Sunday Photo Fun 3/20/22

[fifedog]

Book'em Danno!

 

Pop’s Trains spotlight on CSX 3194 Spirit of Law Enforcement - YouTube

 

 

[Demay]

That video was most enjoyable Fife.  Great work!

[smokey1]

[M636C]

In the first sequence with the real CSX 3194, I notice that the train with 3194 did not turn off its headlight when passing another CSX train.

In Australia, day or night, trains turn off their headlights when passing another train, on double track or in sidings. This is to prevent temporarily blinding the driver of the other train.

Does this not occur in the USA?

Peter

[fifedog]

Thanks guys.

Pete - If you notice, 3194 was switching from Track 1 to Track 2 at interlocking. Both trains were facing each other for the better part of hour, while another manifest train (not pictured) was building its consist on Track 2. The lights were dim, until they saw me on the highway bridge (Mexico Farms Rd). The crew on the 3194 had seen me chasing their train through Cumberland, and were giving a friendly howdya-do. Something we shall all miss if railroads go humanless...

[Leverettrailfan]

A day late (and a dollar short?), but here's something for the weekly 'photo fun' thread! You're looking at a consist of 1960s Lionel HO rollingstock, headed up by a 1959 0566 Texas Special ALCo.

The keen observer may notice a couple interesting details about this image:
For one, that ALCo was supposed to be broken! I improvised a re-powering solution, so now it runs again, albeit without a Lionel HO open frame motor at its core.

But that's less noticable than the more obvious: Just about anybody knows that virtually all HO runs on DC. So why is there a TW, clearly an AC transformer, in the picture? And what about the little guy next to it, which is visibly wired to the track?

The answer is... today, I recieved an auction I won, and I'm now the proud owner of my very own Lionel 0150 "Recti-Volt"! I was very excited to put it to use, and can happily report it works as intended. As the name would suggest, the primary purpose of the 0150 Recti-Volt is to rectify an input from an AC transformer, into DC for use with HO trains.

-Ellie

[Flintlock76]

Great video Fife!  My compliments!  That's some great switching between the models and the real thing!

AND it was very nice of your 4-4-0's to allow those diesel usurpers some track time!

[Flintlock76]

Back in the 90's Lionel made an AC to DC conversion unit.  I picked one up at Sidetrack Hobbies in the early 2000's to put away, "just in case."

"Just in case" hasn't happened yet, but it might!

[Leverettrailfan]

Flintlock76

Back in the 90's Lionel made an AC to DC conversion unit.  I picked one up at Sidetrack Hobbies in the early 2000's to put away, "just in case."

"Just in case" hasn't happened yet, but it might!

I imagine it's superior to the 0150, being much more modern. The 0150 Recti-Volt advises you to feed no more than 16 volts AC into it. Thinking about it, I suspect this is to warn against supplying too much voltage to the train, rather than to caution the user against hurting the unit. One thing the Recti-Volt does have going for it though, is that it looks very attractive alongside a postwar O gauge transformer. And if you pair it with a 1033, then you don't have to worry about accidentally feeding it too much juice since the 1033 only goes up to 16 volts (when wired A-U).

-Ellie

[fifedog]

Ellie - Recti-Volt...that's just fun to say. Thanks for sharing.

Flint - The way it's been working, the "old timers" spend 2/3 of the year topside, and the other 1/3 is split between the Postwar and modern stuff. Glad you liked my video, thanks. One day we'll have to get you over here to run trains yourself. 

[Flintlock76]

Thanks Fife!  If I'm ever going to be in the neighborhood I'll certainly let you know!

[Leverettrailfan]

fifedog

Ellie - Recti-Volt...that's just fun to say. Thanks for sharing.

I have to agree, Fife- it really is just too fun of a name! I have a feeling it will make for a good conversation piece. I plan to write more about it in the HO thread, when I have a good moment. It must not have been very popular because it looks like it had the shortest run in the Lionel catalog of any of the Lionel HO power supplies and controllers. 

-Ellie