Relative to the video, poles didn't break very often (they were very substantial, and usually banded with steel or iron on the ends to prevent splitting, although if the crew was careless, they could end up coming loose and damaging cars, structures or crew. My understanding is that it was done very slowly. Not just steam locomotives had them under the tender sills (along with rerailing frogs), but quite a few diesel switchers had them for yard use, up until perhaps 1960. Photos of many first-generation diesel switchers show them hanging from the frame. Off the top of my head, I think the B&M even had brackets for them on 44-tonner truck sideframes. It was a lot easier to pole a car a bit to relocate it from an adjacent track than to have to run all the way to the nearest crossover or end of a ladder, throw the switch/turnout, enter the track, spot the car, reverse back to the turnout/switch, etc.
On a solid end sill or beam, one can simply drill a shallow dimple in the material. For a raised one, solder a bit of brass tubing to a bit of sheet brass and file it down; the solder will give a fillet to represent the rounded pocket. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 03:11:09 +0000 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S-scale Poling Pockets > > What type material are you looking for? Do you want brass poling pockets or > do you want some kind of plastic poling pockets that you can glue on with > some kind of adhesive. I have poling pockets that I made for the READING > boxcar that Southwind imported years ago. They are brass castings. > > J Rustermier > > > --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvl...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am looking for S-scale poling pockets. Does anyone know if someone > > makes these? Or, is there an easy way to scratchbuild them? > > > > (P.S. I had to look up what they were, and stumbled across this neat > > video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUb8PeeT2WI) > > > > Thank you, > > - Peter. > > > > -- > > Peter Vanvliet (pavanvl...@..., or pe...@...) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
