Poles to hang traction overhead.

[interurban]

Val aka spitfire and I put this how to together a long while ago.

It was posted in Vals Urbanscene web site.
I see the great new Parkdale web site Val has now, and I thought I should post this where it is easier to find.

Thanks to Val for putting this together with me. :thumb:


These poles I use for the track side run , the Town/ City need to be spanned,
and that is a lot easier to put together.

For now here is our tuturial.

 

[interurban]

If you have any intrest in Traction, you now have a means of building poles.

The last picture shows the poles on a operating L/O
the Traction in Action.


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[Ralph]

Nice Chris. That oughta help get overhead wire folks going!
Ralph

 

[Matthyro]

Thanks Chris and Val for a very well put together "how to" I grew up with trams and trolley buses and always thought it would be neat to model a tram diorama and this article on pole making would be a big help.

 

[jetrock]

Outstanding! Now I just need the Dremel router bit...

 

[interurban]

:thumb: Thanks folk we are glad it helps.
I am planting poles now on my new L/O AND putting some under scenery.
Now that is something different as you do not want any problems you can not get at.

Will post that in my new L/O thread.

 

[spitfire]

Cool Chris!!!

Val

 

[60103]

Chris: any advice about the base for the pole? I don't think foam will stand up.

 

[interurban]

Hi David.

That`s the reason I keep away from foam. We tried it on the Traction in Action and found too many problems for all the poles we needed.

If it was a small overhead line going to be built I would try putting a washer ( is that Canadian?) under the nut to spread the pressure when you tighten up the pole. But you may have problems drilling through the foam re heat from the drill.

I had to drill through cieling tile to the ply on my last L/O.

I now put the plywood base where ever the poles are going in, then build the scenery around it.