Hi All,
MR also ran an article on making a working interlocking frame in brass.
I have copies. I could check the dates if anyone is interested. The Kalmbach
book "Junctions" shows how to make one in plastic. I think Stan wants the
detailing article that someone else cited by Bill Darnaby, but I'd be
interested in seeing this one myself. Thanks for sharing, Bill.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
On Aug 27, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Bill Roberts wrote:
> > Posted by: "Furmanak, Stan" [email protected] stannville
> > Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:12 am (PDT)
> >
> > In a model railroader magazine - not sure of which one - but in the last 10
> > or so years, there was an article on an HO scale of building a mechanical
> > control tower . . .
> >
> > Can anyone hunt for and supply me a copy of that mag article about the HO
> > scale of making a control tower and piping and such? Would like to read
> > this again and also get some measurements.
>
> I remember vaguely such an article by Linn Westcott in Model Railroader
> magazine about 1961. I realize this is not the article you recall, but read
> on.
>
> He used British levers to control a custom-designed interlocking plant. It
> was not a true armstrong design, since he used electrical contacts to power
> relays to make things move. He built it first in wood to test it, then in
> brass.
>
> It worked a lift bridge and signals and a derail. Six or eight levers were
> required to make it all work. There was a track diagram above the levers with
> lights. The mechanism below had a plexiglas front, so you could see the bars
> moving up and down and left and right.
>
> The above is from memory, which after fifty years, is not perfect. I kept the
> article for many years until I realized that I would never get around to
> designing and building my own. Check it out.
> --
> Bill Roberts
>
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