Recent content by KentBy

A little more testing info... I reset my grade to 2.2 %, cleaned the track and it pulled 6 cars with only a little slipping. Keep in mind that the cars were 50 ft gondola and 50 ft flat cars and a 34 ft caboose. At 1.9 % grade, it pulled the cars without slipping. As my log cars will be 36...

I checked Bill.... With glasses on my face and glass under the loco, it looks to be setting flat. I also check that the suspension seems to be working correctly. I put the loco back on the 2.8 degree grade with six cars behind. I added 3 oz on top the loco and it pulled the six, but...

Hello Dr. Is that a Rivarossi? I see that you have added some chain to the front and back. Did you do anything else that increased the weight? Kent

Push or Pull not much differance. I did some more testing. Pushing is a little better then pulling, but only in the amount of spin of the wheels, not more cars. Here is my test picture. 2.8 percent grade, four cars, two truck heisler. It pulled with only a little spin of the wheels. With...

Triplex, thanks for helping me with this. I thought that I would need them for the yard engine to escape when positioning cars. Please keep in mind that I know almost nothing about real railroads. Not sure that I understand this. The third track from the front connects to the main, is this...

revised plan I have been playing around with the yard and terminal area and have come up with this modification. The main line is now a dog bone and can run continuously. The access to the passenger terminal will be by backing in from the back main line. I will need to learn how to make a...

We made it to winter.... Merry Christmas to all.:wave: Kent

Should I reduce the radius? Will going to 23 or 22 inch radius give me enough room to make the trains work correct on this track? Kent

I tried figuring out a couple of the track planning software programs, but could not get them to behave. So I bought the KISS system. Plastic circles for hand drawing. I drew up a plan and then built my bench. Now I am looking closer at my plan and think that I may have a number of problems...

Push not pull... Why didn't I think of that.wall1 I'll need to do some more testing, might make a difference. Thank for the info Bill. Kent

Lester, can you explain how you did it. I am new to MRR. How did you support the grade transition? How long was the transition from the main to the yard? Kent

Can someone explain this to me? I would like to use this trick, but don't understand it. Kent

Diagram and a question. Here is a diagram of the table framework. The room is 16.5 feet across the back and the middle part that sticks out is 15 feet from the back wall. The grid is 2 foot squares. Now the question: I have a drawn diagram of how I think that the track should be laid...

my table framework is done. It didn't turnout exactly as I had planned. I needed to adjust in some areas for clearance. I will work on adjusting my track plan and post that when I have finished that. Kent

Now for lighting I have removed the light fixture that used to be in this part of the room. It was a 4 foot 4 tube fluorescent fixture in a wood framed box. I am thinking about putting up track lights. My current thoughts are to use lots of smaller lights on maybe two tracks 4 foot long...