> The 1976 Ottawa convention was one of the finest conventions <snip>
> Bill (Fraley)
My main memory of that convention was Dick Arthur's basement layout with the
broad curves. I fell in love with broad curves at that moment and have two of
them on my layout as a result.
Dick worked for an aersopace firm and had access to rejected parts. At one
point he came home with a bag of rejected miniature ball bearings. He put them
into the journals of all his freight cars and ran really long trains. Those
trains rolled right along like nothing I've seen. Rather amazing what the lack
of friction can accomplish.
The long train on downhill stretches caused herky-jerks with some locos, but he
figured out how to fix that with shim washers in the gearboxes. That problem
and solution is standard practice these days, but it was all brand new to me
back then. A real education visiting that layout.
On one siding was an articulated (Sunset Models, I think). It just sat there
and never moved. Dick said it never ran very well and he had not yet gotten
around to fixing it. He also said that the Manager of Samhongsa once came for
a visit and asked why that loco was always stationary on the siding. After the
explanation, the Manager said: "If you buy a Samhongsa engine, it will run!"
Ed L.
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