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by Atkinson_Railroad
Thu May 25, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Did you pull any weeds today?
Replies: 44
Views: 10524

Re: Did you pull any weeds today?

I'll exclude your reply Bill.
You have no experience. And you've admited so. So...
Carry on.

And pull some weeds on your way.

John
by Atkinson_Railroad
Thu May 25, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Did you pull any weeds today?
Replies: 44
Views: 10524

Did you pull any weeds today?

One of the joys in maintaining a miniature railroad is the connection to the earth, and physically crawling on the ground. “What? … Who does that?” I do. Maybe you do too. A problematic section of my right-of-way is where seedlings from an elm tree make their home. They are yanked before given a cha...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Wed May 17, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: Full Sized Railroading! (Chaski Railfan)
Topic: New UTLX Logo and CSX B&O Engine
Replies: 0
Views: 10765

New UTLX Logo and CSX B&O Engine

Here's a couple of fresh items related to rolling stock and engine schemes. UTLX has a new logo… and CSX has painted an engine featuring their B&O heritage. New UTLX Logo: https://www.railwayage.com/mechanical/freight-cars/first-look-utlxs-new-logo/ Regal looking CSX engine painted Baltimore and...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Tue May 09, 2023 4:46 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Rewinding a coil for a meter
Replies: 20
Views: 9944

Re: Rewinding a coil for a meter

Two painful observations: The availability of the original wire size used in making the coil. And, the ability to make the required solder connections to the wire without having to invent too many fixtures to keep everything in place while doing the delicate work. Soldering very small magnet wire is...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:08 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die
Replies: 4
Views: 3316

Re: Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die

In critiquing my rooftop metal smith work, I was a little concerned the top of the house looked somewhat similar to a luggage trunk.
I’ve been worried about nothing. You can’t even see it… today.

Welcoming new spring weather… and saying goodbye to old man winter.

John
by Atkinson_Railroad
Sun Apr 02, 2023 6:43 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die
Replies: 4
Views: 3316

Re: Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die

Have enjoyed or accepted the results so far constructing an equipment house to shroud a vintage battery charging transformer and rectifier. It has been a long time since I’ve worked with sheet metal and rivets which involved extensive retraining. Including… relearning how NOT to drop one’s work on t...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:19 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Mystery Live Steam Photos
Replies: 6
Views: 2033

Re: Mystery Live Steam Photos

I have to “pipe up” and say among all the devices I’ve ever seen related to signaling, the signal at the left fabricated from common pipe fittings shown in rwmorris's attached photo is one of the most robust, simple arrangements I have ever seen related to wayside signals. It’s obvious the device co...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Full Sized Railroading! (Chaski Railfan)
Topic: Railroads' mascots, symbols, legendary characters
Replies: 12
Views: 6104

Re: Railroads' mascots, symbols, legendary characters

For symbols.... Rocky Mountain & Pacific, later absorbed into the Santa Fe used the swastika.

Photo of rolling stock
https://nmdigital.unm.edu/digital/colle ... a/id/1178/

Herald (or monogram) Illustrated in April, 1935 Model Railroader
by Atkinson_Railroad
Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:12 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Kartrak
Replies: 1
Views: 2673

Re: Kartrak

The 1974 Centennial Edition of the Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia devotes 13 pages to the subject matter showing exactly where the templates are to be mounted on various types/pieces of rolling equipment. For the detailing purist… the template appears to have had two different physical sizes. The sta...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die
Replies: 4
Views: 3316

Resurrecting 60-year-old Forming Die

A forming die or forming jig if you prefer, utilized to fabricate carlines and sliding door details for a boxcar built in ’63 has been brought back to use. I’ve been working on a Battery Charging Equipment House for too long and needed an idea for stiffening the roof top with something. Looking arou...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Thu Feb 09, 2023 5:55 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Discouraged!
Replies: 22
Views: 6083

Re: Discouraged!

Have been on the fence reading this thread. In a zest to contribute though, I have become discouraged too. Not by the loss of a power factor meter, but it seems the ICS Reference Library that was on-line… is gone again. Or at least I’ve lost where it went. I mention this because at that site, one wo...
by Atkinson_Railroad
Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:01 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Info needed for a motor for a MDM F7 truck
Replies: 7
Views: 3228

Re: Info needed for a motor for a MDM F7 truck

The IBLS site has a You Tube link showing a permanent magnet motor with a name-tag. http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=MDM_Locomotive_Works#Archive Link to You Tube Video showing nameplate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RySkAOGkp1I&t=8s I’m not able to read the specs on the tag, but one...