Ed and List,
Yes, that original tube and wire connection (with the short leg
of the pin down on the roadbed) was done by the Cuyahoga Valley S Gauge club
on their code 148 hi rail layout. Our club, the Central Ohio S Gaugers in
1987 utilized this connection method on our portable hi rail layout. The
one important change we made was this: the L shape connecting wire/pin had
to be tall enough above rail (1/4 to 3/8) to grasp and pull out when
tearing down the layout. However, after several years these connecting pins
would work their way up vertically and a steam engines side rods would hit
an American Flyer Hudson found its way to the floor! So we bent the L
shape back over itself in a smaller and smoother configuration (upside down
u) so no side rods would hit and the pins could be easily removed. The
other modification made on this pin was to bend it slightly so it would be
snug going into the tubing. This helps maintain electrical contact across
the removable bridge rail sections. (Our removable bridge sections are on
½ plywood with ½ homasote on top and finally the rails.)
Due to rail height differences (.048) between hi rail and scale
(.100), Im not sure the tubing/pin idea would work. Our clubs original
track was 148 hand laid with these pins; we added a loop of American Models
148 flex and used it; on our last revamp of layout we installed S Helper
125 (?) flex and opted to use the rail joiners. Some members complain that
the rail joiners are harder to connect than the tube/pin set up, but both
are working. And we know you dont change if it works!
Hope this helps.
- Alan Evans
o Central Ohio S Gaugers
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lee Johnson
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:12 PM
To: Edward Loizeaux; List, S scale
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Modular Connections......(help, please)
Ed,
I have a copy that I will put in the mail to you on Monday. It is a one
page article.
Lee Johnson
on 5/20/07 8:34 AM, Edward Loizeaux at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:Loizeaux%40SBCGlobal.net> net wrote:
> Gents....
>
> I am looking for some details and/or magazine articles on the method
> used by, I think, the Cleveland Cuyahoga S Gauge Club. This technique,
> if I remember correctly, is used on the club's modular layout. It
> consists of a tube soldered to the outside of the rail across the
> modudule joints. The rail and tube are then cut on the joint line. An
> L-shaped piece of piano wire is then inserted into the tube to provide
> perfect rail alignment. This approach has been written up in a magazine
> article (or two) several years ago.
>
> If anyone could share the exact details of this method, I would be most
> appreciative. Copies of the magazine article would also be helpful. I
> thing the S GAUGE HERALD had a writeup along with some sketches, but it
> might have been some other publication. Memory fades fast at this phase
> of my lifespan.... Copy and postage costs will be cheerfully
> reimbursed.
>
> Your help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks...Ed Loizeaux, 2221 Via Maderos, Los Altos, CA 94024-7113.
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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