Looking for the kind that stick up of the floor of the car to about waist level, with a grippable lever on it to engage or disengage or whatever. Like they have on Cable Cars, but all I want is the lever, not the rachet or other stuff. Ozark has a throttle control that is close, but has all the other stuff molded to it. I could cut it off, I suppose, but would prefer to start right if I’m gonna buy anything.
Rooster made something similar for the throttle on Utility. If you ask nice he might show you a picture 
Oh wait, you don’t want the ratchet lever? Without that it wouldn’t be too hard do make just rod from brass.
I want the rachet lever, just that the toothed arc that it interacts with is not there.
Hmm. Does that even make sense? Otherwise, yeah, brass rod, I even have that down in the basement… somewhere.
Wasn’t this discussed before? This is like De Ja Vu all over again.
Well, I would have thought so, but I was not able to find such a discussion in this forum, or others. But I’m new here.
Rooster, can you help out on this?
Give TRACKSIDE DETAIL a try
Ric Golding said:I cannot ...as the johnson bar in Utility was stolen from a parts box so I cheated.....However Mik made a budget one from a hook and loop coupler as I seem to recall. Honestly If I was to make one it would be out of brass or aluminum parts with the rachet box out of styrene.
Rooster, can you help out on this?
Is that what it’s called, a Johnson bar? Thanks for the hints. I’ll probably end up lightly machining a brass rod. Or I suppose I could make a casting of the one my lil’ Bachmann engineer is holding.
And with that information, I found this post: http://www.largescalecentral.com/LSCForums/viewtopic.php?id=16167 and an accucraft product at Reindeer Pass. Thanks, fellers!