Bill,
Since I haven't been able to kidnap or clone Dick either we occasionally
need to do some track work. Back when I was starting my layout, I
bought a mess of used #6's from Village Depot. They stated that they
were Miller turnouts--turned out they were just laid on his tie-strip
and were made of brass plus many were destroyed in shipping. Next try
was to have Earl Eshleman (sp) make up what I needed. He was in his
final years so they weren't the best either, but we made them work until
I could learn the art of building my own. They are still in position
and doing okay.
My hand laying of track has been very limited in the last few years. My
right eye has developed some distortion that make it's difficult in
making anything straight without having some help.
So unless somebody becomes a traveling track-layer, or perhaps we look
for a younger guy to mentor, we older guys will need some RTR turnouts.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
Weekend FUN!
Well, I've been rebuilding a # 6 code 125 LH switch built into the
mainline.
Yes, I could pull it out and replace it with a new switch, but I would
have to tear out a good bit of scenery and I thought not to do that.
The rebuilt switch is correct in every sense of the word, matches all
the gauge measurements and most times everything all runs very
smoothly through it going east, but when going west it at times
derails and I can't find the #%%$#& problem. I'm not a "Dick Karnes,"
but I ain't real bad at it either.
