QUOTE: Originally posted by SteelMonsters I am interested in how you deal with safety in terms of braking especially during derailments and uncoupling. The largest trains I've work with are 7 1/2" gauge. There the locos are usually able to stop the train but a caboose and a connected crew car had brakes activated by a remote which could be used to help slow down. If the coupler fails or the train derails, there are two safety chains on each side of the couplers. They keep the train together. It takes quite a bit to break couplers but it's been done before. It's about the largest gauge that can be rerailed to the most part by one person and no machines. I've had a couple cases where I had to dig my feet into the balast to stop when it was uber slippery out. Bigger trains make that impossible.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by TurboOne Way cool Matt. What is your favorite thing to work on ? And the most important question, do you get to be the engineer? Tim[8D][8D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Oh OK I was just going to enjoy the pics but not say anything but they look great, I always thought if you got room for 15-18" gauge track you got room for full size 1:1 feldbahn or field type railroads and theirs alot of old industrial stuff perfect for a 1:1 size RR, granted the cars on yours are a little less that 1:1 but not by much, and the engine sure looks close to 1:1 feldbahn too me.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Puckdropper Nope... Not for another 8 months. Then someone (often the original poster) will bring the thread back from the depths of dead threads so we can get scared by reading posts from people who are banned, dead, or no longer in the hobby.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Train 284 Ok, it is not my railroad, but I do volunteer here a lot! The railraod is named the Orland, Newville & Pacific and is located on the Glenn Counrt Fairgrounds in Orland, CA and is open to the public. Currently we are operating a 4 wheel side rod davenport switcher. It runs on a 4 cylinder automotive engine and run through a hydrolic drive. As we currently have the diesel, we are looking into purchasing an 0-4-0 steam locomotive. The enitre railroad is built to 5" scale following the designs set out by Redwood Valley Railways founder, Erich Thompsen (www.redwoodvalleyrailway.com). We are curerently building a website. We have a temporary site, mainly just for information on the schedule (www.onprailroad.5u.com). Our e-mail is onprailroad@hotmail.com Enjoy! Preparing to leave Orland station Rounding Dead Owl curve Crossing the trestle This shot was taken towards the end of the run day, coming out of the tunnel with headlight shining bright Rounding the curve past the one room school house. Where the train is now in a few weeks there will be a new switch we will be putting in. This our wheelchair car, the Phil Spiegel special. After he died, the family donated all the materials to build this car in 1997, as a memorial. On either side of the sign are two removable doors, the larger one being for wheelchair access. It is very sturdy. This photo shows our newest piece of equipment, the ballast car built in February of this year.
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