Re: Help, please -- with Baldwin 8-18C lokes.

Sorry I did not get a chance to reply to your post sooner.

What details are you looking for specifically? Are you looking for photos/drawings of the brake hanger arrangement on the frame, or of the brake shoes? or? Not only will I send you whatever photos I have handy, I'll make sure to get them posted on PacificNG for future reference.

I did go over to the NCNG museum yesterday to photograph the brake arrangement on NCNG #5 which has a tender frame built from Baldwin drawings. The only trouble is the NCNG rebuilt the brake arrangement and it retained little of the original arrangement. The brake beams should be close enough and I know I have photos of those somewhere as I assembled the beams currently on the locomotive. A few years ago I shot a full set of images from "Sonoma" at CSRM but I am not sure what brake details I photographed, I will check that later today.

That said, I have a number of 8-18C related Baldwin drawings that I bought scans of from CSRM. I am not certain I have the brake drawing, but I think I know someone who does. You could always order a copy of this drawing from them if all else fails.

Andrew Brandon
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2014 10:50AM by Andrew Brandon.