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Columbia River Bar
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New restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 #2926 performs in its yard in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 28th October 2024. The hope is that one day she'll be able to stretch her legs properly. This was a night photo session by Lerro Photography.
Someone on Eurobricks asked how the pilot truck was articulated, specifically because in the previous iteration of this build I did note that it was r40 tolerant. I think it can technically still do r40, though I don't try it.
The articulation is only half the key. The other half of the solution was building the "insides" of the pistons as thin as possible and shaping the supporting structure in such a way as to allow the wheels to squeek past any points of impact. It's very tight and was a real headache, but the agility is there.
From underneath the engine, you can see how the inside-back of the pistons have a sort of "carved out" feel to them, more visible on the upper piston in this shot. That and the double-arm articulation for the rear pilot axle gets that one the motion it needs without colision.
The front axle articulates even further off of the rear axle, on a thin arm this time to hook in around the front of the piston. On my "v3" build the drivers were in F-B-F-B configuration, and this spacing worked fine. On my current "v4" iteration, which is F-B-B-F, the front axle needs to be scooched forward about 1/2 a stud, which is a trivial change to make if I feel psychotic enough to try to run this thing through r40 (And I do not).