I have not yet owned any of these cars so I have no experience with them. My question is, are these cars totally filled with liquid, or are they made with thin containers on each side filled with fluid.
My question on the tank cars filled with fluid is, wouldn't the tank cars become top heavy and the sloshing liquid around curves, like around an 027 curve, cause the tank car to possibly tip over?
lionelsoni What about the Lionel 6-16153, -54, -55, and -60 carrying blue, purple, green, and black "reactor fluid" respectively?
What about the Lionel 6-16153, -54, -55, and -60 carrying blue, purple, green, and black "reactor fluid" respectively?
rtraincollector wallyworld: Boyd: Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid? Why would you want to do that? The LGB tankers I have can do this but I shied away from operating them full... remember this is electrically perhaps not a swell idea, that is to mix the two on track ie derailments ..or so it seems. Hmmm have you never accidental spill a glass or even to much glue around tracks i don't believe that a little liquid around say 18v is really that much to worry about hopefully the breaker would trip and you would be fine. To me the problem would seem to be the weight of the tank cars depending on how many you wanted to do that way. I could see it now about 10 cars full of liquid engine going up a 3% grade with a curve in it and the engine tumbles over lol No to be honest I really don't see a problem doing it. Especially if you made a place to dump them into and then another that it ran to ( the fluid) that you could refill the tank cars. But to be worry free of liquid spills if you want how about getting those fake fountains or spigots and just have it set up to where the tank car would just fit under it and it would fill your tank car
wallyworld: Boyd: Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid? Why would you want to do that? The LGB tankers I have can do this but I shied away from operating them full... remember this is electrically perhaps not a swell idea, that is to mix the two on track ie derailments ..or so it seems.
Boyd: Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid?
Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid?
Why would you want to do that? The LGB tankers I have can do this but I shied away from operating them full... remember this is electrically perhaps not a swell idea, that is to mix the two on track ie derailments ..or so it seems.
Hmmm have you never accidental spill a glass or even to much glue around tracks i don't believe that a little liquid around say 18v is really that much to worry about hopefully the breaker would trip and you would be fine.
To me the problem would seem to be the weight of the tank cars depending on how many you wanted to do that way. I could see it now about 10 cars full of liquid engine going up a 3% grade with a curve in it and the engine tumbles over lol
No to be honest I really don't see a problem doing it. Especially if you made a place to dump them into and then another that it ran to ( the fluid) that you could refill the tank cars. But to be worry free of liquid spills if you want how about getting those fake fountains or spigots and just have it set up to where the tank car would just fit under it and it would fill your tank car
My concern would only be short circuits in DC with the qualifier that the circuit breakers in the transformers were a safe bet as well ( meaning newer) as the household voltage to the transformers being vouchsafed as well as the tank lids being secured in case of a pull over or derailment potentially doing scenery damage. I suppose I am too overly cautious to ever consider this experiment. Best of luck on it ..you might consider a pit at the fill and dump sections that has a bullet proof drain. My room is carpeted so it would be just my luck Id have red dye #2 or something creating havoc with my better half..Of course it would be very cool if perfected..sorry about coming off as a naysayer..I would think dye would be a necessity to see the action.
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wallyworld Boyd: Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid? Why would you want to do that? The LGB tankers I have can do this but I shied away from operating them full... remember this is electrically perhaps not a swell idea, that is to mix the two on track ie derailments ..or so it seems.
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There have been postings of some of those AEC tankers leaking.
Bill T.
Boyd Has anyone modified a tank car so it could actually carry fluid?
Bob Nelson
Boyd: No. Just wondering: If I did, would I then have to modify it with a dump valve? And if I added a dump valve, then I'd have to have a place to unload the fluid. Probably have to add a stream, brook, river, lake or pond to the layout or, better still, a processing facility of some sort as not to contaminate my Plasticville citizens. With all that added construction, then, the economy of my Plasticville village would certainly improve! You know, you just might have something there.
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
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