Dude said he ran both trains all weekend, all ran fine, then late Sunday night the FT just stopped on a curve.It would go when prodded but had issues.Turning over the A unit, I saw one of the pickup wire connected to the rear truck had popped off:[in yellow circle]So I guess I get to learn how to take an HO InterMountain FT apart But at least the dude didn't try to fix it himself.Today continued working on the industrial peninsula:& finished laying track for the engine service/programming track & staging yard throat (far rear).While fleshing out the peninsula, realized could have a nifty trestle-over-culvert-outflow scene, which is why I left a gap and put the ply on the bottom:Might end up filling the gully with bushes, but at least there's some variation there.Above photo also shows how I started building up the ramp to the coal trestle.Will have sanded cork, then some cribbing, then actual trestle bents, with wooden structure at the end of the deck.So the dude can run his FT up to full speed and smash through it, just like the Flying Diesel Corps:
M.C. Fujiwara
My YouTube Channel (How-to's, Layout progress videos)
Silicon Valley Free-moN
Fixed!
Good to know about 'When my web developer friend goes into labor & starts to have contractions, I'll just tell her to use '
Now that we've survived the apostrophe catastrophe, back to the trains!
richhotrain I just did something interesting. I placed my cursor on the title and right clicked it. I then selected Translate to English, and up popped the intended title. Rich
I just did something interesting.
I placed my cursor on the title and right clicked it. I then selected Translate to English, and up popped the intended title.
Rich
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
Alton Junction
Yes, some browser seem to convert anything other than letters and numbers to the HTML codes when posting, so there are the codes for a ' in there. ' is the code for '
What's nuts is it only happens on the thread title, not in the body. So it has to be a forum software bug.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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I think that it is meant to read, HO 1950's/60s NYC-ish 7' x 17' Layout
I like it. A fairly straightforward plan. Runs two trains at once. Some sidings and a little switching. Looking forward to further updates.
Building a layout for a client in his 3rd-floor game room based on Monticello, NY in late 1950's/early 60's:The dude's mainly interested in turning the layout on and watching the trains go (in between playing pinball, bowling or the racing video game).Originally wanted the Lionel of his youth, but I talked him "down" to HO.Especially as I could come out only 7' into the room.After a month or so of benchwork and a week of cork/track laying & wiring, we finally got some trains rolling!
Some specs:
Peco 83 track & electrofrog turnouts22.5" / 25.5" radiiNCE Powercab / SB5 SmartBoosterYou'll notice in the video that the risers are clamped on.Once I got the trains running, I watched their action and adjusted the risers to create a smooth grade before screwing in place.A few little tweaks in the track are needed--the BLI steamer definitely prefers one track to the other--but otherwise it's finishing the sidings and then off to the scenicking!Miles the Weathering Man and I are splitting up the building of structures to speed things along, but hopefully we'll have lovely and LED-lit scenery installed in the next month or two.Back to the workbench!