy and his Baldwin Belt buckel in Brazil

So like I said the tender was the easy part. I have convinced the group that we don't want to crane these engines, "so wheels hav gotta roll". I figure the minimum is to disconnect the eccentric rods and connecting rods. And I figure it would be good to screw the driver box wedges down so that there is more room for dirt and movement when moving on and off the flatbed. So much the theory, but I only worked with late model Baldwin connecting rods with floaters, not split rod bushings with bolts and taper wedges. So I asked myself how would my role model "Joel" on the D&S do it....here right in picture

"naturally you get your ass down there in the Sh*t with a big hammer and git yourself dirty while cussing and swearing the whole time beat the living sh*t outa it!" and lo and behold, I'm now the proud owner of a 2 bolts, a wedge, end strap, a split bushings and a strained muscle in my forearm (never had one there before).


But all the best swearing and persuation tactics don't work all the time and the last bolt on the firemans side just didn't want to give, so I had to give up until this weekend when I can use the torch to heat it up a bunch.


Thor Windbergs
Ludwigsburg, Germany

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