The Winton Vs. Arbour
2-6-6-6 Construction
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Front drivers for the Winton.


All together now.


Arbour front driver frame.
I don't need to do anything with it except clean up casting burrs.

This completes base driver frame assembly.
The Winton instructions don't have a clear assembly directions,
At this point the Arbour adds details to the frames,
The Winton does not show the springs, I will skip this,
The arbour has the gears installation starting, so I will do this for the Winton.



I basically assembled the wheels, screwed the bottom
plates on, the drive train has 2 metal bars, gears,
4 bushings, a spring you solder to the bars as a power transfer between the
drive shafts. I might change this to some Northwest Shortline
apparatus, but I will see how this fits and works.
It reccomends a DC91 motor, I have a variety of motors
laying about to try to fit, but may end up buying
the correct motor to fit, but will be a can motor.

I had to place the worm inline with the support plate then run the shaft thru.
Bushings slide on, however I noticed a problem.

I can't assemble it off the drive frame, it has to be on the drive frame
as the shaft blocks the screw mounts.

Off went the plate and wheels, screwed down the support,
needlenose pliers held the gear and pushed the driveshaft thru,
and mounted the bushings.

Looking mighty fine, so far I am impressed how well
the Winton is starting to come together.
The screws I selected are too long however and
get in the way of the bottom plate screws, so gotta find
shorter screws, but a good fitting test that works.

Arbour gear assemblies, worm gears with bushings
with 2 plates, screw goes in one side and screws into other plate.

Both assemblies didnt fit perfect, I press fit the assemblies together
and the screwed them together.
The worms are tight, I didnt lubricate them at all yet,
I may want them to mash on each other to free up
the tightness before lubricating.

The gear assemblies will free-float on the wheels, which is good,
some frame casting flash needed filing off for better clearance,
there might be more filing done later.
I have not placed the detail springs in place,
I will put the mechanisms into good working order first.
Wheels as mentioned do not fit in very well, waiting on
how instructions say about it.

How it looks so far. 8-D


For the Arbour now its place little nuts on the backside
of the drivewheels for securing the driverods.
Once placed a little dab of cement to hold them there,
one false move and I lose a very tiny part.
A driverod bolt is represented, there are other sizes
that one will fit for the main rods.

Hand placing the nuts was far too tedious for alignment,
a supplied screw will work as a controlled fit,
as I screw the nut on to it and pull the screw out, then cement,
then unscrew it. The wheel being held in a vise, gently.

The nut in place, the screw didnt quite fit, it jammed, but I
didnt force the screwing less I mess with the threads, but held
it enough to pull it in place.
Goo will allow me to pop it out if problems arise.

That made it fairly speedy and effective, all in!

Now to set the drivers in place, note the counterweights
size on each driver, the heaviest siderod mount are on
the rear drivers. The metal plating goes on the right side.
Lets check fit again now.


None but the rear middle driver seated well,
the castings has to be cleaned up better.
Out will come the file and each driver
will be custom fit.

Some filing done, there has to be some clearance.

Better, compared to the rear drivers yet to be filed.

Rear drivers better, however the middle drivers are out of gauge, broad...
but I have wheel pullers to fix that, plus a tire is loose on
one of the drivers. It seems the drivers are all
plastic with metal plating.
I seriously may think about Bowser wheels to replace,
but I will continue this quest to see how things work.

I now have to put the bottom frame covers on,
but only one screw got in, the near hole on the rear is barely drilled,
the other holes I will have to get a tap and thread them in.
At this writing I do not have a tap to fit, I have to buy/find one,
so I will focus back on the Winton.

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