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Bruce, Larry losing his sense of humor being the reason for the ban on super soakers? I doubt it! All that means is that he will have the only "squirter" there and laugh to high heavens every time he soaks someone. Better watch our backs. Terry, glad to hear that you've completed your track. Give us a more in depth description to tide us over until we get to see pictures. Shape, length of trackage, sidings? Details! Later, Trent Bruce Gathman wrote: > Larry banned super soakers for the Powder Puff steamup in June. I think he must > be loosing his sense of humor.
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Congratulations Terry, We at the Pine Ridge Lumber Co. are well on our way with our new branch line. Yesterday we cut in the switch off the mail line. Today we received another delivery of ballast. It looks like we will need more ties if we can find more of those select plastic trees. I hope the survey crew knew what they were doing when they planned the 4% grade. I think we should have the first section all in place for the June 23 steamup. Robb Terry Griner wrote: > > The chief gofer and his two chief engineers are happy to announce the > completion track laying on the Noplace in particular Railroad. > The NIPRR started on the ground, but the chief gofer is to old to get > down that low, and after seeing the portable track at the Midwest steam > up this year he decided that waist high is the way to go. > Thank you to everyone at the Midwest steam up, you got me motivated! > I'll find someplace to post pictures, after I take some. > Terry Griner > Columbus Ohio USA >
RE: Wheel Slip was Re: Should I add weight to Billy loco?
Charles and the list: While I have not seen my Billy's wheels slip, I have seen genuine quarter-slip with my Jane. It was on sectional track on the ground and intermittently shimmed to cope with the unevenness of the grass clumps. Jane was trying to pull three heavy cars up out of a hollow, and her drivers were quarter-slipping, but not spinning all the way around. It surprised me that such a small loco would do this. Steve
RE: Should I add weight to Billy loco?
steve, which KLA-Tencor building are you in? Are you close to McCarthy Blvd? mike --- "Shyvers, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vance, Kevin S., Mike, Tag, Kevin O., Trot, and the > list: > > Thank you all for your responses to my questions. I > decided not to add > weight to the saddle tank and here's why: > > Last night I used a Braun spring-type kitchen scale > to measure the weights > on Billy's axles. First the front wheels were > supported on a plank and the > rear wheels placed on the scale, and the scale was > read. Then Billy was > reversed to measure the weight on the front axle. > The results were 1180 > grams for the rear axle and 1040 grams for the > front. The difference of 140 > grams is equal to about 5 ounces. Calculated weight > distribution is 47% on > the front axle and 53% on the back. > > The planned saddle tank's fore and aft midpoint is > about 1" forward of the > rear axle, and Billy's wheel base is 3". Any weight > that I put into the > saddle tank, if it is centered at the tank's > midpoint, will increase the > load on the rear axle twice as fast as it increases > the load on the front > axle. In other words, added weight in the saddle > tank could make axle weight > distribution worse. > > My Billy's current 47%/53% axle weight ratio is > pretty good, but Billy lacks > a cab as yet. A stock Billy will probably have a > very different weight > ratio, as Mike and Kevin O. indicate. I will > definitely monitor the axle > weights when designing and constructing the cab. If > I need to add trimming > ballast, it will probably be positioned behind the > front buffer beam in > order to get the greatest leverage with the least > amount of weight. > > Mike, Kevin O., and others on the list have seen my > Billy in its current > configuration and under steam. I cannot recall ever > seeing wheel slip or the > stability problems that Mike describes. I am very > grateful to him for > identifying it as a potential problem. > > Regards, > Steve > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
RE: Should I add weight to Billy loco?
Vance, Kevin S., Mike, Tag, Kevin O., Trot, and the list: Thank you all for your responses to my questions. I decided not to add weight to the saddle tank and here's why: Last night I used a Braun spring-type kitchen scale to measure the weights on Billy's axles. First the front wheels were supported on a plank and the rear wheels placed on the scale, and the scale was read. Then Billy was reversed to measure the weight on the front axle. The results were 1180 grams for the rear axle and 1040 grams for the front. The difference of 140 grams is equal to about 5 ounces. Calculated weight distribution is 47% on the front axle and 53% on the back. The planned saddle tank's fore and aft midpoint is about 1" forward of the rear axle, and Billy's wheel base is 3". Any weight that I put into the saddle tank, if it is centered at the tank's midpoint, will increase the load on the rear axle twice as fast as it increases the load on the front axle. In other words, added weight in the saddle tank could make axle weight distribution worse. My Billy's current 47%/53% axle weight ratio is pretty good, but Billy lacks a cab as yet. A stock Billy will probably have a very different weight ratio, as Mike and Kevin O. indicate. I will definitely monitor the axle weights when designing and constructing the cab. If I need to add trimming ballast, it will probably be positioned behind the front buffer beam in order to get the greatest leverage with the least amount of weight. Mike, Kevin O., and others on the list have seen my Billy in its current configuration and under steam. I cannot recall ever seeing wheel slip or the stability problems that Mike describes. I am very grateful to him for identifying it as a potential problem. Regards, Steve
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This morning was my day too. The final turn of the track board was completed on Saturday and the last 25 feet of track was laid this morning. The first train departed almost immediately to make the 115 foot loop. The new Cedar Glen Railroad is now in full use after a long winter. Being as I am in the mountains it is on quite a slope and varies from chest high to ground level. I will post some of the pictures I took real soon. Bob
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I don't know... if you talked to my in-laws they would say waste is the right term. But my girls(4yrs and 6yrs old) were overjoyed! "Daddy, can my dolly ride in the Gond?" "Mine too!" Terry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/21/01 11:36AM >>> In a message dated 05/21/01 10:32:22 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << waste >> waist would be better...even spell checkers have limits!
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Terry, You are most welcome to post any photos on the Small Scale Steam Models site (which you have joined) anytime. This is one of the reasons I started it. Larry banned super soakers for the Powder Puff steamup in June. I think he must be loosing his sense of humor. Enjoyed your enthusiasm at the Midwest. Bruce On Mon, 21 May 2001 08:16:46 -0400, you wrote: >The chief gofer and his two chief engineers are happy to announce the >completion track laying on the Noplace in particular Railroad. > The NIPRR started on the ground, but the chief gofer is to old to get >down that low, and after seeing the portable track at the Midwest steam >up this year he decided that waist high is the way to go. >Thank you to everyone at the Midwest steam up, you got me motivated! >I'll find someplace to post pictures, after I take some. >Terry Griner >Columbus Ohio USA > Join the Small Scale Steam Models (SSSM) email group for all things live steam trains. Just click on: http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/small_scale_steam_models
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In a message dated 05/21/01 10:32:22 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << waste >> waist would be better...even spell checkers have limits!
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In a message dated 05/21/01 7:25:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << started on the ground, but the chief gofer is to old to get down that low >> Terry I had the same thoughts, came to the same conclusionsand after I witnessed Clark Lord's superb waste high railroad -- I knew that THAT was the only way to go. Congratulations Jim Crabb Houston
Anouncement!
The chief gofer and his two chief engineers are happy to announce the completion track laying on the Noplace in particular Railroad. The NIPRR started on the ground, but the chief gofer is to old to get down that low, and after seeing the portable track at the Midwest steam up this year he decided that waist high is the way to go. Thank you to everyone at the Midwest steam up, you got me motivated! I'll find someplace to post pictures, after I take some. Terry Griner Columbus Ohio USA
