Group,
As I recall Erv was among the first with an all 16 mil gauge 0 steam layout
in the US. His garden line was one of the layouts featured in West Lawn's
(Pete Olson) video on Garden Railways that was produced in the 1980s.
Gary Broeder
Hello Everyone,
I have several questions concerning railroading, but they are not
directly related to small scale steam.
Could someone tell me what the barrels are used for that I often see
modeled, setting on small flat platforms sticking off the side of high
and long trestles? I've had the
Trent:
The covering of the bridges was for weather protection. They had a big
investment in the bridge and a cover was cheap protection. Just like a
building, keep the siding and roof maintained and the thing will last a long
time.
Barrels: I always assumed they were for water for putting
The stock Aster Big Boy locomotive does not have cylinder drain cocks.
The model that Pthornto spoke of in his message is owned by Bill Crane who
bought it from Lindsay Crow in Australia. Lindsay has installed cylinder
drain cocks on several locomotives. One such Lindsay installation may be
Hi Kevin:
Yes, I'd like to see what you've done. Any drawings or sketches available?
Jim
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Hello Kevin and Everyone,
If I have made this inquiry before, please pardon my memory.
In my limited library I cannot find any reference to automatic type drain
cocks. Any further information, pictures, or drawing available?
Later,
Trent
http://home.earthlink.net/~clarklord/_images/rubymod5.jpg
is a color shot I took in preparation for the Ruby review article in
SitG.
Hope this helps some.
Clark
Chris Wolcott wrote:
Does anyone have any pictures of any of these type of draincock
installations?
Trent,
The barrels were for fire control. There was nothing worse than fire on a
trestle and they did happen fairly often. Otherwise the platforms were also
an escape route for workers when a train went by. Covered bridges were just
a way to protect the large investment in building a bridge
I've also seen trestles modeled with the flat platforms at track level, but
without the barrels. What were these used for?
Refuges, perhaps? Permanent-way men inspecting the line and caught by an
approaching train would need somewhere to stand clear of the line to let it
go by. Similarly
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for all the information.
Those were just a few things that I had wondered about for some now and
decided that if the people on this list didn't know, nobody would.
What a great source of information you guys and gals are!
Later,
Trent
P.S. - Speaking of gals, has
Kevin, since I started the question the answer is most
definitely. email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you in advance.
Mike
--- Kevin O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The stock Aster Big Boy locomotive does not have
cylinder drain cocks.
The model that Pthornto spoke of in his
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