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The track layout looks like it will get the job done. Make friends with your neighbor :>)

Mike

Just for your amusement and amazement...…I found the pictures of the fabricated switch stands the Company uses on Derails.
Mike

Those dim's are the full sized stand. HighLine stand foot.jpg While I was at it, I took a shot of the bottom of the stand showing the eye bolt. HighLine stand eye bolt.jpg The big railroads all have 'standards' for trackwork, but sometimes a particular situation requires a little change of plan. Whe...

Thanks Mike. So it looks like the handle swings 45* to each side of the center of the stand, looking at it from the engineers view. I just wanted to make sure I get the plate on top welded on with the notches in the right spot on the locking versions. My post is a long 1/2" bolt, and I'll be weldin...

I get the idea of the eye bolt, but I'd love to see a picture of the stand relative to the turnout position so I can orient my handle correctly if you don't mind posting one. Here ya go........this is what the stand would look like from the 'field' side. The legs are parallel to the mainline side o...

Good info and pics, thanks Mike. In the picture I posted with the green diamond switch stand, I see that the handle is straight down the side of the stand. Where would this handle be oriented in comparison to where the points are? I want to make sure I index my handle to the linkage arm correctly a...

For a vandal resistant version, I would recommend to make the base very stout. A coupler nut could be welded to the shaft that sits flush with the top of the "casting" portion. Then, a socket would be welded to a upper shaft, handle, and finally the colored disc(s), which would simply be lifted out...

Well, I finally got the roof on 'Sparky'. First chance I get, I'm going to paint it with some weatherproof white paint I have. That's mostly to reflect the hot sun. 8-5-13 roof on.jpg I noticed that Sparky 'rumbles' going down the track now. I guess the sounds that were escaping into the atmosphere ...

Hi folks... I was out of town for a couple weeks and missed a lot of this conversation. Sir Arthur Heywood used frames to lay ballast on the 15" gauge Eaton Railway in 1895. His ballast was cinders. I use a frame to begin my ballasting on my 7-1/2" gauge Erskine Tramway, though not exactly the same ...

That's an interesting piece of history Mike, I am surprised it wasn't bullhead rail. I don't know if they rolled bullhead rail that small back then. Besides, he was trying to 'compete' with outfits like Decauville for adoption by the Army, and they all used 'regular' rail. Seems like it's a lot mor...

Hi Folks..... I got a nice present in the mail today. It doesn't directly relate to the Erskine tramway, but it's a nice addition to my "Minimum Gauge" hardware collection. It is an 1895 Heywood cast iron sleeper from the Eaton Railway, along with a couple pieces of original rail and spring clips. I...

Is there a plan for a turn around loop at the car barn and storage end in the future, or has the plan always been to do a back-and-forth with a run around siding at each end? I guess that's why it's a tramway, huh. It sure does look nice and smooth. I'm just thinking that if/when you get something ...