Bill:
What do you mean, "when we met again!" I'm still waiting to meet you and see
the Jefferson Central for the First Time! "One of these days", as Pa Kettle
used to put it.
What you said about Frank's Spiral Hill is true. I always delight in reading
your accounts of the good ol' days, when you guys used to help each other dig
basements, and whatever. Seemed like someone always had (has) the necessary
skills to pull a project at hand out of the mud at critical times!
As far as switches go, I have never had a point failure since I began building
switches as I have said many times on this list and in articles. The last
article was in 1/64 Modeling Guide, where I discussed forming point and closure
rails so the throwbar would force the points apart and keep the solder joints
under pressure so they wouldn' tend to pull apart from the tension forces
created when throwing a switch. I have a #4 in the service facility at Mooar
Yard where I have done this and it is one of the easiest throwing switches on
the whole layout, because the points tend to try to center themselves when the
switch is thrown.
On my #6 Atlas conversions, replacing a styrene throwbar would be easy, if I
ever have to, which has occurred once because I was careless making it in the
first place
Incidentally it was a Spiral Hill empty hopper that derailed on the popwer
house switch last weekend. Real easy rerailing job, though.
boB Nicholson _______________________________________________
> As I've said before, on my model railroad we fix and repair when needed just
> like the prototype. In recent years even Frank titman's Spiral Hill switches
> would "whack-out" and he would cuss at them. Bert Mahr would repair them for
> Frank and at times Bert said it wasn't an easy task.
>
> But heck, that's what friends are for! Now the SPIRAL HILL isn't anymore,
> only fond memories of the good old days of the gang meeting at Frank's home.
> I miss it and I miss Frank in particular, his knowing smile was infectious!
>
>
>
> Happy Smiles to you, till we meet again!
>
> "S"ee Ya,
>
> Bill (Fraley)
>
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