Spectrum 2-8-0 needs one front Ladder

[Sunshine Express]

I have lost through an accident,one front ladder from my Spectrum 2-8-0. Taking it out of it,s original box after some storage,was difficult as the foam box liner was tight. It  must have broken off. No results in searching,as I did not connect it up that day,and did not know it was missing.  Any suggestions from the Forum,to procure  this vital part ?.  Thanks  Owen

[trainmainbrian]

I would go to the bachman parts store & look under the steam 2-8-0 parts list and see if you can order the ladder.. It should be with in the grab & handrails section & should only be a few bucks to order.. Or you can scratch build a replacement ladder if your handy @ that kind of stuff...

[Sunshine Express]

Thanks but I have tried that.Bachmann do not  have it listed. Maybe I  may have to do it the hard way,and make one ? .Owen

[jonathan]

For what it's worth, there are brass pilot steps available at various places, like Greenway products.

Another option would be to remove the second ladder and fashion a single step at the head end of the running boards.  It was not unusual to have Consolidations of similar classes that switched between the ladder/steps and the single-step.  Just a thought.

Under the parts department, you would probably have to purchase the entire underframe, to get the pilot steps.

Regards,

Jonathan

[rogertra]

As Jonathan says, there's various manufactures of brass detail parts that carry what you are looking for.

A little Google time should turn up something suitable or, as Jonathan says, you could fashion a pair of single steps for this loco from styrene.


Cheers

Roger.

[Sunshine Express]

Roger, I did the googling and found an ebay  US Dealer with Cal Scale brass  loco ladders. Much longer than the Connies' but will cut them to fit. Cheers  Owen

[Doneldon]

Sunny-

You'll be happy with the Cal-Scale ladder. Their products are absolutely first class.

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