Your gonna love this one. We have a situation at PLS where we have a
permanent "Girder type" bridge that lifts out. On run day weekends we set
out buildings,stations, water towers and a nice wooden trestle bridge.
In other words, do both.
Phil P
(snip...snip)
> The thing with the waterway and t
Shays at a prototypical 60 mph? Hmmm! When Jeff brought his speed charts
to PLS a few years ago I always thought I ran my RH#24 close to scale speed
(about 20 mph). I was shocked when I timed it and found I was running at
close to 45 MPH. Paul Quirk holds the current record at 155mph by the way.
Sound like a great setup to me.
Phil P
> Well, we're actually remodeling ours to make it all ground-level. (!?)
> The reason is that it had a slight slope, which was too much to ignore,
> but not enough to have "major" features like long trestles or other
> workarounds. We had three terraced le
There is no one answer to this one. Your terrain, the kind of soil, where
in the country you live, as well as space and finances all make a big
difference in how you build it. Ground level for anyone not in very good
physical condition or older than ?? is not a good thing, but the materials
we use
We had a special safety meeting at the Pennsylvania Live Steam track today.
It was a very nice spring day. The old Reading Railroad right of way that
fronts PLS has been converted to a county hiking/biking trail. We had a lot
of visitors that never knew we were there. We handed out 4 applications
> Total length of main line, min radius, max grade?
Well, I didn't expect this to generate much interest!
The main line will be around 140 ft., minimum radius 10 ft, max grade
<1% (at least, for the first few months! :-).
It's basically going to be a big loop, though our lot tapers towards th
Hey Jeff, I also prefer alcohol fired engines. The reason is that I like
having a blower on the engine. It seems more realistic adjusting the
blower and steam regulator to the load being pulled. It is interesting and
fun to get the two just right. Steve Speck.
At 03:53 PM 3/23/03 -0
The extra axle aft makes for a problem with the mogul. The burner is split,
unlike the Reno.
Keep your steam up!
Walt
Walt, Have you raised the boiler on the mogul ? The Quirks had me do this
and it was a big help, I believe Murry Wilson did also( he has the later
version like you have) Mine was an early single cyl, that I converted to a 2
cyl, but they are 13mm cyl, I believe yours are 10mm cyls.
Will the burner
My Reno was not a good runner using alcohol. Two other Floridians felt the
same, so we cooperatively fitted ceramic burners, had gas tanks made to
replace the alcohol tank, etc. Runs great now.
Wish I could figure a way to do the same to the Americanized Mogul. Have
never been able to get that thin
Vance, Give us more info on this project. Total length of main line, min
radius, max grade? Good pics!
Jeff in NC
BEST= what you are planning to do on your NEXT railroad.
because hind site is always 20-20
Jeff in NC
Geoff, never thought about that before, but I think you may be on to
something with the "C" type boiler. building the firebox and chicken feed
spirit system should not be to hard. I'm already starting to think about
that Daylight that Accucraft is talking about. I was ready to write it off
because
OK, here are the pics so far:
GRR_001: showing the retaining wall under construction, with some
fill behind it. Note proposed steam-up trestle along back wall. It was
the placement under the apple and cherry trees -- which I wasn't
completely happy with -- that was vetoed by my wife, leading t
At 06:57 PM 3/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
>On the subject of "best" kind of line,
Gentlemen, please! Talking about "best" is a waste of time when best is a
function of personal preference and/or individual circumstance. For
instance, "best" to me is hands down an elevated line, in fact groun
Great Gary, but you're going to move!!
I've something--a mish-mash-- a waist high elevated track with a turnout
taking the the track down a 3% grade to ground level which features a
"garden railway" with a pond, miniatures, bridges, structures etc. The
raised track surrounds the center ground l
Thanks Chuck for your efforts on our behalf--it is very interesting. I
thought I would be the only one suggesting the Britannia Pacific but there
were two of us. There were also only 2 of us over 80. That's me and the
other fellow who probably suggested the Britannia too. That's 'cos we are
cool,
Jeff, good points, to be sure. My wife likes gardening and already has
a "donor" bed with ground covers and rock plants that we know will
thrive in our climate. The snow we get is rarely more than a couple of
inches at a time and never lasts more than a few days, so the
opportunities for runn
Of course I would love to see pictures Vance.
Are pics on your website? I didn't notice any under "What's New".
I think my ground level layout is a good compromise between waist level and
ground level. My entire line is relatively level, with one trestle
traversing a ravine. Trestle on the ravine
Vance,
On the subject of "best" kind of line, you need to address one subject.
MAINTENANCE. From personal exp. a ground level requires much more of one's
time than does a raised steaming track. If a garden railroad is a family
hobby, or you are retired( unlimited time) than the garden theme may be
Well, we're actually remodeling ours to make it all ground-level. (!?)
The reason is that it had a slight slope, which was too much to ignore,
but not enough to have "major" features like long trestles or other
workarounds. We had three terraced levels, and we've built a
retaining wall at th
To Vance and all: Interesting survey indeed. Lots of new Ruby owners
myself included... You fellows who write the magazine articles, run the
open houses and contribute "how to articles" are responsible for my getting
into "Live Steam". Thank you all so much. Entry level engines such as
"
Vance,
You said in your post "We are remodeling our back yard so it will be more
hospitable to a
railroad..."
It got me to thinking-What are some major points to having a successful live
steam yard layout?
I have a ground level line, and of course some of the weak points of bend
and stoop have been
> "preaching to the choir" and not out on the street
> corner recruiting converts like the "Sally Ann" did years
> ago.
OK, Walt has issued the challenge -- what are we going to do in
response?
How about a pledge for each of us to have (or attend) an open house
and teach at least one willing
Walt, I'm not critsizing what you did, but this is from someone who prefers
meth over gas. Did you build a new boiler for the Reno, or did you build a
gas burner that fit in place of the original burner? That smithies boiler
was always tempermental, is it better with gas firing? I'm one of those
Hi,
Some interesting data there!
Note the high number of people that started with a Frank-SO when you
consider it's price compared to the introductory Ruby. I feel this is due to
the large exposure LGB was able to cover of train fans/collectors, not just
live steam people. I feel Aster and some of
Thanks Jeff!
My Best,
Chuck
Charles W. Walters
Twin Lakes Railway CEO
http://home.twcny.rr.com/twinlakesrw
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Chuck,
Yep, on the" what do we want to see produced" question
same results Aster got .. You name it, someone wants it, if you made it
the way THEY wanted it. But very interesting to see. Thanks for your
efforts, and a job well done!
Well back outside to boil some more water...
Jeff in NC
Thanks for doing this survey. I find it very interesting and fun to
watch.Steve Speck.
At 09:50 AM 3/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Folks,
The survey results are posted for the first 148 respondents I have so far.
I won't make any observations about the data, but I did find it very
inte
Ok, I take full and open responsibility for bringing in the kiddie term of
cow catcher. I just wasn't sure the international crowd on the board would
fully conjure up the image I was trying to convey. I have since been
flogged, keel hauled, and beaten about the head and shoulders with a fine
rubb
Hi Folks,
The survey results are posted for the first 148 respondents I have so far.
I won't make any observations about the data, but I did find it very
interesting and surprising. I will update the data each week or whenever I
get at least 10 more responses. Thank you for taking part in the su
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