Trackwork
Track Bumpers
I'm feeling a little burned today. Over the past few days I've been getting a couple sections of track weathered and ballasted. A while back I ordered Walther's Hayes style track bumpers to use on some of my sidings. I ordered them based on this published image:
What I ended up getting was this (I'm halfway through painting them) which doesn't look anything like the image above:
CSX train derails in Taunton; police investigate theft of railroad tracks. . .
Another interesting news story from the prototype world. . .
BLMA modern block signals
i have purchased a few of BLMS modern block signals and i have been needing some help on hooking them up to a tortise switch machine. i am wanting to run them in series withthe switch machine so that when the switch is thrown it willchange from green to red and vice versa. when asked on how to do this i was told to use resistors that where specified and to follow the diagram for them. well the signals dont come with instructions or a diagram to follow and also where to i get the risitors needed for these signals.
22 Stories Up - Module 4
A continuation to the story following my progress of the Central Vermont RR's Barre Branch layout's construction.
Beware Of This Supplier
Hi Jack from Star, Idaho. I would normally not say anything about a supplier that I have had difficulty with but this is one that I have to pass on. The name of the web site is "Rodney's Railroad Tools."
Frog Juicer vs Turnout Motor Contacts
I am confronting wiring up the 40 odd turnouts in my layout and am curious as to the tradeoffs between using frog juicer circuitry to power my frogs or the switched contacts on the turnout motors? I am using both Tortoise motors and Atlas solenoids -- the later on the upper shelf of my layout. Motive power is pretty much all short wheelbase steam, so powered frogs to avoid turnout stalling seems pretty much mandatory. Using the contacts provides deterministic frog polarity where as the frog juicer appears indeterminate as it is driven by short detection.
Seen this tool before
Do not tell me this is the Rail Bender from Fast Tracks, I know that.
Has anyone seen the original of this tool before. Seems to me I saw the original before and trying to find out what it was used for.
Some type of wire forming tool or a fretwire bender comes to mind. Just curious if anyone recalls having seen it before. I had done some research and found an identical tool, but darned if I can find it now.
The scaling on it tells me this was not meant for bending rail, originally
Rail Blackening
I just jumped right in
. I did give it some thought before I reached out for Rail and Ties.
22 Stories Up - Decision Point (1)
A continuation to the story following my progress of the Central Vermont RR's Barre Branch layout's construction.
This topic represents a major decision point in the construction due to an unexpected consideration.
The idea is to work up each module individually, putting down the roadbed, track, wiring, and turnout controls while the module rests in an easily workable state, and than join it to the next one once that is completed.
Richfield RailRunners
Hello All, Our 5th week of work and we ave about a 3rd of the layout up. Last week we built a 3 turn helix using spline roadbed. It looks GREAT and the trains move up and down perfectly. This week we are going to put electrical drops in and continue laying track.
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