We're too careful with track gaps...
Moderator: Harold_V
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Slow day at the office? 
cool vid
cool vid
If it is not live steam. its not worth it.
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I'm retired...cbrew wrote:Slow day at the office?
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Hey,, not fair!tburzio wrote:I'm retired...cbrew wrote:Slow day at the office?
Someday, i hope to be
If it is not live steam. its not worth it.
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Goodness that's resilient! Is the video for real?
Mattaniah Jahn
Mattaniah Jahn
Mattaniah Jahn
Matt Corps. Railsystems,
operating on the Manatee Central RR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62441046@N06/sets/
Matt Corps. Railsystems,
operating on the Manatee Central RR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62441046@N06/sets/
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steamin10
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Seen it before. Pretty neat Huh?
I have personally seen a 16 inch piece of rail missing on the NYC tracks, by my childhood home. Track crew showed up about 2 hours after I turned it in to my Cleaver family, Ma & Pa. (they know what to do..!). They called the Cops, and off went the message.
The double track main was always running at 50 or so. When that rail left, you could feel the ground move, and hear it for a mile it pounded so hard. Never left the rails. All was well.
I talked to an engineer, about that time, as they would pull up behind a Restarant in a mini mall we had for lunch and dinner. I asked him what he does when something like that occurs. He smiled wide and said "Tighten up, Notch 8 for the train and washers on the seat for me!"
I didn't get the part about the washers (out of) on the seat until much later. I walked the tracks to High School, about a mile and some from my house, best way to go. Nobody rode a Bicycle, (Peer pressure) I didn't have a car, until I got a real job. Bought a 63 Chevy for $250 with Grad money. Check the gas and fill the oil please.
I have personally seen a 16 inch piece of rail missing on the NYC tracks, by my childhood home. Track crew showed up about 2 hours after I turned it in to my Cleaver family, Ma & Pa. (they know what to do..!). They called the Cops, and off went the message.
The double track main was always running at 50 or so. When that rail left, you could feel the ground move, and hear it for a mile it pounded so hard. Never left the rails. All was well.
I talked to an engineer, about that time, as they would pull up behind a Restarant in a mini mall we had for lunch and dinner. I asked him what he does when something like that occurs. He smiled wide and said "Tighten up, Notch 8 for the train and washers on the seat for me!"
I didn't get the part about the washers (out of) on the seat until much later. I walked the tracks to High School, about a mile and some from my house, best way to go. Nobody rode a Bicycle, (Peer pressure) I didn't have a car, until I got a real job. Bought a 63 Chevy for $250 with Grad money. Check the gas and fill the oil please.
Big Dave, former Millwright, Electrician, Environmental conditioning, and back yard Fixxit guy. Now retired, persuing boats, trains, and broken relics.
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart. My computer beat me at chess, but not kickboxing
It is not getting caught in the rain, its learning to dance in it. People saying good morning, should have to prove it.
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart. My computer beat me at chess, but not kickboxing
It is not getting caught in the rain, its learning to dance in it. People saying good morning, should have to prove it.
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That's pretty cool! Shows just how good the suspension and equalization works on the good old three piece truck, not to mention a consolidation!
Jim P.
N&F RR - 12" Gauge Live Steam
N&F RR - 12" Gauge Live Steam
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TWOFOOT
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I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Wow! 
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FLtenwheeler
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I have seen 1/8 scale trains go over 1-inch gaps.
Tim
Tim
He who dies with the most unfinished projects: Should of put more time into their hobby.
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at my local club, we had a siding that had developed a out side rail gap of 1.5 inch one summer. all my equipment would roll over it with no problem, slow that is, as our pond was only a few feet from the track,FLtenwheeler wrote:I have seen 1/8 scale trains go over 1-inch gaps.
Tim
it has been fixed
If it is not live steam. its not worth it.
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...you moved the pond? (sorry, couldn't resist). Carl B.
Life is like a sewer...what you get out of it depends on what you put into it!
I don't walk on water...I just learned where some of the stepping stones are!
I love mankind...it's some of the people I can't stand!
I don't walk on water...I just learned where some of the stepping stones are!
I love mankind...it's some of the people I can't stand!
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lol,,,ccvstmr wrote:...you moved the pond? (sorry, couldn't resist). Carl B.
yup, much easier then inserting and welding a piece of rail
,, hmm do i qualified for a goberment job now 
If it is not live steam. its not worth it.