Westinghouse 8.5" Cross-Compound Air Compressors & Pacifics

Folks -
As of late I've been making rapid progress on my model of 4-6-2 #1057 (more pics to come on the appropriate thread).

The modernized prototype has an 8 1/2 " Westinghouse Cross-Compound air compressor. I canibalized a plastic casting off of another locomotive - it has the air input filter hanging down on the lower right off of the air compressor cylinders (if I'm looking at the drawing right at http://www.nelsonslocomotive.com/Heisler/Brakes/DesCompressor/DesCompressorI/DesCompressorI.htm).

However, the prototype photos I see of 1057 seem to show this mounted just under the smokebox at the front of the locomotive.

Can anyone either confirm this or set me straight in my ways before I start to cut/hack on the casting?

Thanks, in advance!

Best Regards,

 

Most Frisco engines had the intake filter out under the smokebox front. Less dirt out there.

 

Thanks very much for the confirmation, Don; that gives me good validation and a good reason.

While I don't have a good front-end photo of #1057, the absence of the intake filter adjacent to the pump leads me to think I need a snip here and a glue there.

Best Regards,

 

Here's a good shot of the 1055 front end to help.

 

Don,
Many thanks for the picture; that helps considerably.

I also found Ray Bullock's article in FMIG Newsletter #26 that provides good background and modeling instructions.

I went ahead and snipped the air filter off of the plastic IHC casting; I drilled a #76 hole in the backside used a small piece of copper wire as a mounting pin for #1057.

Incidentally I'm finding that I'm omitting some details that seem to be too time consuming (it's time for the backshop to finally finish this project, but since this one took all of about 5 minutes, it didn't involve a lot of sweat equity, and is a nice Frisco-specific detail.

Best Regards,