Mike,
I believe that there is some sort of coating on the Aristo-Craft track,
possibly to improve conductivity or to distinguish it from LGB's. The
A-C brass track takes forever to weather. I have had the track for
almost a year outside. I could take a green 3M pad and scrub off the
coating
The Aristo track is a different alloy of brass than the LGB stuff. It
simply corrodes slower. The Aristo alloy has more copper and conducts
better. Seems it would oxidize faster that way, but it doesn't. :)
Trot, the fox who plays with too many sparkies... ;]
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joe
Joe,
Looking good so far! And you are right about the Aristo track. Same thing
with me. Takes a 100 yrs to darken compared to LGB!
Chuck Walters - President
Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
http://home.twcny.rr.com/cnylsrs
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Interesting . . . If that's a ladder on the left instead of wide-gauge
track BG you have quite a nice space. As for the concrete in the pit,
can you slide the hole to the right a bit and make the concrete part of a
step down? Charles
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From: "Joe Betsko" [EMAIL
In a message dated 2/27/2001 10:16:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where in SoCal?
Lake Arrowhead-near Big Bear. The mountains east and north of LA
Bob
Message Number: 14
From: "VR Bass" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wheels
Harry, you mention a lot of hand work. If I understand it correctly, the
EDM
method creates spokes without a draft angle
Vance,
Yes, in most cases, but one could certainly use a tapered electrode . .
. The advantage
I play with sparkies also, and I have Aristo track that has been out in the
snow, rain, mud and hot sun for over seven years an it hasn't weathered yet.
Roger WPW
We just had another blizzard here in central Nebraska, the only way I can
tell where my layout is at, is by seeing just the tops of my Alberta
Spruces sticking up here and there. We had no snow last winter and I ran
all the time, now we've had over 3'. What happened to global warming? We
need
I run a Mikado and a SR #24 and have noticed that the #24
always has a steam plum out of the stack while the Mikado seldom
does. You can put your hand over the Mikado stack while running
Just stick in your thumb and pull out a plum. :-)
Seriously, Roundhouse uses an
In a message dated 01-02-27 23:55:14 EST, you write:
I don't have the funding, or the time, but I'm suprised no one has done
this yet. It seems like a natural conversion. :)
As one of my mentors once told me, " whatever you do to it it is still a
Ruby" I think it would be easier to
In a message dated 01-02-28 11:28:23 EST, you write:
What happened to global warming?
Jerry
It is up here in Oregon, The past three days have been sunny and near
60. I have even seen some flowers in bloom. Is this still February???
Salty
I think that the notion of "...it's still a Ruby" has proven to be something
akin to "it's a Baldwin." Anyone who has looked at Vance's Ruby bash page
can see that folks are indeed flexing there creative muscles with this
little gem. At DH, the only Rubys that looked anything like each other were
For those who don't know, Lake Arrowhead is a gorgeous lake glittering like
a diamond among the mountains in Southern California. Air is clean up there!
Big Bear is a nice lake, but less gem like. Of course Lake Arrowhead is
fairly well and lavishly developed during the last twenty five years.
AristoCraft track has no coating...just different alloy.
I installed AristoCraft stainless steel rails in LGB and/or AristoCraft
plastic sleepers/ties. This rail never will tarnish. Great for sparkies,
less cleaning! I did spray some rail with tan stain. Looks a bit rusty.
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If the Mike is the Aster Mikado, which is alcohol fired, you will need the
exhaust nozzle to be low down so that it can provide draught for the fire.
So if you raise the nozzle, you may get into problems of not enough fire.
the SR24 is I think gas-fired so draft from the exhaust is not needed,
For about the same money you can get nickel silver rail from Aristo. It will
take on a beautiful brown patina AND remain electrically conductive. I use
N/S on my elevated track and illuminate the passenger cars behind the Hudson
or K-4 when night running. One advantage of N/S over stainless is
http://www.aristocraft.com/
I checked Aristocraft's web site and could not find Nickel Silver rail. Is
it manufactured by AC or another company?
~Gary
Eugene, OR on a dry day!
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To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
In a message dated 01-02-28 16:08:29 EST, you write:
SR24 is I think gas-fired so draft from the exhaust is not needed,
Right you are it is butane fired. And speaking of steam. Looking at the ads
in the new GR St.Aubin Station has listed under live steam an Excelsior
0-4-2, what is it???
Here is a link to a picture of the Excelsior. It appears to be a European
version of the Ruby (same valve gear, etc).
http://www.accucraft.com/pg-news.htm
Chuck Walters - President
Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
http://home.twcny.rr.com/cnylsrs
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From:
It's highly likely that the cylinders on the Ruby are not actually
brass, rather bronze. I don't know, but that would be my first
suspicion. (I know Argyle uses bronze for their cylinders.) I've had
similar difficulties with Roundhouse cylinders, so they may be made of
the same stuff. Perhaps
If you want to be a little more accurate in your masking, try using a little
melted paraffin and one of those old fashioned ink lettering pens with the
adjustable width.
The pen must be warm or the paraffin will "set up" in the pen.
Keep your steam up!
Walt Lunk
The last I heard, they were still manufacturing it and selling it. Try giving
them a call or e-mail them.
Walt
That little Plymouth isn't bad, either . . . Charles
From: "Charles W. Walters" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is a link to a picture of the Excelsior. It appears to be a European
version of the Ruby (same valve gear, etc).
http://www.accucraft.com/pg-news.htm
Alcohol-fired locos have no problem at all running in cold, even very cold,
weather,
Peter,
(Canada)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Speaking of Steam
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:16 PM
In a message dated
Not too far from Canon(sp?) Pass . . . or the Roy Rogers Museum AIRC.
Beautiful country through there. Charles
For those who don't know, Lake Arrowhead is a gorgeous lake glittering
like
a diamond among the mountains in Southern California. Air is clean up
there!
Big Bear is a nice lake, but
Do any CA folk know if the steamup layout will be at the BAGRS meeting in
March?
GaryB
At 5:50 PM -0800 2/28/01, Gary Broeder wrote:
Do any CA folk know if the steamup layout will be at the BAGRS meeting in
March?
Glad you asked ...
Current members of BAGRS are welcome to come run their steam engines on the
BAGRS oval at group's annual meeting, March 9-10 in beautiful downtown
Yes, this is a little corner of paradise here, even when it snows. I much
prefer spring, summer, and fall though; especially spring. Don't usually get
this much snow, it is snowing again right now.
As far as railroad history here, there is plenty. This area was settled
by the mormons
There's also another live steam loco named "Excelsior" on the UK market
right now. Poor timing, it seems. If I remember correctly, it's a Finescale
SM32 loco, but I'll have to check again if anyone wants particulars.
regards,
-vance-
Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Marc's method is to insert the pinhole between the optical elements of the
lens, pretty much where the iris is. You can get to this by taking out the back
element(s) on most SLR lenses. I bought a 50mm Olympus lens cheap from
a camera repair shop because the shutter was sticky. Who cares,
Gary,
You've joined the rest of us! (2001 vs. 1969)
Michael Martin
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At 08:22 PM 28/02/01 -0700, Vance Bass wrote:
There's also another live steam loco named "Excelsior" on the UK market
right now. Poor timing, it seems. If I remember correctly, it's a Finescale
SM32 loco, but I'll have to check again if anyone wants particulars.
Another Accucraft effort, this
Live steam fans,
I have posted the Official Publicity Photo of my Forney conversion kit on my
FHPB web site (link below), for those of you who are interested in seeing
the final product. The first kits are almost ready to ship. I'll have more
detailed technical and ordering information in
Hi Joe and all,
I agree on the raised tracks issue. But also suggest its
a matter of "horses for course,s".
I also looked at the ditch digging idea,s and wrote them
off very quickly.
But no two landscapes are identicle, so maybe there are
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