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- Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Your RR grading methods??
- Replies: 50
- Views: 63607
Re: Your RR grading methods??
Roto-Till the route twice as wide as your track. Rake all the fines and growth to one side. Roto-Till again. Rake these fines to the other side. Repeat till you get deep enough to lay a 4" perforated drain tile.( Notice, you are not digging hard dirt) Form both sides as an embankment and seed w...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:32 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Wooden refrigerator car
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9990
Re: Wooden refrigerator car
Before you run off to THD, look up Tambour Wood. One of the vendors there, Surfacing Solutions, has a cross section that might better replicate car siding. Quite a variety of sizes & specie offered.
My question to the guys that have used it is how did you cut it? And, before applying it or after?
My question to the guys that have used it is how did you cut it? And, before applying it or after?
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:38 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Your RR grading methods??
- Replies: 50
- Views: 63607
Re: Your RR grading methods??
We used to spray a soil sterilent (sp?) once a year. As Bob used to say:"That stuff will kill rocks!" Got it at Blain's Farm & Fleet, no prescription required, at least then.
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: LOUD diesel horns?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20526
Re: LOUD diesel horns?
Wolo makes 12 volt compressor/horn sets and their largest is touted as a locomotive horn. They are loud. Auto parts stores may have them cheaper than buying from Wolo themselves
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:16 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Cannonball box cabs/
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6621
Re: Cannonball box cabs/
How about a Cannonball box cab 8 wheel chassi with a Little Mack cab centered on the deck and home made sloping noses on each end topped off with a trolley pole? Simple way to get a steeple cab.
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:06 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Ballast tipple design request
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16525
Re: Ballast tipple design request
Why not just get a gravity box like the farmers use to haul grain from the fields? They come in a variety of sizes and fit on standard farm running gear or could be set on a foundation next to the tracks and disguised as an industry. Or, if you put on a running gear, you could tow it to the gravel p...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:50 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: 10 Plastic Tie performance Questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13312
Re: 10 Plastic Tie performance Questions
I would like to find the source of the plastic ties that Train Mountain uses. I believe it is an extrusion of recycled plastic. The thing that appeals to me is that it is solid.
Has anybody ever used Trex or similar decking products?
Has anybody ever used Trex or similar decking products?
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:37 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: "Trip Track" signals
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7849
Re: "Trip Track" signals
Street car lines used a device on the trolley wire that detected a trolley wheel passing. The system counted cars in and out between these installations. A car backing thru a detector it had just cleared caused a bad wreck on TMER&L since the device only worked in one direction. Track occupancy ...
- Mon May 24, 2004 1:07 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Insurance Question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6586
Re: Insurance Question
Prairie State RR Club in Northern Illinois has just encountered the same problem. Agent suggested we go with Interstate Fire & Casualty for a premium of $3500 per site. We have two sites. Last year we paid $1400 for both locations. Anybody have a better idea short of becoming a static display? B...