Live Steam article about track level cart
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Live Steam article about track level cart
A club member remembered an article in Live Steam magazine about building a 2-axle car that was used to check the cross elevation and general "levelness" of track. A review of the LS online index didn't reveal anything. Does anyone remember an article about this? I believe it was likely in the 1970s.
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Benjamin,
Can't help with the article in Live Steam, but here is an article that I remembered in the Discover Live Steam e-magazine
http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/156/index.htm
Hope this helps.
Chris
Can't help with the article in Live Steam, but here is an article that I remembered in the Discover Live Steam e-magazine
http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/156/index.htm
Hope this helps.
Chris
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Benjamin - John Yells had an article on one in The Home Railway Journal, Fall 2007 in the "Making Chips" section, Page 16.
Brook
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Look here: http://www.newrr.com/2003NEWRRSITE/LTHSC.html
About half-way down the article shows pictures and a description of how and where their rail geometry car is used.
Rick
About half-way down the article shows pictures and a description of how and where their rail geometry car is used.
Rick
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Thank you all for your help!
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
I just happen to have take this picture from an article in live steam. Can verify the issue as I'd have to find that box of magazines again! It was issues from 1966-1979 so it could very well be the 1976 article.
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Micro switches and LEDs could be used in this type of Track level car. LED's would simply light when track is out of kilter. One could be used for track guage also.
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
A couple of these levels on the car (http://www.grizzlyimports.com/products/ ... vel/T21562) or one of the cube levels and an inexpensive digital level with a laser (http://www.grizzlyimports.com/products/ ... ser/T21566) to get the bigger picture forward or behind would only set you back about $50 and save the work of making the pointers. To avoid the work of making wheels for a seldom used car, four cheap ball bearings in place of wheels and fixed guides in place of flanges would get you going in a couple of hours. I think you can even get cheap ball bearings with a thin flange that might work.
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Nice ideas, Dick. Maybe I could get you to write up the project for the magazine? Those new-fangled digital levels sure changes the flavor of the project!
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Anyone who wants to run with my suggestions is welcome to them. All my spare time is going towards getting ARR 557 back to operation.
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Re: Live Steam article about track level cart
Here's what I use on my 7-1/2" gauge railway.
It's a pair of trailer jacks mounted on a wooden frame, with a steel angle to hold a "pendulum" level. It runs on 4 wheels I got off E-Bay.
I just bought a laser level to use for raising and levelling track. The second photo shows it in operation.
Mike
It's a pair of trailer jacks mounted on a wooden frame, with a steel angle to hold a "pendulum" level. It runs on 4 wheels I got off E-Bay.
I just bought a laser level to use for raising and levelling track. The second photo shows it in operation.
Mike
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