Great Northern railway

Thanks, guys. I've got enough hobby 'to dos' that will keep me busy until I croak.

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Three items:

Item 1: Last of the DM&IR decoder install. Stuff to help my daughter when I croak and she has to sell everything.

Include the TCS manual in the original engine box.

Put engine number on outside of box so can, easily, associate which engine goes in which box.

Corner of box lid was broken so some carpenters glue fixed it.

Item 2: new delivery.

Another UT4D wireless remote: gives me 5 'full duty' remotes and 5 'single duty' remotes. Also, got another UR92 duplex radio tansceiver as one corner of the basement has trouble getting reception from the remote throttles. Some 5 amp diodes for possible circuit board protection. Last are the two TCS 1517 decoders back from repair where some LED circuitry was not working.

Item 3: re-motoring a NYC Niagara 4-8-4 by Nickle Plate models.

This engine had a large open frame motor and, though it wasn't burning out any decoders like the articulated were, I figured it was best to install a can motor. The motor I got from my friend Gary.

Some brass stock used to make a motor mount.

The brass motor mount was drilled/tapped to secure to the engine's frame. The 4/40 screws were too long so I cut off the excess length but put a nut on, first, so any burrs on the threads are removed when the nut is removed from the screw after cutting the screw.

Assembly done. I used a piece of brass rod to stiffen the distance from the can motor to the gear shaft.

Some Kapton tape to protect the motor wires from shorting against the boiler shell.

The length between the motor and gear was very long and, under stress, the tubing was flexing too much...

so a piece of brass tubing was put over the gear shaft and some brass stock was used to secure the tube to the frame. Fortunately, one of the frame supports that already had a threaded hole for securing the driver retaining plate was conveniently available for a 2 MM screw from the opposite side to secure the 'shaft stabilizer'. This keeps the gear shaft from moving up and down.