Recent content by ChadYelland

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    improved butt joint of track across modules.

    I like the idea of the re-railer, what if you turned the sections end for end so the re-rail ends were together? but if it works that way that is good too.
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    HO bed room layout needed

    Hi all recently my wife and I bought our first house, I have a room in the basement 12 x 15ft with the entry door 2ft from the end of the lower right 15ft wall. __________________ | ...
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    Building a Canadian wooden grain elevator.

    Thanks Mike and everyone else, heres one picture I forgot. will add more as work progresses.
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    Building a Canadian wooden grain elevator.

    For anyone wishing to build one, let me know I have 2 sets of blue prints I had copied, One set UGG 30,000bus (c1928) and Sk Wheat Pool 35,000bus. (c1930's) Just PM me I'd love to help out the next guy.
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    Building a Canadian wooden grain elevator.

    A few more updates. I added the man-lift and a few seed bags. I think i'll just glue the doors shut on the next elevator though...
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    Building a Canadian wooden grain elevator.

    Some Updated pictures, Head pulley with rope drive and scale and stairs
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    Mantua 0-6-0 electrical help

    thanks guys, 9pin like this? http://www.digitrax.com/prd_mobdec_dhwh.php
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    Mantua 0-6-0 electrical help

    Thanks guys I have it working a fair bit better,, it seems to pick up on 3 wheels on one side via there axels and 2 wheels on the other side via the wipers..... I might attempt to make it 3 for 3 someday.... heres another quick question it is DCC ready but very limited space has anyone put in...
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    Glueing Foam Board to Benchwork

    Same here, good old white glue is cheap and seems to stick well as i used it all over my layout for anything thats not "structural" glue blue foam to pink and both to wood without any trouble so far, does take a while to dry large sections as the foam does not breathe. clamping or weighting is...
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    Mantua 0-6-0 electrical help

    Ah, i wondered if it was the frame, I did some dissassembly seems that 3 wheels on one side have good connection to the frame but the power pickup brush assembly on the other side only contacts 2 wheels and one was intermitant,,, why don't they use a wire brush type contact to touch the wheel...
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    Mantua 0-6-0 electrical help

    Hello all, I have been away from the trains for a while but now as the sumer season comes to a close i will be back at it. I was just doing some track cleaning and loco steaming. I recently bought a new Mantua 0-6-0 Tank switcher CPR for use on my transfer table, no matter how clean my rails or...
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    help with #505 Kadee coupler conversion

    I test fitted the larger wheels and found them to just clear the shoes, i rolled it up and down a track section to be sure. Do i remove what i have marked in yellow completely? or just notch or widen it to fit the new coupler assembly?
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    help with #505 Kadee coupler conversion

    Hi guys, I have a Rivarrosi 6 axel passenger car that i would like to install Kadees on, i allso have some kadee 36" wheel sets, any tips or hints on how to do this? and do i glue in the adapter? there are no screw holes in the trucks but the kit came with some screws othe then the coupler...
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    Grain Elevator/Mill

    At that time a lot of grain was bagged at the threshing machine and hauled to the mill in 2bushel sacks, cut open and dumped into the pit. some would be by flare box wagons in bulk. Boxcars had wood and paper doors fixed with double headed nails inside the sliding ones about 2/3rds the height...
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    spectrum steamers DCC ready

    Heres a better picture, look the same size and style to me. They do have opposite plugs for a minute i thought i could swap a DC tender for a DCC one but no luck.
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