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Anonymous
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April 2003
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turntable question
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Anonymous
on Sunday, November 6, 2005 11:23 AM
I have a Heljan turntable that hold a 13 1/2" engine, what are my options as far as engine size i.e. 2-6-2, E8 AB, also brand. Most adds don't give overall length and I don't want to install the TT and find out that I can't get the locos that I want.
Thanks
Pat
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TomDiehl
Member since
February 2001
From: Poconos, PA
3,948 posts
Posted by
TomDiehl
on Sunday, November 6, 2005 11:33 AM
In HO scale, your options would be any locomotive that's no longer than 90 or 100 Scale Feet. Most turntables on the major railroads were removed shortly after the diesels took over, so you could almost consider the turntable and roundhouse a steam era type thing. They may have existed for a while with the diesels, but soon fell into disuse.
Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to. Chief of Sanitation; Clowntown
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NZRMac
Member since
September 2004
From: Christchurch New Zealand
1,525 posts
Posted by
NZRMac
on Sunday, November 6, 2005 3:49 PM
The longest I have is a Class J BLI norfolk and western. It just fits on my Heljan TT the tracks are a little longer than they should be.
Ken.
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selector
Member since
February 2005
From: Vancouver Island, BC
23,321 posts
Posted by
selector
on Sunday, November 6, 2005 4:50 PM
My BLI 4-6-4 fits well within the limits of the bridge rails for my Walthers 90' TT. Basically, if you let your bridge rails extend past the bridge ends by 1/4", on each end, you buy yourself another 4' in scale, give or take. You should be able to get a Mountain class loco onto that bridge, but your couplers may hang well out there.
I mated an Atlas Cornerstone 3-stall house to the Walthers TT, and ended up having to place the house about 1.5" away from the rim of the pit. That gave me the opportunity to make longer, if highly aprotypical, bridge rails...they would be right for a 100' TT. However, this allows me to back my P2K F2 A/B set into one stall of the house using my 'extended' TT rails. Suits me just fine. [:D]
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