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Turn table that will handel a Big Boy

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Turn table that will handel a Big Boy
Posted by cudaken on Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:30 PM

 While I never really wanted a turntable. With looking at ideas for the new layout I stated thinking about one. Did a search at Walther's and none they had would handle my HO Big Boy or Y6 b. 

 Give me a minute to regain my composer, wife was Screaming At The Top Of Her Lungs for me to come into the house. I thought she had caught the house on fire, or having a stroke or something was wrong with one of the Dogs. But NNNNOOOOOOOOO,  she saw a $%^@ spider. Give me a break.Bang Head About gave me a stroke.

 Anyway, does someone make one that will handle a Big Boy, if not what would be a good starting point to kit bash?

 I am DCC, fine with turning it by hand and it will be more for the look than anything.

                     Ken

 

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Posted by jrbernier on Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:40 PM

The Walther 135' TT will handle a Big Boy with no problem.  The UP had at least 5 of those monster TT's to handle the Big Boy engines.

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Posted by locoi1sa on Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:05 PM

  Ken.

 The only reason the wife keeps me around is to lift things, reach the top shelf and kill insurgent arachnids, insects, and the occasional rodent. Other than that I am pretty useless except on payday in her eyes. It is funny as heck how they jump when that little bug scares them.

   Just kidding. (I think?)

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Posted by selector on Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:11 PM

Jim and Pete are both right...the large built-up TT from Walthers is large enough for a Big Boy, and Ken and most of us are handy in a Red Green kind of way.

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Posted by Aikidomaster on Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:18 PM

The Walthers 130 foot turntable will handle a Big Boy and an N&W Y6b. I have a Y6b and the Walthers turntable (not yet installed). By the way, Diamond Scale has a 130 foot turntable (that I have built) and will handle the Y6b.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, November 11, 2010 5:44 PM

Ken

the Walthers 130' TT will handle your large steam.

If you get according to all I have read on this forum: pay for and get the built-up ready-to-run DCC model {if you are going DCC on your layout}. The built up version is supposed to be better than the kit which I CAN attest to is a PITA to put together and get balanced right etc. I bugged out on it as I really didn't have the room for it instead of struggling to put it together and getting it to operate right..

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Posted by tinman1 on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:31 PM

Ken, I cannot feel sorry for you concerning the spiders. My wife still screams and runs, but the added twist is "Don't kill it, get it outside!!". Brings back memories of when a bat got in one early morning. I had my mother staying with me and my wife came screaming into the bedroom at 4am with a broom and a scarf on her head with a winter jacket on as well. My mother was dressed the same, both of them trying to whack the bat with brooms, but "I" had to not hurt it and get it outside. Bang Head

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:57 PM

Ken

I will chime in with my two cents worth, the Walthers 130' T/T is an excellent choice but I will say the Big Boy is a tight fit. The tip of the front pilot and the rear coupler hang off the edge by a hair. Not the way the UP would have done it but we all make allowances. If you want to go a little out of the box CMR makes an excellent 135' T/T, but unlike the Walthers built up you will need to install the motor drive kit which can be had by either CMR or by New York Railway Supply an excellent indexing system. I built one for a friend along with their roundhouse and It has to be one of the best kits I've ever put together..

 

 

http://www.custommodelrailroads.com/turntables-1-2.aspx

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Posted by Flashwave on Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:11 PM

Ken: When you do a turntable in RTS, besure to put down the 90ft turntable and then surround it with 3" sections to give you a placeholder for the new turntable; as I will do when I get my RTS files back in the same place...

On Spiders: One walked into my bathroom, then tried to walk out. He was large, had bright yellow markings, and barely fit under the Melotonin lid i dropped around him. I also learned he sucked at the backstroke, even before the jacuzzi pool he was given a one-way trip too begab to swirl.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, November 12, 2010 5:59 AM

On spiders:

A train nut friend and his wife got recently bitten, apparently in bed. SHe had two nasty ones that went away.

He had two, but one spider bite developed into a MRSA infection, requiring a weeks stay in teh hospital and then 6 weeks IV antibiotics through a PIC line inserted into his arm and through to his chest at home with home care...

He still has an infection going as they did take out the PIC line that he is being treated for..

Nasty....

SO now we kill all spiders we see around the house instantaneously as we are taking no chances!

-G .

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, November 12, 2010 6:38 AM

 Thanks for the answers. I went to the Walther's site and did a keyword search for "Turntables", but no Walther's turn tables where shown. Are they still made?

 Far as the spider, what gets me is when she tells me how to kill them?

           Ken

 

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Posted by NeO6874 on Friday, November 12, 2010 7:17 AM

Walthers part numbers are 933-2829 (old "non-dcc" version) and 933-2850 (new "dcc" version -- it replaced 2829)

 

click here for the 2829.

click here for the 2850.  Still in the advanced reservation stage, as it's not coming out til Feb.

 

 

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Posted by Medina1128 on Friday, November 12, 2010 10:32 AM

locoi1sa

  Ken.

 The only reason the wife keeps me around is to lift things, reach the top shelf and kill insurgent arachnids, insects, and the occasional rodent. Other than that I am pretty useless except on payday in her eyes. It is funny as heck how they jump when that little bug scares them.

   Just kidding. (I think?)

      Pete

Pete, I think this is right in line with what you were talking about.

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, November 12, 2010 10:54 AM

 ROFLMAO (is that right)

                   Yep, that how it works.

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, November 12, 2010 11:00 AM

 Dan, what did you use for your keyword search? I just tried again using Turntable and they still where not shown?

 Do they make a kit version?

             Ken

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Posted by NeO6874 on Friday, November 12, 2010 12:30 PM

no kit version that I saw.

 

went to "advanced search" (top left of their home page)

-> all categories

-> all scales (though you could choose "HO")

-> Manufacturer : Walthers

-> Keyword : turntable

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, November 12, 2010 1:49 PM

 No kit for the ones with the indexing included. And while it may seem expensive - the NYRS indexing and drive unit ALONE will cost more than the Walther's turntable - plus the cost of the turntable. It's nice stuff, but the price is way out there. The Walthers ones seem to work just fine.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, November 12, 2010 4:29 PM

cudaken

 Dan, what did you use for your keyword search? I just tried again using Turntable and they still where not shown?

 Do they make a kit version?

             Ken

Ken,

Try this link.

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2850

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Posted by Flynn on Friday, November 12, 2010 6:49 PM

cudaken

 Dan, what did you use for your keyword search? I just tried again using Turntable and they still where not shown?

 Do they make a kit version?

             Ken

Ken,

Make sure then when you are doing a search, you check the box indicating you are also interested in seeing out-of-stock items.  The default with Walthers only searches in-stock items I believe.  The new turntable is currently under advance reservation.  You won't find them for sale at any online retailers in general. 

I managed to build one from spare parts collected on eBay.  Lucky for me, it's all come together well and I also swear by it.  It certainly has accelerated my engine terminal module by about a year in not scratchbuilding one.

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Posted by CB&Q Modeler on Friday, November 12, 2010 7:31 PM

Not the best shot of the TT but this is the Diamond scale 135 footer with the older Heljan roundhouse kit and addon stalls, and a yep!This set up occupies large chunks of realstate.

 

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, November 12, 2010 8:55 PM

rrinker

 No kit for the ones with the indexing included. And while it may seem expensive - the NYRS indexing and drive unit ALONE will cost more than the Walther's turntable - plus the cost of the turntable. It's nice stuff, but the price is way out there. The Walthers ones seem to work just fine.

                                  --Randy

 

While on price, kits may be cheaper but all I have read mentions high praise for assembled ones. When/if one is spending $200-300 for a good loco. why shoudln't one spend at fair amount on such an real estate "investment item" as a TT? FOr $40 locos, may seem like overkill, but not for 2 or 3 $220-300 locos!

 

-G .

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Posted by farrellaa on Friday, November 12, 2010 11:06 PM

I would highly recommend the Walther's 130' RTR TT. I have both the Big Boy and Y6B and they fit but as was mentioned the Big Boy is a tight fit.

As for spiders: I drove from Connecticut to California in a 1957 THunderbird with a little brown spider on the top windshield frame the entire trip. I think I even spoke to it a few times (it was a lonely drive by myself!). Don't know what ever happened to it?

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Posted by R. T. POTEET on Saturday, November 13, 2010 4:06 AM

jrbernier

The Walther 135' TT will handle a Big Boy with no problem.  The UP had at least 5 of those monster TT's to handle the Big Boy engines.

Jim

The Big Boy required a 128 foot turntable and the Onion Specific built:

one . . . . . Ogden;

two . . . . . Evanston;

three . . . . . Green River;

when they moved the Big Boys out of the Wasatch onto Sherman they built ;

four . . . . . Laramie;

they didn't need a 128 foot turntable at Cheyenne because they had  a wye handy.

Where was number five?

I might add here that Walthers' 130 footer is an unprototypical length but is necessary for Big Boy, Y6b, and Allegheny operations because of the extra space between engine and tender on our models.

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, November 13, 2010 6:09 AM

CB&Q Modeler

Not the best shot of the TT but this is the Diamond scale 135 footer with the older Heljan roundhouse kit and addon stalls, and a yep!This set up occupies large chunks of realstate.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm50/lkemling/100_0773-1.jpg

 

CB&Q Modeler,

Wow, that roundhouse is gorgeous. 

I have 9 stalls with my setup, and I thought that was a lot.

I am too lazy to count the stalls in your roundhouse.  How many are there?

Rich

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