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- Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: WTB: 8” or 10” steel wheels
- Replies: 6
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Re: WTB: 8” or 10” steel wheels
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- Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:55 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: A sad day, Scott Weatherford of “Scott’s Trains” has passed.
- Replies: 1
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A sad day, Scott Weatherford of “Scott’s Trains” has passed.
For those who don’t FB, Scott Weatherford, good friend of many in the 1/8 scale train community, has passed from complications due to a heart attack suffered last week. Years ago I had met Scott thru model railroading, later I had ran into him at a local restaurant when he first got into 1/8th scale...
- Fri May 29, 2020 5:30 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
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Re: 12" working railroad
Ryan, regarding your locomotive trucks, did you drill a center hole thru the truck bolster for the bolt/pin? Looks to me, unless I drill the bolster hole bigger than my 1” bolt, it won’t allow the truck to pivot and n the bearing. I hate to drill big hole in my 3”x3/4” bolster bar. Seems it would ca...
- Fri May 29, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
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Re: 12" working railroad
BDD- I went thru your F- unit build page, and it looks like you bolted the flange bearing to the locomotive frame, versus bolting the bearings to the truck bolster? Correct? I’m trying to understand your reasoning for that? I have been considering fabricating a spherical bearing housing and welding...
- Fri May 29, 2020 8:02 am
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
- Views: 203653
Re: 12" working railroad
BDD- I went thru your F- unit build page, and it looks like you bolted the flange bearing to the locomotive frame, versus bolting the bearings to the truck bolster? Correct? I’m trying to understand your reasoning for that? I have been considering fabricating a spherical bearing housing and welding ...
- Sat May 23, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
- Views: 203653
Re: 12" working railroad
Well, I ordered a couple of 2-bolt flange bearings with 1” bore for the body bolster center pin to sit in. The housing width is 2.756”, so it should fit nicely on my 3” with bolster. Guess I’ll see in how tight the bearings are and then decide whether or not to flap wheel them. Now to start working...
- Sat May 23, 2020 10:57 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
- Views: 203653
Re: 12" working railroad
Well, I ordered a couple of 2-bolt flange bearings with 1” bore for the body bolster center pin to sit in. Almost strong enough for a full-sized car. :D Lol! Maybe so! My cars are fairly big at 28”x96”. had talked with Todd Swan about the bolster setup he uses on his 16” gauge trains and he uses 1....
- Fri May 22, 2020 11:12 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
- Views: 203653
Re: 12" working railroad
Well, I ordered a couple of 2-bolt flange bearings with 1” bore for the body bolster center pin to sit in. The housing width is 2.756”, so it should fit nicely on my 3” with bolster. Guess I’ll see in how tight the bearings are and then decide whether or not to flap wheel them. Now to start working ...
- Wed May 20, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
- Views: 203653
Re: 12" working railroad
Ryan, are you still going with your bolster center pin design?
I’m seriously considering going with the Grand Scales center plate. It’s slightly wider than my 3”
Bolster bar, if I add a 1/2” plate base to bolt it to I believe it’ll work out good.
I’m seriously considering going with the Grand Scales center plate. It’s slightly wider than my 3”
Bolster bar, if I add a 1/2” plate base to bolt it to I believe it’ll work out good.
- Wed May 20, 2020 12:21 pm
- Forum: Grand Scale Railroading
- Topic: 12" working railroad
- Replies: 637
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Re: 12" working railroad
Looking good!
Lol, something looks vaguely familiar about your trucks. Been playing around with my booster bar setup. Looks like the Chevy valve spring will work good for me.
Lol, something looks vaguely familiar about your trucks. Been playing around with my booster bar setup. Looks like the Chevy valve spring will work good for me.
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:18 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Was there ever a NG SW1 or 1200?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7322
Re: Was there ever a NG SW1 or 1200?
Southern Pacific’s GE 50tonner #1.
George Town used to have a couple of GE 52ton U6B’s.
DRGW had a Davenport 30 tonner.
George Town used to have a couple of GE 52ton U6B’s.
DRGW had a Davenport 30 tonner.
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:51 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 0-6-0 L9 Switcher, differences
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16993
Re: 0-6-0 L9 Switcher, differences
Interesting article on ILBS about someone who built a 2.5” scale 0-4-0. Using weight plates as drivers with slices of steel pipe for tires. Utilizing tapper bushings to attach the plate to axels. http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Wayne_Davis