Bad train pictures

[Anonymous]

7 amps 62 volts...

No way.. you couldn't run a pump on that, let alone a train.

[Anonymous]

7 amps 62 volts...

No way.. you couldn't run a pump on that, let alone a train.

[rrnut282]

Was this sign on an electrified line?

[rrnut282]

Was this sign on an electrified line?

[Anonymous]

Could they be Mile markers?

I know we have mile arkers on our tracksa that go from 1.....2.....3......4......5... but at 12.2 Is the yard and theres a sign, where the track..swithces theres a post with mile 12.2 on it, and on the other side is a completely different number...

make sense...

probobly not.

[Anonymous]

Could they be Mile markers?

I know we have mile arkers on our tracksa that go from 1.....2.....3......4......5... but at 12.2 Is the yard and theres a sign, where the track..swithces theres a post with mile 12.2 on it, and on the other side is a completely different number...

make sense...

probobly not.

[Mikeygaw]

hey, answer Mikey's question first!

[Mikeygaw]

hey, answer Mikey's question first!

[Anonymous]

Has everyone run out of questions? [?]

Or just forgot about this thread? [?]

OK, who has the next question? [?]

[Anonymous]

Has everyone run out of questions? [?]

Or just forgot about this thread? [?]

OK, who has the next question? [?]

[Mikeygaw]

no photo... not sure what a survey lathe is, so i can't really say... they were wood, so i doubt they were permanent sign markers. The sign portions looked like the blank side of an index card, but much bigger... it was orange, so i might guess it is was MOW

[Mikeygaw]

no photo... not sure what a survey lathe is, so i can't really say... they were wood, so i doubt they were permanent sign markers. The sign portions looked like the blank side of an index card, but much bigger... it was orange, so i might guess it is was MOW

[mudchicken]

Sticks as in survey lathe? Sticks as in sign posts ????- need more detail. Could be anything from where to find a survey control point to circuit markers for signal wiring to test hole locations to rail defect cocations to ??????????????.[%-)][%-)][%-)][%-)][%-)]


Tell us more or post a photo please.....

[mudchicken]

Sticks as in survey lathe? Sticks as in sign posts ????- need more detail. Could be anything from where to find a survey control point to circuit markers for signal wiring to test hole locations to rail defect cocations to ??????????????.[%-)][%-)][%-)][%-)][%-)]


Tell us more or post a photo please.....

[Mikeygaw]

ok, i was out railfanning today, and i saw two sticks with markers on top... one was marked 7A and the other 62. There was also two rails laying next to the tracks. Were the markers identifying the location of the rails. If not, what might they be marking?

[Mikeygaw]

ok, i was out railfanning today, and i saw two sticks with markers on top... one was marked 7A and the other 62. There was also two rails laying next to the tracks. Were the markers identifying the location of the rails. If not, what might they be marking?

[dehusman]

There probably was some sort of pressure regulator on the steam line to keep the turbo running about the same speed, generating the same voltage of electricity. The load would be pretty small, maybe two headlights, class lights and engine gages. I don't think steam supply was a really big problem.

Dave H

[dehusman]

There probably was some sort of pressure regulator on the steam line to keep the turbo running about the same speed, generating the same voltage of electricity. The load would be pretty small, maybe two headlights, class lights and engine gages. I don't think steam supply was a really big problem.

Dave H

[Modelcar]

...."Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp"....Didn't we see in locomotive history and just as they were being developed the first night runs were accomplished by building a "bonfire" on the front of the loco to make some light....Not OSHA approved.

[Modelcar]

...."Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp"....Didn't we see in locomotive history and just as they were being developed the first night runs were accomplished by building a "bonfire" on the front of the loco to make some light....Not OSHA approved.

[rrnut282]

I may be wrong, but I thought the only control was on/off. Boiler boiler pressure and electrical load determined the speed.

[rrnut282]

I may be wrong, but I thought the only control was on/off. Boiler boiler pressure and electrical load determined the speed.

[wabash1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman

Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp, burned kerosine on a wick, after a practical light bulb was inveneted they used electricity. Steam powered a little steam turbo generator on the engine. If you look on a model engine just ahead of the cab or somewhere on the to will be a little round thing sitting crossways with a little spike coming out to top on one end. That's the generator.

Dave H.

thanks for the answer now lets get just a little more into it. if a steam generator was used did the steam stay at one steady stream to keep it running at max speed or was it a deal where the faster you go the more it spun the generator and the brighter the light got? now a days we would call it regulated

[wabash1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman

Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp, burned kerosine on a wick, after a practical light bulb was inveneted they used electricity. Steam powered a little steam turbo generator on the engine. If you look on a model engine just ahead of the cab or somewhere on the to will be a little round thing sitting crossways with a little spike coming out to top on one end. That's the generator.

Dave H.

thanks for the answer now lets get just a little more into it. if a steam generator was used did the steam stay at one steady stream to keep it running at max speed or was it a deal where the faster you go the more it spun the generator and the brighter the light got? now a days we would call it regulated

[edblysard]

And that little rascal is loud!
Was standing next the the Challenger #3985, back in 1995.
Waiting to pull out, the steam turbine was whinning , about drives you bats...
just at the upper edge of your hearing range.
Stay frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

And that little rascal is loud!
Was standing next the the Challenger #3985, back in 1995.
Waiting to pull out, the steam turbine was whinning , about drives you bats...
just at the upper edge of your hearing range.
Stay frosty,
Ed

[UPTRAIN]

Very well said dehusman, absolutly right.

[UPTRAIN]

Very well said dehusman, absolutly right.

[dehusman]

Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp, burned kerosine on a wick, after a practical light bulb was inveneted they used electricity. Steam powered a little steam turbo generator on the engine. If you look on a model engine just ahead of the cab or somewhere on the to will be a little round thing sitting crossways with a little spike coming out to top on one end. That's the generator.

Dave H.

[dehusman]

Originally the headlight was like a oil lamp, burned kerosine on a wick, after a practical light bulb was inveneted they used electricity. Steam powered a little steam turbo generator on the engine. If you look on a model engine just ahead of the cab or somewhere on the to will be a little round thing sitting crossways with a little spike coming out to top on one end. That's the generator.

Dave H.