Great Northern railway

Thanks guys.

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N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2 (cont).

Decoder install and final assembly.

TCS 1517 WOW101 sound with keep alive installed.

8 wire connector made between tender and engine since I want to be able to control each light function:

Headlight

marker lights

cab light

running board lights

fire box glow: always lighted.

A 4 wire connector made between engine and boiler for easier PM of engine.

A 2 wire connector made between boiler and front headlight for ease of PM.

I tried this speaker since the tender is large but it couldn't handle the wattage and 'blew'.

Address downloaded on the programming test track and to insure no shorts and, thus, not destroying the decoder when put on the mainline track. I'm finding when I can paint engines after drilling out marker lights, headlights, etc, there is less chance of the LED wires contacting the metal housings and shorting. Some engines are already painted and when I drill them out and, then, paint the housings, the coverage is not as good and the LED wires have contacted the housing. The fine spray of paint gets inside the housings and does a good job of covering all surfaces plus heating the paint for 2 hours at 200 degrees gives a good hard surface.

Decoderpro via SPROG used to input data into the decoder.

The real test: connected the engine up to the mainline and check to see all works well (again, wires to the motor had to be reversed!). Also, set the chuff rate as it always, seems, to be too high.

Installed my trusty PFM speaker. Love the sound these make especially the deep, low tones.

All pretty!

Four sets of running board lights, 2 each side over the valve gear so the engineer can see where to oil.

The fire box is always hand painted. Too difficult to mask. Usually needs two applications to remove any brush marks and bare spots.

Cab detail. Dials white and red valve handles. The green on the side walls were hand brushed; again, too difficult to mask anything in such tight quarters.

Roof was spray painted.

Painting the tender trucks with the wheels attached (since there were no screws to remove the truck sides), I was a little concerned that the paint would get into the side axles and block electrical conductivity but all worked well. Oil applied to all axles during assembly. The dog house was real close to the coal bin so it was removed to get proper paint coverage in that small, tight area. Fortunately, two screws held the dog house to the tender so easy to remove.