Ed,
My Flyonel SD70 works great on my Digitrax system. Mine is from the 2012
catalog.
Ben Trousdale
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I have a couple of questions about Lionel's SD 70 scale unit. Does your model
work on dcc with your present
Dave, You must besome sort ofengineer to think up an idea like that.Ben Trousdale ---In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, s-scale@yahoogroups.com wrote:If you wanted to get fancy, you could rig up an automatic system to test a set of points soldered to the throwbar and let it run for a
I soldered all my points to the throw bar and all the points werehinged for bothcode 100 and code 125 rail. I made the hinges for 125 rail out of SHS insulated joiners and for 100 rail out of PECO insulated joiners. The throw bars weremade of PC boardwith a gap in the copper foil.
Jim,
The first question that should asked is Gargraves suitable for scale wheels if
that is what you are using.
Ben Trousdale
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Guys and Gals,
Getting ready to build a new S layout, quickly exhausting track choices.
Does anyone have recent
If so, was there any update on expected delivery of the delayed cylindrical
hoppers?
Ben Trousdale
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Their winter sale hinted at a new release of the covered hopper by saying the
price of new ones will be more.
Ben Trousdale
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Is anyone in the know with American Models -about ANYTHING brand new
coming out? It has to be 6+ years now
Bob,
Use a stiffer wire. The supplied wire is pretty wimpy and the motor is more
than strong enough. It's been a long time but I recall using something like
.038 diameter piano wire.
Ben Trousdale
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Anyone had any luck
Rance,
Poor execution is probably the problem. Tolerances, flange way widths, guard
rail gaps and alignments need to be spot on. I built an ambitious double
crossover through curved track on all routes. Wiring problems are very
solvable. Over time I went from telephone switch board looking
Dirty wheels are frequently the culprit in poor performance.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Willam Fraley wjfraley@... wrote:
At times I run Three [old] AM GP 7's hauling a very long coal train.
I run DC.
I find that if my three engines are in excellent condition, they
Bob,
Good looking pics. Whose brake wheel did you use on the CNW gondola?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@... wrote:
July 29, 2013
Put together another set of Andrews trucks last night. I still have enough
parts for one more pair. I thought I had a
Trousdale
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Ben:
That brake wheel was a brass casting from an outfit in Kansas City, Liberty
Models, I believe.
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Somewhere there is joke in here about an old dog, old tricks and string -- err
leash.
I've found that the speed differential and/or starting voltages need to be
quite different to start worrying about matching speeds. This middle-aged dog
has not yet decided to learn the trick of speed
Current pricing for code 110 wheelsets is
NWSL $12.95/4 = $3.24/axle
SSLS $12.00/4 = $3.00/axle
MTH $12.95/4 = $3.24/axle
AM $4.65/4 = $1.16/axle are code 125
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bill Lane bill@... wrote:
If you want quality wheelsets here they are!
If you have a string on the back of a locomotive, how does a train go in
reverse? You have string or you have cars.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@... wrote:
Bill:
That would be like making a jackass drink water! If you're going to use
string, you'll
Whoa! That got a little OOC.
Ben Trousdale
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see ebay #251274224851, content is s
mel perry
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Great report Steve. I completely missed the TLR convention and I live here.
Head too much in the sands of work and tweeking the coupler slack on Evans
boxcars, bethgons, husky-stacks and spine cars.
Steve has a really amazing layout. It's pilgrimage worthy.
We have to be really careful
Bill,
No harder than SHS except I don't believe they had replacement wheel sets in
the box. They are nice toy train cars with crisp and colorful paint schemes.
Detailing is heavy and lacks fineness. If you want them to 'look right' in a
scale layout they will need work to replace the cast-on
Andrew,
I was wondering about the print layers, too. I looked up Shapeways and it
appers you send the the appropriate 3D CAD file and they will print it. Is
that how it works?
Is it Kosher to ask how much?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, andrewbaird031 andrew.baird@... wrote:
I've never let the smoke out of a decoder in any AM or SHS loco using 1amp
rated decoders. I haven't done any steam installs on AM and have factory
Installed on SHS.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Tom Hawley t.hawley@... wrote:
I got the following via another medium, from a
They had brass tube bearings with a flange that one force-fit into the holes in
the side frame. Later they began offering them with delrin bearings and had a
retrofit kit/instructions. Considerably reduced the friction of the bearing.
They also sold spacers for the delrin that narrowed the
Bob,
I think you're right about the center wheel pivot or back and forth rocking.
Talgo couplers magnified that problem. I'm going to try to reduce the strength
of the center spring.
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It ran last night at Ken's and successfully made many circuits around the loop
assisting the SD70. The electronics and sound worked great except for the
lighting. The frame-mounted couplers haven't fallen off (yet) and were at
perfect height. The front power truck chatters and shudders. I
Bob,
Have you frame-mounted the couplers? Consisted SD60s with talgo mounted
couplers don't play well with each other or with locos with frame-mounted
couplers. The loco last night was my first frame mount job and it tracked very
well except over a questionable section of track.
Lionel's
I recently installed one in an AM SD60 with AM's LED lamps front and back. I
had to modify a CV because the motor was wired backwards. It seemed the
headlight function changed with it. So I then had to reverse that by modifying
another CV. The front headlight is always on whether going
Bill,
I was able to fiddle with the sound controls rather easily. So far I adjusted
the master sound, changed the horn and boosted the horn level higher than the
master sound. It all worked quite easily. I also tried messing with the horn
reverb to no noticeable effect.
It seems I spent
Ed,
Talk about out-of-context. Bill jumped from the RDC QSI chips to the Tsunami
chips for steam engines as another example of sound adjustments he makes.
I am just now fiddling with my first QSI for me for my 2 RDC...snip... In
the Tsunami Fireman Fred with his wrenching and shoveling coal
beautiful models--meaning the MR calender and your
typical swimsuit calender!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 4/22/13 10:08 PM, pickycat95 wrote:
I have an idea. Let's all learn to distinguish between Ed's rhetorical
questions and those that are truly more tangible. I can imagine the
twinkle
Now for the scale modern guys we need a rotary coal dumper that works with
scale rotary couplers. Oops! There's that 'C' word again.
Take out the slack and make them rotary? The engineering and precision of
execution would be awesome.
Ben Trousdale
And furthermore those who attended the
I have an idea. Let's all learn to distinguish between Ed's rhetorical
questions and those that are truly more tangible. I can imagine the twinkle in
Ed's eyes when he throws one of his classic 'r' bombs at the list. This was
quite blatant.
Ben Trousdale
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Has the cylindrical covered hopper actually been released?
Ben Trousdale
...
I am giving Lionel the win by a nose for promoting scale S by clearly
dividing traditional American Flyer and their new scale line. But their just
out modern hopper has ALL very imagineered paint schemes on them
From a modern scaler point of view not much doing except for the new diesel
from Lionel. Not in the paint schemes (yet, I hope) that I'm looking for.
Where are the modern freight cars to go with the new modern diesels?
I was surprised by MTH's multiple ore/hopper car offerings - 6 pack and
Now if zombies were the THING back in 1949 the way they are the THING now I
would really be excited about the zombie zipping back and forth on the roof
walk. Need a trailing reefer with fresh brains.
And a tank car lettered Dracula's Fresh Bite next to a Tropocana Fresh Squeeze
tank would
I think they used to. I don't see it listed now, though they have jigs for
code 70, 100 and 125 rail by Micro Engineering. Maybe they will offer them
again now that the track will soon be back on the market.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, tennsgauge@... wrote:
I wonder if
I'm ready to paint my coupler mounting pads and infill pieces for the AM SD60s.
I need to match the GM demonstrator blue and the BNSF olive green. So far
I've determined that Polly Scale Conrail Blue is a little too dark. My next
guess might be BM blue.
Any guidance?
Ben Trousdale
There was a time warp and a BNSF modern coal train wound its way over the
tracks of the Soo Line and MHRy at Ken Zieska's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45pzlwivQIfeature=youtu.be
Heading the coal train is a BNSF SD70ACe with BNSF SD60 lashed to it trailed by
24 Bethgon Coal Porters. Music
I'm nearing completion of a project to frame-mount KD802 couplers to an AM
SD60. I'm curious to how other people have done this.
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Last spring I purchased a pair of SD60 demonstrator schemes at a model RR show.
One of the units didn't run very well. When I took it apart one of the axles
had a cracked gear. It didn't matter so much because I had to replace the
wheels anyway because they were highrail. Rather than order
It seems to me if I put down $200 to $300 for a toy locomotive it ought to last
longer than 5 to 10 years. I have had only one cracked gear in my sizable
stable of AM locomotives and am hopeful that the cracked gear is a great
exception and not the rule.
Ben Trousdale
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I've been taking time between layouts after our move to upgrade cars including
reducing slack in the 802s by the method included in the instructions. The rod
inside the spring restricts the side-to-side action of the coupler. I think
the amount of the restriction depends upon the length of
. The coal porters were a
little different because they have their own boxes.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Roger Nulton roger.nulton@... wrote:
Ben and Matt,
So what is the best length for the rod?
Thanks,
Roger Nulton
From: pickycat95
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:36 AM
I've never heard of that throttle. Prevoius discussion on this list suggested
that they will not work on DC with pulse. I also don't know what that means.
I got mine to work forwards and backwards in AC mode, but only one direction in
DC mode. The reverse switch on the transformer only
Thanks to everyone who responded on and off list. It does appear the CVs were
wiped clean. I did the quick fix of setting the speed table while selecting
the loco on the throttle. I'll put it on the programming track after it
returns from an extended stay at Ken's.
We had a great showing
Well why stop there? The Jolly Green Giant of Le Soeur, MN fame southwest of
the Twin Cities might have a hard time with 1:1 and might be happier 3:1 scale
or some such. 1:1 is his garden railway!
Just think of us mere normal-size people having to look the wrong way through
the binoculars to
I'm seriously not getting something in DCC mode. I put the monster on the
tracks, get the sound going, the lighting and sound functions work, but it
won't move. Can someone out there help?
Ben Trousdale
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I see The List has gone off on one of its favorite side tracks again. Time to
tune out for a week or so.
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What have modelers used for ditch lights for AM SD60s?
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Last spring or over the summer I had NWSL make two new sets of wheel sets for
AM SD60 because I had purchased two AC/hirail at a flea market. I sent them an
axle so that they would know what they had to duplicate. They came back with
the bearings too wide to fit in the gear tower castings.
Lots to chew on:
My Baldwin spring drive is so springy that it caused the wheels to pick the
diamond of my curve through curve diamond because it kept wanting to straigten
the truck alignment with the motor drive. It got put back on the shelf until
time allows an overhaul.
On the newer drives
I just checked the listing. 66 pieces of 36 RAIL = 2 bundles with 33 pieces
each. Bidding going up fast and furious.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, clipper841@... clipper841@... wrote:
anyone looking for shs track, there are 66 pieces listed on ebay
#290881477123,
not
I finally completed the modifications to fix the pilot and mount the KD 802s.
There were a few challenges along the way. The biggest was the heavy metal
frame at a slight warp at the front end, which caused the fixed pilot to mount
cock-eyed to the shell. The frame is too heavy for me to try
That's how I read it - whole truck assembly.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ken garber garber.ken@... wrote:
I get the impression you can't get wheels but rather wheel assemblies:
6408166770 / FRONT 6-WHEEL POWERED TRUCK / A-F SD-70 HI-RAIL WHEELS 2
$60.00
As is sometimes typical, I took one step backwards before making any progress
on installing KD802s on my new SD70ACe. That was I ground the philips head out
of the top of the one of the bracket mounting screws. It got more involved
after that when I realized the instructions do not tell you
Thanks to Michael and Bill for suggestions on where to find new screws.
Has anyone ever compiled basic precepts or rules of modeling along the lines of
sound wisdom? A few of mine might be:
1. Have no fear.
2. Screw it up frequently - that way you will better understand what you're
doing.
With all this talk about couplers I'm beginning to wonder if this list is a
dating and mating service where passions run high.
Ben Trousdale
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--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed Loizeaux@ wrote:
In the end, I suspect personal
My first serious layout (just demolished last summer) was code .125 hand-laid
and ran virtually flawlessly except where my cheap benchwork created levelness
issues around some turnouts. I salvaged the majority of the trackwork and
turnouts. The rail is little tall but once weathered that goes
I purchased my scale-wheeled BNSF SD70ACe from Trainworld. But I ran into 'the
distributors being out of stock' when I first looked for a scale-wheeled U33c
in the Milwaukee scheme at my LHS. I also found one at Trainworld - though
judging by a string of contradictory emails I may have got
Me, too, in regards to both! I've got 5 or 6 back ordered.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, kelvin@... wrote:
Greetings all
I've found the Lionel SD70 discussions rather infantile - but I've stayed on
the list as I hoped
someone would mention the release date of the cyl
Scott,
A closed frog turnout is typically one where the wingrail/closure rail assembly
at the frog close the gap between the closure rail and rails that form the 'V'
of the frog. This can be accomplished usually one of two ways. The points and
wing rail at the frog pivot around an axis so
I took delivery of a scale version on Tuesday -BNSF. Very nice looking unit
with crisper detailing than the AM SD 60. I think that might partly be a
result of a thicker and somewhat glossier paint on the AM unit. Pilots pivot
independently of the trucks.
I haven't had a chance to run it
Simon,
I am so in agreement with your argument. Get the product in the ball park and
I can take it the rest of the way to my liking or the compromises that were
made I can deal with or accept. How many on this list have installed DCC sound
into AM locomotives? It's a similar idea. Lionel's
Robert,
There were 12 numbers. The stock numbers begin with SSA17011 and run through
SSA17022. They are listed on Des Plaines website under S scale freight cars if
you want to match car numbers to stock numbers. You have to scroll to about
page 6 to find them.
With the new modern locos I
I just flip 'em upside down, run some leads from the track to the pick-ups,
turn on the power and run a paint thinner or alcohol dipped q-tip over the
running wheels, then a dry one to wipe off the excess. You could do the same
thing with a similarly dipped 'aged tooth brush'.
Ben Trousdale
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--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, pickycat95 pickycat95@ wrote:
I didn't know they were having a sale. The most interesting thing to me on
their web site was mention of new CD covered hoppers. Does anyone know if
this is a new car a new production run of the current version?
Ben Trousdale
I didn't know they were having a sale. The most interesting thing to me on
their web site was mention of new CD covered hoppers. Does anyone know if this
is a new car a new production run of the current version?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, philpotridge philpotridge@...
I noticed yesterday that one of the mail order places I purchase from no longer
had the SD70Ace on back order. So fool that I am, I parted with some credit to
be money in about 45 days and ordered a scale BNSF version. UPS says it's
supposed to arrive on Tuesday next week.
Having no layout
It's the classic going into the sunset at the end of the commercial.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Tom Hawley t.hawley@... wrote:
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From: raisinone
. . . . . . . near the end it looks like covered hoppers moving around a
curve with bright sunshine
Looking at one website for Milwaukee's number of the U-boats (they had very few
- maybe only 2) - the version with the scale wheels had a correct number and
the two high rail versions had incorrect numbers. Go figure.
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and decide for yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I28Wwb4cTfcfeature=youtu.be
Rich G(ajnak)
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--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, pickycat95 wrote:
If I were to conduct a poll on this list it would be to vote
There is certainly a lot of energy going into lamenting a future that might be
or not be on this list. For a segment of the hobby that has historically seen
a lot of begging there is certainly a lot of choosiness going on. Maybe it's
time to give it and them a break and see what plays out in
I've been thinking about using styrene strips for tie plates. Possibly
laminating a wider and two thin strips to create the recessed
platform the rail rests on. I haven't tried it yet to see if this is an insane
thing to attempt.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Michael Eldridge
I'm a modern guy but really love these big steamers for excursion service.
Problem is they keep getting bigger and better looking. I have two AM
Northerns and now this Y-3 in SF looks very tempting with the SSLS conversion.
What's a guy on a budget to do?
What is the definition of success
Bill,
Starting to look like the Milwaukee Road!
Ben Trousdale
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I did not plan it. It sort of just happened! (:-)
All the better reason to let a layout go for at least a year before doing
major ballasting or worse, covering it up with a
Brian,
You'll have to find one first. The SMMW 44 and 70 tonners were short runs and
not that many were made.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Brian LaManna wrote:
Hi folks!
I'm Brian. I live in New Brunswick province of Canada, although I'm
originally from New Jersey. I
I dunno, Bill. It's going to take a lot impress this old track hand. When I
see a curved double crossover through a curved diamond per Vommissement du Chat
junction on the now defunct Benn Central then I'll be impressed.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bill Lane wrote:
My
At some point AM added raised lettering to their roller bearing trucks. I also
routinely install SHS wheels in AM trucks and NWSL makes pointed axle wheel
sets of two different lenghts only a few thousandths of an inch different from
each other. I seem to remember one is label NASG and other
Maybe muppet avatars. I did seem to have greenish haze in my eyesight tonight
while sanding and fitting Kermit building parts. Does anyone know what Miss
Piggy was really up to tonight?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, mhrywest wrote:
I don't know what happened tonight we had
Another thing you may want to consider is video. It can be very satisfying and
adds a whole dimension to shooting the layout or other action scenes and
events. I have a Pentax DSLR from a three years ago. It doesn't shoot video.
Current models do. The next camera I buy will have video. I
Oh, come on guys. Let's get real. Why not model after the source?
http://www.atlantictrack.com/The%20Source%20Book.pdf
Though they don't have those hooked bars that you see on both sides of ties
about every other tie. What are those?
Looking for yet another way to go overboard:
Ben
The U33c highrail wheels (tire and flange) are wider than their scale
counterparts, but not the entire wheel. The scale wheels have a spacer on the
back side that is part of the wheel. It appears the wheels might be what
limits the side-to-side action of the wheel set. Because the tire and
Maybe just too juicy not to have one. Time to order another storage cabinet.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, richgajnak rustytraque@... wrote:
I just pulled this off the OGR S Scale board, after a comment made during my
evil twin's quickie review of the Y3, about wishing it had
Bob,
You're not inspired to run down to the local rail yard and measure those rust
spots so that you get them just right?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@... wrote:
That's true of most of us, Earl, but to some people, it's a big deal
boB Nicholson
The big RRs in the US are doing heritage schemes of fallen flags in their
lineage on contemporary motive power. Do you suppose CP will ever do Milwaukee
or Soo heritage schemes on an SD70Ace?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bob Werre bob@... wrote:
Robert, their must be a least
Rich,
How or where did you find this out? Sometimes the engineering does get more
creative and better.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, richgajnak rustytraque@... wrote:
The pilots are independent of the trucks. They will not move if nothing is
coupled to the locomotive.
See what happens when you change your name?
Well, I have Northerns doing excursion service for a piddly tourist passenger
train. Why not real OVERKILL? I'm not sure where layout townfolk are going to
find enough interested old farts to do the time intensive maintenance and
occasional
That's curious. Some e-retailers list separate units with scale wheels.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Tom Hawley t.hawley@... wrote:
FacebookWhen I saw that picture of the Lionel S scale SD70Ace I posted a
question on Facebook about the scale wheels. This is what I got
The DRG has scale wheels.
Any word on expected delivery of the first batch of cylindrical hoppers? They
have announced a second run.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, richgajnak wrote:
New images of some Lionel's SD70ACe's can be seen here. You DONT have to be
on Facebook to
Jim,
How did you deal with the uneven step spacing when attaching the pilot to the
frame? It appears that the top step on the rotating part of the pilot is
equidistant from the bottome step on the frame and the pilot step below it when
everything is dead level. Fixing the pilot to the frame
With issuance of the Milwaukee Road scheme I decided I had to have at least
one. It took me 3 tries to obtain one. One of the local HS didn't have the
scale version on premises and its two distributors didn't have any. Charles Ro
didn't have one. I may have purchased the last currently
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There will be more side-to-side slop becaues of the narrower profile of the
scale wheels.
Rich G(ajnak)
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, pickycat95 pickycat95@ wrote:
With issuance of the Milwaukee Road scheme I decided I had to have
Bill,
Are you old enough to have brain fade? Yeah, it's a pain to forget after many
months that 353 was consisted to 420 and you had to 0-5-0 353 off the track for
some reason only to put it back on the track many months later and wonder.
Still not a good enough reason for me not to consist.
I was installing 802 couplers on some new cars and decided to try the suggested
method on the instructions of reducing slack action. First I think I need to
grow at least one more hand with finer fingers and motor control. But the real
question is how long to make the rod insert? The
. Dave Engle
- Original Message -
From: pickycat95
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 12:07 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Gulp. Um... Couplers
I was installing 802 couplers on some new cars and decided to try the
suggested method
Dick,
Last word until you get a question...
I don't understand the offset part. Do you draw two arcs: one the real
centerline and another that is 3/8 shorter radius? Why the shorter radius arc?
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Richard Karnes rnk2202@... wrote:
Gents/Ladies --
If you don't build easements into the turnout transitions your cab crews in
steamers can really get tossed around. I built all mine without easements and
there were a couple of switches that routinely threw the crew out of the cab
when the cab whipped to the side so quickly when taking the
Awesome!
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bob Werre bob@... wrote:
Jamie, I takes a frugal old German to out cheep you. I occasionally
do a weekend four mile walk. I just keep one eye on the gutter. Often
I can bring home a handful of thrown wheel weights, so the lead is
It's been ages since I mounted 802's to a GP35 chassis. I recall using the
screws supplied with the coupler at let them self-tap into the soft metal.
And/or also drilled holes the correct size and then used the Kadee screws. I
may have had to trim them off on the top side.
Not much better
I have always liked the ACE trucks. For some number of years before going out
of business they offered a delrin bearing insert in lieu of the brass. You had
to drill out the holes in the sideframe for the wider outer diameter of the
bearing. That decreased the friction.
I particularly
track laying procedures to9 anybody foolish enough to try them, but my
railroad is derailment free for the most part, in spite of them.
boB Nicholson
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, pickycat95 pickycat95@ wrote:
I have always liked
This list is now blowing smoke out its ears.
Ben Trousdale
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed Loizeaux@... wrote:
Ed,
I always thought that the big black smoke cloud meant the steam engine was
aplying more horsepower to move up certain grade conditions but after
leveling off the smoke
Bob,
From the sounds of it I assume the U25Bs are from AM. Did you paint them?
I'm thinking of picking up a pair of undecs to do pretty much the same thing -
paint 'em in the Milwaukee orange and black scheme.
Ben Trousdale
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Dave, I
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