I was desperate over how to reach some 10 feet along my concealed staging tracks, to extricate a hopelessly derailed locomotive, when my elbow room is only 3 feet. I didn't want to have to pull all of the staged trains out -- couldn't run them out, because the derailed engine was shorting-out the track power.
Then I saw my rectratable 25' tape just lying there
http://mike-stevens.fotopic.net/p47603372.html
Problem solved.
Now that is quite the extraction tool!
Congrats on a successful recovery!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
michaelstevens wrote: I was desperate over how to reach some 10 feet along my concealed staging tracks, to extricate a hopelessly derailed locomotive, when my elbow room is only 3 feet. I didn't want to have to pull all of the staged trains out -- couldn't run them out, because the derailed engine was shorting-out the track power.Then I saw my rectratable 25' tape just lying therehttp://mike-stevens.fotopic.net/p47603372.htmlProblem solved.
As soon as you make any track hard to reach, Murphy's Law will be quickly enforced.
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Tape measures are also good for scratching when you're wearing a cast.
CHUCK
If you go to your local pharmacy they sell "claws". It's for people with mobility issues and need that extra 4' to reach into cupboards, etc. The claw (Like a lobster claw) is spring loaded and is closed by squeezing the handle. I bought one for those difficult tunnel extractions and it works like a charm.
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
And there was I carefully complying with the "no advertising" rule
BTW here's what I mean by "lack of elbow room".
http://mike-stevens.fotopic.net/p47782017.html