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Rolling Stock Addition(s)
Taking a break on module construction, and now armed with a spray booth, I'm spending a little time working on some rolling stock additions that I've wanted.
NO, Mr. Gorbachev
Not that one. I just built it. It is my peninsula support/backdrop wall.
The full story and more pics here.
JL&T Railroad Blog - Lift Out Bridge Construction...
Hi All,
Well yesterday I started construction of the swing bridge that will connect the north & south top deck sections. The gap in between both sections is 800mm (31.5") the angle that the swing bridge takes is around 45 degress. The width of the bridge itself was going to be 200mm (8") but I have extended it out to 300mm (12"/1') as it will give me more flexibility with locating the truss bridge that will span across part of the bridge.
Slide conversion - now a believer!
7-12-12 Editing this to bump it up as there has been discussion about slide scanners / scanning. RW
Keystone Modular
Here are a few photos from last year's modular visit to the Ft. Hunter Barn Christmas Show. At least one portion of the layout changes each year to bring excitement to the show. A craft fair and visits to the historic barn and village attracts hundreds of people each weekend. The club has been doing this show for over 10 years now.
Looking for a good stripper
No, not that kind of stripper!
My favorite paint stripper is oven cleaner. Works well on every paint I've tried, doesn't hurt plastic or metal, and it's cheap and easily available. I usually put the model into a plastic baggie, spray as much cleaning foam into the bag as possible, then seal it up and let it work for a few hours, or even a few days.
JL&T Railroad - Top Deck Staging area...
Hi All,
Here is a little update of the installation and first run of the first Staging Area to grace the JL&T. The area is located on the south side of the layout room, it is 5 metres long (16.5') & 250mm long (6") and is 3 tracks... Two tracks are destined for storage and one is for a run through and to pick up the helix.
The construction is 70mm x 35mm pine girders, 19mm plywood base, with 6mm plaster/drywall base and 3mm cork track base. The track is Peco Code 83 Flextrack, the track is pinned down using track pins.
Trackwork at top of logging incline
New to this website, so far it looks great. I am looking for any information on how full log cars were delivered to the top of an incline. I have been through thousands of historic photos and have yet to find one that shows the top of incline. Did find one that showed Donkey engine used to pull loaded cars from a spar pole, but what I would like to find is how track was laid to the incline . Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Bridges and Grades
Just curious about this topic. I live in NW Louisiana where it is flat compared to Colorado so there is not much to compare to. I know that railroads tried to avoid grades as much as possible. My question is when the route was in a continuous steady grade and a bridge was required was the bridge set to meet the same grade or was it set level to cross the terrain? I have read some opinions that prototype bridges were set level because heavy braking on a downhill grade on a bridge would cause damage to the bridge structure and foundation. Is there any truth to this?
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