HO scale M&StL #304 Mogul

3/25/02 I was convinced that things just wouldn't look right without moving the cab forward by Joe Binish. He was right. I was afraid to tackle this but it worked out fine. I had to relocate the accessory dome lower the cab floor, extend the botttom and rear of the cab a bit, add a new back wall to the cab. modify the weight and add new mounting screws under the rear corners of the cab. In the process I broke some of the solder joints on the injector piping but the repairs are much better. I used a Kadee #58 with the rear swivel hole cut off and mounted it in the new PFM pilot. To get it in there I drilled a new hole in the coupler shank and in the draft gear box and made what ammounts to a link and pin connection. It is as close to the prototype as I think can be done and it works.

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