ICRR1964 wrote: I rememeber my first layout, and what happened when a freind of mine came over for play time. I had a Lima 0-4-0 tanker switcher, this thing I think could reach 200 mph scale speed.
I rememeber my first layout, and what happened when a freind of mine came over for play time. I had a Lima 0-4-0 tanker switcher, this thing I think could reach 200 mph scale speed.
IC:
Sounds like the same model I have. What brings this desolating abomination into the realm of neo-dadaist art is that it emulates the oscillation of a short-wheelbase switcher at high speeds, and not only that, displays some bouncing from poor counterweighting. Ingeeenious. I wish I'd noticed that spur gear between the drivers before placing the bid.
I think I'm going to paint it blue and call it Thomas.
The slot cars bring back good memories. Those crossings are actually old Aurora track that used two pins and a plastic lock to hold sections together, as opposed to the AFX track they made later that had built-in plastic locks that broke easily. I had tons of the stuff, mostly from flea markets. I never had a crossing section, though.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
the kids in the neigbor hood say I run them really slow. I tell then it's about as fast as they could go. (I guesstimate 25-45 mph)
I'll drop the hammer usually to break them in.
As for slot cars, my father had a slot car track that he built on the layout. It's gone now, since the layout grew, and the slot car track got beat up.
I have considered putting a dragstrip on the layout at one point, since I have quite a few muscle cars.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
SteamFreak wrote:No, I think they're talking about this...
No, I think they're talking about this...
Thats the one!
Chris
Nagrom1 wrote: I know what you mean. I like to "burn out the carbon" every now and again, but, if I were to max my locos out, it would take about 10 seconds to cover the loop, so I don't do that often. It is too depressing...
That is one of the nice things about being a member of a large club. The HO club that I am a member of (The Columbia Gorge Model Railroad club) has a large layout, 60x70. I went down on a Saturday and had the layout to myself. I took out one of my passenger trains and running at realistic express speeds, with no station stops, it took a full 18 minutes to cover the entire layout.
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
I don't think a Athearn Hustler would stay on the track if it was banked anything less than 90 degrees.
Chuck
I rememeber my first layout, and what happened when a freind of mine came over for play time. I had a Lima 0-4-0 tanker switcher, this thing I think could reach 200 mph scale speed. We were running trains, had to main line tracks and he wanted to race under my protest. The Lima was pulling a short coal drag of 10 cars or so, and the throttle I was operating had a small AHM 0-6-0 pulling some freight. My buddy decided to crank up the throttle on his in a starit away, but it grew wings and missed the 22'' radius curve and shot right in front of my loco and cars. Both loco's and cars went over the side and to the concrete, with chunks of plastic flying threw the air. LOL! I was mad, and he decided his mother was calling and went home!
I still everyonce in awhile get some one who thinks that fast is more fun, they never think about it when they see box cars leaning themselves hard to the point of one side of the wheels are coming off the track in curves.
I occasionally crank the speed up, but it's really just to check for derailment-prone spots on the track. Of course, you need to do this with each engine and car, all the way around the main, to be thorough. As others have said, it's a bit depressing when the train gets around the loop in a few seconds, especially when the train itself covers a quarter of the length of the loop!
I've got one of those old Athearn Hustlers. Somewhere on the project list is to replace the belt drive with the Ernst gear set.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Yeah, what's wrong with you? Everyone knows that a bordello is a lumber store in Mexico...
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
loathar wrote:You mean this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngIuQoBRIsWith Dare Devil Jump! I love the fact that it has a slot car controller instead of a power pack!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngIuQoBRIs
With Dare Devil Jump! I love the fact that it has a slot car controller instead of a power pack!
...which looks more like something the Smash Lab team could handle.
Years ago, I remember that the Aurora slot cars had a section of track that had slot car track that crossed with a section of HO train track.
just model the Shinkansen...
if you can find an original Athearn Hustler with rubberband drive, they topped at 400smph...
At last Novermber's Milwaukee TrainFest, one group had a layout with tinplate O-gauge set up as "slotcars", and kids lined up to take their turn "drag racing" on that setup.
I think it is great that someone thought to do it because 1) it was a great draw and attention getter, 2) it allowed people to get the racing-steam engines thing out of their system so the rest of the exhibits could operate the normal way.
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
Dan
I run DCC and had a work associate over one night who wanted to run the trains. It didn't take long to discover what he meant was "I want to see how fast they can go. MY girlfriends older boy is also a speed freak with the Thomas locos.. Needless to say, after a couple eposides I programed all the locos to top out at scale speed. All new diesels are set to whatever the prototype top speed is. Mostly that's between 70 and 75 mph. If people want speed, I pull out a passenger train like the Zephyr, which is set to 112 smph. (then I run a freight train and they have to slowdown til a passing siding anyway )
Tilden
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BCSJ wrote: When asked the #1 most frequently asked question about my trains "How fast do they go?" the correct answer is "Much faster than they should!".All John Astin (played Gomez Addams in the TV show The Addams Family) impersonators will be asked to leave the train dungeon forthwith.Regards,Charlie Comstock
When asked the #1 most frequently asked question about my trains "How fast do they go?" the correct answer is "Much faster than they should!".
All John Astin (played Gomez Addams in the TV show The Addams Family) impersonators will be asked to leave the train dungeon forthwith.
Regards,
Charlie Comstock
Terry
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alfadawg01 wrote: TA462 wrote:I run mine basically at prototypical speeds but I like to run just the locomotives at full speed after I've serviced them to shake out the cobwebs. Do you have them tow a track cleaner to pick up the cobwebs?
TA462 wrote:I run mine basically at prototypical speeds but I like to run just the locomotives at full speed after I've serviced them to shake out the cobwebs.
Do you have them tow a track cleaner to pick up the cobwebs?
a:
I do that! Not for cobwebs, but dust. I let a Lifelike F7 run for an half-hour or so at breakneck speed, towing the cleaning car.
Another amusing game I sometimes play out of madness is to take a couple of warp-driven switchers (a Lima 0-4-0 and an old Tyco Plymouth) and then run both on the same pack at maximum speed. The trick, since they have slightly different speeds (antimatter vs. interphase, I suppose) is to select one or the other of two different-length routes in the double-track section (half is single). Good way to polish the track adn blow off steam.
You mean this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngIuQoBRIs
ChrisNH wrote: When I was a kid I always wanted the Tyco slot car track section that was also an HO railroad crossing. Then you could loop an HO train around and your slot car could try to beat the train.. what awesome racing! Probably not a good lesson in crossing grade safety. I never did get it. Chris
When I was a kid I always wanted the Tyco slot car track section that was also an HO railroad crossing. Then you could loop an HO train around and your slot car could try to beat the train.. what awesome racing! Probably not a good lesson in crossing grade safety. I never did get it.
It seems like I remember those. I also recall a car and track set where in the commercial they show cars jumping an HO train, one from each direction.
Tracklayer
Back in the day, the NYC and PRR did have informal drag races on their parallel mains eastbound from Chicago. IIRC, the PRR K-4 could out-accelerate a NYC Hudson, but the Hudson would win out with a higher top speed. (Yes, Matilda, a bigger firebox does make a difference!)
Of course, Art Arfons (or a ten year old on a bicycle) could whup both their butts in 1/4 mile from a standing start.
As for my layout, the JNR has a 70kph speed limit, plus permanent speed restrictions on some of its curves - and the area I model has more curves than a Hawaiian Tropic competition. Anyone who doesn't like that is welcome to model the Shinkansen, TGV, maglev or a NHRA drag strip in their own garage.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - at prototype speed)