Laird Crossheads

[Dale Grice]

Hi all,
Anyone know if someone has Laird crosshead castings? I did a search for Laird and came up with some discussion and discussion about patterns a while back.

Thanks,

Dale Grice

[Fender]

The Fitchburg Northern 2-6-0 from Allen Models uses a Laird cross head, although this might be too small for your application.
Also, the D&RGW C21 2-8-0 and the RGS 20 4-6-0 by Hartford Shops use a Laird.

[Bill Shields]

I built mine from two side plates and a nose piece and soldered them together.

Holding castings and getting in there to machine as needed is a real bear

[Andypullen]

I have a mold for Laird crossheads.

I’ll pull dimensions from these if you’re interested. I’ll have to send the mold up to the foundry and get some more cast.

Andy Pullen

[hoppercar]

Foundry makes the mold, I believe you mean, you have the pattern ???

[Fender]

Yes, dimensions, please!

[Andypullen]

I posted a listing in Marketplace.

[Steven E. Kuhn]

Winton Locomotives also used laird crossheads.

Steven E. Kuhn

[rudd]

There are two kinds -
the ones that use two guide bars with the CH sliding between them. This is what I sometimes see in models, like Fitchburg.
The ones that used one CH guidebar and the CH kinda "wraps" around it. This is what I see on lots of Porters. These can be whittled out of chunk-o-arn.