Re: Whistle

2000-02-28 Thread Trent Dowler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am considering adding a small working steam whistle to my Ruby loco. I > would like something that would fit in the area below the cab floor. Does > anyone know of a source for these things? Thanks for the help! > > Randy > Arizona Hello Randy and Everyone, Sul

Re: CYLINDER DRAIN VALVES

2000-02-28 Thread Trent Dowler
> Has anyone tried installing cylinder drain valves on an engine as small as > Ruby? Hello Casey and everyone, In this months issue (April 2000) of Steam In The Garden, Clark Lord has a very nice article about the Ruby. Good job Clark! On page number 26 and 27, he has pictures of Kevin O'Conno

Re: Fw: New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread David M. Cole
At 12:54 PM -0800 2/28/00, PATRICK L DARBY wrote: >> All I ask is that you keep up this excellent list so we can remain >in >>contact with all the other fine Steamers who participate, glean lots of >>useful building info and make new friends. Keep up the good work and good >>luck with the m

Re: New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread David M. Cole
At 7:27 PM -0800 2/27/00, Bruce Gathman wrote: >Would it make life easier to switch over to onelist for the server etc? >People >can then do a lot of this maintenance and picture posting on their own. I personally don't like OneList because of the advertising quotient. Under normal circumstances

Re: New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread SaltyChief
In a message dated 00-02-28 13:30:47 EST, you write: << the street in front of my house is collapsing because of the recent heavy rains >> And here I thought that was just a Pacific Northwest phenomina (Oregon). The rains must have gotten confused and gone too far south. The weather has

Fw: New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread PATRICK L DARBY
>On 2/28/2000 >David Cole wrote: >>Lastly, a specific apology to Pat Darby: he sent in almost 20 pictures from >>Diamondhead 2000 more than a month ago. They are all great pictures and I >>want to get them posted; time has been my enemy, though. I hope to get this >>task accomplished in the ne

Re: New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread Bruce Gathman
Would it make life easier to switch over to onelist for the server etc? People can then do a lot of this maintenance and picture posting on their own. On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:28:59 -0800, you wrote: >All hands: > >I've been a little distracted from the list for the last couple of days ... >many

New roster, apology ...

2000-02-28 Thread David M. Cole
All hands: I've been a little distracted from the list for the last couple of days ... many of you in the Bay Area know of my dilemma: the street in front of my house is collapsing because of the recent heavy rains and we have been without natural gas since 4 p.m., Feb. 17. It is a race against t

Re: Forney Dwgs

2000-02-28 Thread David M. Cole
At 8:54 AM -0800 2/28/00, M. Paterson wrote: >Clark, my apology. I forgot to say "Thank You." >Engine is very much what I had in mind. I have >contacted the Museum to see if they have any published >photo's that show more detail in the truck area along >with some basic dimension. Mike: If you

Re: Forney Dwgs

2000-02-28 Thread M. Paterson
Clark, my apology. I forgot to say "Thank You." Engine is very much what I had in mind. I have contacted the Museum to see if they have any published photo's that show more detail in the truck area along with some basic dimension. Mike --- Clark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are two p

CYLINDER DRAIN VALVES

2000-02-28 Thread Casey Sterbenz
Friends, Has anyone tried installing cylinder drain valves on an engine as small as Ruby? I get a little antsy about shoving Ruby back and forth at startup time to work the condensate out of the cylinders. I'm afraid that forcing the water out of the cylinders and through the valves like tha

Re: Driver Diameters

2000-02-28 Thread Royce Woodbury
Bob, It is the tread diameter. However, the tires are routinely turned down to true them up and get smaller every time. You may have observed a 44" diameter driver having been turned down so the flange diameter is now 44". Diameters can vary by as much as 4". I was chagrinned to find this o

Driver Diameters

2000-02-28 Thread Cgnr
This probably seems like a very basic question, but it is just for reassurance purposes. When scaling a model, and the drivers are said to be 40", is this the tread or the flanges. I have always assumed it is the tread, but I have certainly been wrong on things before. Bob