William Flatt Steeplecab
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
William Flatt
Prototype Info
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Product Type:
Brass Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Power:
No Chassis
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Notes:
The kit comes as a set of flat photo-etched brass body components plus an assortment of brass shapes and wire, a trolley pole, and white metal traction sideframes.
(image copyright © Dick Karnes; used by permission)
Dick built this model mostly per the instructions, but with road service pilots rather than the footboard pilots included in the kit. The model has an American Models GG1 pantograph instead of the trolley pole. Truck sideframes are Baldwin drop-equalized, originally intended for O-scale traction models. Chassis power is not included in the kit, so Dick used two NorthWest Short Line S-scale Stanton drives.
(image copyright © Trevor Marshall; used by permission)
Trevor built his model up as a Niagara St. Catharines and Toronto Railway (NS&T) engine, road number 20. He used the Black Beetle power trucks (conceptually similar to the NWSL Stanton Drive), and installed the ESU LokSound V5 DCC sound decoder with a PowerPack (a keep-alive solution).