I managed to do that one too. I had used a t-pin thrust into the side of the homosote, and it connected (bridged across) with some spikes in the switch, creating a short. Took a while to figure it out--the beer may have been a factor, I don't know.
--- In [email protected], "Stan S." <ssc...@...> wrote: > > >The Shinohara #6 switch was designed from the ground up. The incorrect > >point-to-frog > measurement is one that got by the final design inspector (me) > > Shinoharas in all scales seem to have the same unusual geometry: > > http://www.spyr.ch/ps/mrr/trackwork/ho-hon30.jpg > > > My favorite was the painted brass car that had an intermittent short which > > developed after many hours of running. > > The strangest thing I ever saw was a problem module that got diagnosed by the > wisp of > smoke rising between a spike and the rail. Apparently something conductive > was buried in > the Homasote, creating a dead short. > > Stan Stokrocki > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
