Building UP 844 | E7 | The Pilot Truck

Welcome to Building UP 844! This is episode 7 in our series covering the construction process for our 7.5" gauge Little Engines ALCO Northern. In this video, we will cover the fabrication and assembly of the pilot truck for UP 844. We'd like to thank Gemini and Jason Johnson for their continued hard work on this project! Enjoy and thank you for watching this video here on The Steam Channel.

Below is a timestamped guide to this video:

00:00 Begin
00:12 Part Overview
00:39 Pressing Bearing Into Journal Box
01:11 Pressing Journal Boxes on to Axle
01:17 Pressing Wheels on the Axle
01:40 Equalizer Bar Buffing
02:12 Dry Assembly
03:26 Test Fit
03:48 Waterjet Cutting Jaw/End Spacers
04:22 Milling Jaw/End Spacers
04:40 Drilling Jaw/End Spacers
04:55 Tapping Jaw/End Spacers
05:25 Dry Assembly Continued
06:21 Final Assembly
07:21 Pilot Truck Placement Under Chassis
07:58 Pedestal Binders
08:13 Trailing Truck Sneak Peak
08:51 Gemini Announcement

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