HaulingSTK Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Greetings fellow members. I'm a member on a few G scale forums and have been model railroading since I was about 12. I just set up my first O gauge with my son and about to set up our garden railroad for the last time since we finally are in our forever home. I am looking for or need to know how to make the Drawbar for the long Aristocraft tender. I had sent it in for service just before he closed shop and when it returned the drawbar was missing. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman605 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I made a drawbar from a strip of brass sold a hobby shops in there brass/aluminum displays. They are sold in 12" lengths and different withs, I used the 3/8's, or somewhere close to that size. Now, not knowing how your engine heights are between the engine and tender you may have to put a small kink in the drawbar so each end will be level and your units will pull straight and go around curves and not bind up. You will have to drill a hole in each end of the drawbar for the screw to go through to hook the two units together, not hard to do with a drill and a sharp bit. Enclosed are some pics of the drawbar, sorry I don't have better pics of it. I rebuilt two LGB Moguls for my railroad and installed Rail Pro battery power for my operating system. The tender pics are from when I converted the tenders from coal to oil. trainman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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