Baldwin-Westinghouse Class B locomotive

The projet is in time ! The engine is running as good as it is looking. Orange paint is made with Liquitex "Cadmium Orange Hue" spray can, over sveral white prime coats. Black, silver and brown is hand painted. 

Baldwin Westinghouse Class B

The deadline of the 2015 East Penn Traction Meet in May is approaching. Will this last project be ready in time, or not? We will see...

The decision to build this engine was long to take. A year ago, I considered to buy a brass kit from MRR Warehouse, but endless complications about the motorization led me to abandon this project.

Placing motors into this tiny engines with offset hoods was any time a big challenge for many modelers.

Some month later and still frustrated, I decided to start with the motorization and only in a second term build a engin body around. Some 3D sketches were drawn and proved that NWSL Stanton drives could match, when nibbling even the last millimeter. Exhausted, no further engineering was done for months.

But recently, John Richards, conductor at the Iowa Traction asked me if I would be able and interested in drawing a 3D model of a Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeple Cab. This time I simply could not refuse ...

Iowa Traction # 54

Truck frames for NWSL Stanton drives

Currently, I have produced three different truck frames for NWSL Stanton drives as resin print models.

A Baldwin 78 truck with depressed ends, the same with strait ends, and a Standard C80P truck.

All this frames are made for NWSL Stanton            
Underfloor Power Units
Model 1210 , Part# 39279-4          
Wheelbase 7’(84”)
Wheel dia.  36”  

The resin prints are available at the i.materialise shop

Cincinnati Wooden Combine H0 kit

For those who are tempted by the adventure, the Cincinnati Wooden Combine is now offered for sale als a resin printed kit via i.materialise.

First in his Northern Indiana version.

The car is split in three parts:

1. the carbody with pilot, rear doorsteps and radial coupler.

item # CCC1001

2. The frame with underbody equipment, ready for two NWSL Stanton drives.

item # CCC2001

3. The truck frames. Two models of Baldwin MCB frames are available for this car (Order always a pair ;-) :

with straight outer ends #BDW7901

or with depressed ends #BDW8001

Required NWSL Stanton drives are of type 1210, with 7' wheelbase and 36" wheels.

This car kit is not "ready to run", but "ready to finish" with immediate pleasure. After cleaning of the resin shells, I have made the basic model run in one hour on his NWSL Stanton drives. After this inaugural running, you will unmount the car again and make the final detailaing work.

Only few parts must be added of your own: The truss rods made of .5 mm piano wire. And the curved end window handrails made of .3 copper or brass wire.

You will add also two trolley poles and pole hooks. If you want to operate the radial coupler, it is time also to mount it. 

I have all this tried out myself, and as I am a far better computer designer than field modeler, don't be too afraid. For all this steps I have already published small "howtos" here in the blog. But as they are dispersed, I will put them a little together soon.

Don't hesitate to ask for further information about this model.

Baldwin truck frames for the H0 wooden combine

Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction combine, front end with Baldwin truck

The Terre Haute wooden combines were equipped with Baldwin MCB trucks. The wheelbase was to be about 6'6" or 6'10", the sources are contradictory. I choose 6'10", or in fact 7", making the truckframes matching on a NWSL Stanton drive. Anyway, the difference would be invisible in scale H0.

MCB Truck : The secondary suspension

Baldwin MCB Interurban Truck

Type 78-25A

Adding the secondary bolster springs to Baldwin MCB Truck

Just adding the Swing Link Bolster to the Baldwin Truck

Baldwin MCB 78-25 A Truck

Adding the "Swing Link Bolster" and his pins to the Baldwin "Master Car Builder "Truck.

As my work is progressing so slowly, perhaps affordable 3D printers will be ready when I will finish ;-)

Building a Baldwin MCB Interurban truck , type 78-25A

I am still searching for some 3D techniques, in order to build the upper floors of the Terminal Building, with their mouldings.

As an exercice I tried out to draw a strictly to scale Baldwin 78-25A truck, Master Car Builder type. This trucks are far more sophisticated as I thought.

The bolster, the motors and gears and the brakes are still missing.