I was searching on the net and I have seen several pictures of FRISCO's 4-8-2's with spoke wheels. In particular, I have seen FRISCO 4305, with 2 different types of wheels, spoked and boxpok (I think) Can someone tell me when the 4503 got rid of the spoked wheels and went to the others? I am modeling a Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2 and I didn't want to go with the 4400 series. Instead I wanted to do something different. I know some of the 1500 series had the spoked wheels, some of the 4400 series did too. |-| Thanks! Will
I know that there are experts on this forum such as frisco1522 (one of the quintescential experts) that can answer specifics but I have referred to photos at: http://thelibrary.org/lochist/frisco/friscoline/steam09.cfm for b&w pix to look at.
According to "Frisco Power" (page 176) the year was 1937. Frisco was trying to upgrade it's fleet and trying to save money by reusing old boliers (from old 2-10-2's) and adding new parts. They were called the "Homebuilt's" The wheels - designed by George H. Ashton (Scullin Steel Steel Co. St. Louis) - they were 70 inch drivers.
Willie, a very good question. Here's a thread that might shed some light on the 4400-series rebuilds. http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=1747&highlight=Scullin Keith is right; Don can probably clear up any lingering muddiness! Best Regards,
The Spectrum 4-8-2 Light Mountain (especially the Frisco version) is closest to the 1500 - 1519 according to this post: http://www.frisco.org/vb/showpost.php?p=10193&postcount=17 the biggest deal is the valve gear and therefore the placement of the air tanks.
Keith, I'd nearly forgotten about that thread! That Spectrum languished on my shelve forever until I swapped it to Jerome L. for a Spectrum Bolshevik (and she runs beautifully Jerome!). At any rate, read that thread with caution. I'm amazed at how much more I know now about Frisco steam, but lest hubris gets the best of me, I'm also shocked at how ignorant I remain! I will add that I think the Bachmann Spectrum Frisco mountain can make for a "good enough" 4400 series (I forget what # was factory applied). The biggest thing that struck me the spoked drivers and the fact that the model has a Cole trailing truck whereas I think most of the prototypes had the Delta trailing truck (and probably booster to boot, but I'd have to delve in further).
