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by BudBudzien
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...
by BudBudzien
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?
by BudBudzien
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.
by BudBudzien
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
by BudBudzien
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.
by BudBudzien
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...
by BudBudzien
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?
by BudBudzien
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 ...
by BudBudzien
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...