Are you thinking about the S layout in Cincinnati Union Terminal? I saw it several++ years ago, they had curves down to 27" and crammed a lot into the space.
Dave Engle --- On Wed, 5/29/13, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} MSI Chicago model train guy. To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:01 PM Rich, you're probably right about that--but that's why I asked about the similar S layout in Ohio (I hope I at least got the state right). Maybe nobody on this list is near it or knows anything about it. Back when I was in high school, I visited the tourist NG line in the Black Hills of South Dakota (called at that time the "1880's Train"). The operation had somehow talked Gilbert into building a medium sized layout in a nearby building. I visited it and talked to the operator who was a senior in a nearby high school. It ran very nicely, but then again only during the tourist season of probably 4 months. They did lock up those troublesome reverse units. I didn't own a decent camera back then so I don't have any reference but it could have been a "department store display" that might have been installed in a number of places. Back when we started to get our influx of brass imports, our mechanical engineer Jack Troxell seemed very disappointed in the size of the Omnicon gears and wheel bearings. He thought the larger Overland gear boxes were superior although he admitted, a bit noisy in comparison. I don't imagine too many of us have actually run most of our engines anywhere near their limits. My usually trusty USRÅ 0-8-0 might work all night long but will only move a few hundred feet. Many are happy to get a couple days of service during a show. SHS did replace their display engines after a time, so it would be interesting to find out how well they did. Of course that usage wasn't really that much either. Part of the reason I'm bringing this up is that I replaced a ceiling fan last night in a bedroom. Another unit went out some months ago. The one in the living room was replaced a year ago and the original unit in the train room (a cheepie) lasted about 18 years. Some of those motors work nearly all the time for years on end. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx --- In [email protected], "Gerry Evans" <gerry.evans@...> wrote: > > On the other hand, our S Flyer, SHS and AM engines performed near flawlessly > for 25 years in downtown St. Louis from T-day through New Years each year. > trying to find a new home for it. > Gerry Evans > The MSI layout runs 365 days a year, 8-10 hours a day. That would challenge even SHS and AM locomotives. Rich G(ajnak)
