Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

[spankybird]

HI Gil,

The track is MTH.

The flanges on the 2 rail trucks are too small for tube track and turn outs. Also it had scale couplers on it.

 

[Gil Finn]

Do you use new trucks or salvaged ones from old cars?

I understand you are an engineer, do you think you might give me some suggestions on my lay out.

I decided to circle the room and I will need a lift bridge at the door.

An idea of making the bridge would be helpfull before I start cutting wood. Trail and err isnt the best way to build.

 

[Roger B.]

Gil, try doing a search of both CTT and OGR, a few years back there was an artical on building a lift, or drop, bridge. The more I think about it I lean toward OGR.

 

[N Gauger]

Do you use new trucks or salvaged ones from old cars?

I understand you are an engineer, do you think you might give me some suggestions on my lay out.

I decided to circle the room and I will need a lift bridge at the door.

An idea of making the bridge would be helpfull before I start cutting wood. Trail and err isnt the best way to build.

Gil,

Here's a link to some bridges I built - adaptable for any scale One is a swing, The one behind it is a lift out. The last post shows the wiring. If you want more pics, visit my clickable track plan (At my site below my sig)

http://www.the-gauge.com/thread12457-swing-bridge-construction.html

 

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio

where the temp is 52 deg and heading to 62 with over cast skies.

N gauger - great link on your bridges. Gil - Buckeye Riviter is an expert on bridges, he builds them in real life for the RR. :thumb:

On the replacing trucks on cars. Sometimes I buy new trucks at shows or recycled ones. Most recently I have been buys cars for $10 to $15 that someone is blowing out. This is the price of the trucks and I still have a body to kitbash.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Morning gang. Busy today. Got RR email working again. Went for 24 hours and engineers could not get it to work. Long time of NC.RR to be down. Have a good one. OH, will get ot 80 tomorrow. No joke.

 

[Gil Finn]

Thank you Mikey.

I book marked that post and I am getting out a ruler, pencil and paper now.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Morning gang. Off to Kerr for some fishing [for a little while] and finish storing the pontoon. Have a good one and God bless all.

 

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio

where the temp is 61 and falling to 50

WE woke up to big t-storms this morning.

Chief - good luck on the fishing.

 

[Gil Finn]

That is a great frieght station, is it a kit , a ready made or scratch built?

 

[spankybird]

HI Gil,

We have two of them, One was a kit (Lionel) and the second one was pre-asmembled. It has a flickering light in the pot belly stove and also a lenteren inside and also a smoke unit in it.

:thumb:

 

[Gil Finn]

You all are a fairly civil crowd so I dont mind asking a favor.

My friend and pastor needs a heart transplant and prayer.

Could you or some of you leave a note of encouragement for him?

I would count it a personal favor. I am sure he will here of it.

log on to :http://bubbagilsplace.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=god&action=display&thread=1131565834

 

[Gil Finn]

Oh..there is a guy from this forum listed over there also at.....http://bubbagilsplace.proboards60.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=god&thread=1130864007&page=1

Leave a note for him also, he is one of us

 

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio
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where the temp is 44 and heading to 47 with overcast skies and very windy.

Gil - we posted for Pastor John.

Here is a project that we have been working on

 

[Gil Finn]

Spankybird, I saw that, thanks ...is that red '32 one of Boyds hot rods?

 

[Gil Finn]

I just got the joke...donuts and cop cars, lmao.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Morning. Been busy this AM. Already packed for tomorrow's flight to Denver. Got to run some errands now. Have a good one and God bless.

 

[Roger B.]

Just tried getting on to the CTT forum, it is slooooow. The header came up reasonably fast but then after, maybe, a minute + with nothing happening I jumped over here. Seems it just gets worse, can't handle the traffic.

Ran trains a bit yesterday afternoon. Was shuttling a Lionel log car up the mountain on the branch line with the 0-8-0 going in reverse and the car in tow, the curves are between O-27 and O-31, Gargraves track. The car would continually derail at one point. Seems its too light to pull the front engine coupler to the side. I've reduced the centering spring tension on the coupler in the past. Added some weight to bring the care up to standards to see if it'll help. I'll have to give it a try later, glue should be dry by now.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Morning all. Off to Denver for the Bass Pro Shops grand opening. Long flight. Chilly here [hit 32 this AM, first frost]. Have a great weekend. Best to all verterans. God bless all.

 

[Buckeye........]

I hope everything is nice and calm over here today. Who left the cell doors open on the other forums this week? Is it a full moon?