Hi Bob:
Sorry if I created more work for you.  From your email, I thought you 
had pictures from your earlier submission (or even the article itself) 
which were readily available.  I tend to save everything on the 
computer, and I only lose things when I get a new computer and 
technology changes.  I still have lots of zip discs (remember zip 
drives?), but no longer have a zip drive.  etc. etc.
regards and thanks
Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)

On 11/29/2011 01:11, shabbona_rr wrote:
>
> I'll see what I can do. If nothing else, I still have the drop section 
> with track on it. Maybe I can take some photos of that.
>
> Bob Nicholson _______________________________________________
>
> --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> John Albee <johnalbee03@...> wrote:
> >
> > Ditto...please
> >
> >
> > John A. Albee, RealtorÂ
> > johnalbee03@...
> >
> > Prudential Snyder Real Estate
> > #1 Brickyard Drive
> > Bloomington, IL 61701
> >
> > Mobile 309-830-6097
> > Office 309-665-0787 www.johnalbee.com
> >
> > From: Rance Velapoldi <rvelapoldi@...>
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: FNF- Nov 28, 2011
> >
> >
> > Â
> > To Bob:
> > Would certainly like to see pics, and even possibly have the article 
> put
> > on the net, or at least for the 1/64 modelling guide, etc.
> > tx
> > Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
> >
> > On 11/28/2011 18:47, Roger Nulton wrote:
> > >
> > > Ed,
> > >
> > > The drop down sections on my current and on my former layouts were
> > > built using the exact method that Bob describes, except that I 
> didnâEUR^(TM)t
> > > bevel the rails. I also got the tubing idea from Josh: the pins and
> > > tubes not only align the rail, but also carry the current. On my
> > > former layout, the dropping section was even on a curve.
> > >
> > > Roger Nulton
> > >
> > > From: shabbona_rr
> > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 5:55 AM
> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> 
> <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: FNF- Nov 28, 2011
> > >
> > > Ed:
> > >
> > > On my earlier version of SHABBONA RR, I used hinges and deadbolts for
> > > a drop down section that worked well. I beveled the rail joints at
> > > each end and held them in alignment with brass tubing and piano wire.
> > > It was probably the best working part of the whole layout, thanks to
> > > the idea I got from Josh Seltzer and his crew with their portable
> > > layout at the Pittsburgh MRIA show.
> > >
> > > I'm almost glad a move forced me to tear the layout down. Train
> > > movements across it were smooth as glass. I still have the drop
> > > section, complete with a #5 crossover mounted on it. I can provide
> > > photos if anybody's interested. I wrote an article on it (accepted 
> but
> > > never published) about twenty years ago.
> > >
> > > I should have sent to to one of the S publications, but I had just
> > > brought down some Big Game with a couple of submissions and was on a
> > > mission. The Big Game was still interested in blunt, bumpy rail 
> breaks
> > > at moveable sections.
>



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