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I paid a visit to Mike's Train House (MTH) with a couple of buddies the week after the East Penn meet; the main raison d'etre for the visit was the recording of station stops for various upcoming projects (you may, in fact, hear my dulcet tones on their upcoming Pittsburgh Railways and Red Arrow Brills). Anyhoo, since MTH makes CTA 6000 series subway cars, and since SEPTA ran same on the P&W for awhile: http://www.davesrailpix.com/pw/htm/pw145.htm http://www.davesrailpix.com/pw/htm/pw161
A question: Do the horn and whistle buttons on the Lionel CW-40 have the same operating characteristics as the buttons on the CW-80? I have an 80, and notice that the bell button, particularly, has a long sustain (as it were). Thanks! Mitch
[quote user="Ole Timer"] If it does that ... which it does ... and I've tried everything that did'nt work what does it do to your face .... ? yikes ! [/quote] Well, lemme put it this way: At work, we're required to wear rubber gloves and eye protection when using the stuff. I wouldn't put it on MY face... ;) Mitch
[quote user="Ole Timer"] I don't have any switches I want to change ... but that williams electric shave hint was great ! My grand daughter gets into my permanant markers sometimes and has a field day .... [/quote] Heh. Believe it or not, that's a repair technique where I work. See, I repair hand-held barcode scanners for a living, and when they come back in covered with marker, the Lectric Shave (we actually use the generic) generally dissolves the marker without hurting the plastic
Based on my own experiments with a stock Industrial Rail Brill at the 2007 East Penn meet, I'm going to venture a guess that the MTH double-truck Brill and PCC will not work on the D16 or D21 Superstreet curves. Sorry. The single truck "bump and go" cars should work fine. Another possibility you may wish to try is an Atlas/IR Brill with the retaining screws removed from the trucks. With those removed, the trucks may pivot sufficiently to permit a tighter turning radius. Good luck and
Here's a collage of photos of my tinplate traction portable layout from the Sugar Creek MR&HS show in Bentonville, AR, on February 28th of this year. As usual, the trolleys were a hit with the kids! :) The layout was a bit more ambitious this year, based on a Linn Westcott design from "Layouts For Sectional Track". I put the power switching features of a 1022 switch to good use in making a two track terminal. In addition, the trailing switch was hardwired to its mate at the top
[quote user="ADCX Rob"] How about a pic or two? [/quote] A reasonable request, so I hied off to the layout for this happy snap: And with flash so's you can see the details: Here's the u pgraded switch lanterns on display atop a Lionel 1122 switch on my layout. L-R: Unmodded, original lens, MPC lens, one actually in the switch. PCCs L-R: SEPTA, NJPS, PRCo, with a SFMUNI car peeking out from behind the barn (Car! Barn! Carbarn! I got a million of 'em, folks!) Enjoy! Mitch
As research has made me painfully aware, 1122-123 lanterns with the large red and green lenses are pretty much unobtanium these days. However, it is possible to make fairly credible looking replicas with common items you find around the house (if your house is a fully stocked parts depot). Since I don't, alas, have such a Xanadu, I had to make do with an order from The Train Tender (http://www.ttender.com). For each lantern assembly, you will require: 1 ea) 1122-177 lantern assy reproduction
[quote user="BILLBOBBOY1"] I have an Atlas two truck trolley that runs fine on 21" SuperStreet curves. [/quote] H'm. Musta been the 16" curves that gave my IR car fits, then. Mitch
[quote user="ADCX Rob"] The 253 works using the current drawn through the engine motor to light the red lamp & heat the bi-metallic strip, which of course is operated on TRACK power. The green lamp is powered by common ground and the "A" terminal, in parallel with the load(engine/loco) in the insulated block, also powered by track power. [/quote] Which makes it more of an operating accessory rather than an operational accessory (i.e. usable to control multiple trains, or in
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