EBT Passenger Trucks & LO&S Car
| March 10, 2009 01:57PM |
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Here are some photos of the EBT passenger trucks we are building for the FEBT. Also a photo of the new motor in the LO&S car which was built to proper 3' gage.
Journal box new fabrication supplied to us by FEBT. Beautiful job but as an exact copy of an original as to dimensions, they all had to be reworked because the original box was wrong in that the equalizer holes, shown on top of the upside down box were off center from the axle center.
New pedestals on the left, two new washers in the front, and an old pedestal on the right.
Spring planks.
Center cross members and bolster beams.
Center cross member being epoxied. All wood is vintage reclaimed oak barn wood.
Center cross member on top, inside longitudinal pieces on the bottom, and cross pieces in rear.
Sides.
LO&S car diesel, hydraulic pump, motor, old transmission.
Journal box new fabrication supplied to us by FEBT. Beautiful job but as an exact copy of an original as to dimensions, they all had to be reworked because the original box was wrong in that the equalizer holes, shown on top of the upside down box were off center from the axle center.
New pedestals on the left, two new washers in the front, and an old pedestal on the right.
Spring planks.
Center cross members and bolster beams.
Center cross member being epoxied. All wood is vintage reclaimed oak barn wood.
Center cross member on top, inside longitudinal pieces on the bottom, and cross pieces in rear.
Sides.
LO&S car diesel, hydraulic pump, motor, old transmission.
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