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by LVRR2095
Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Left/Right, Port/Starboard, Fireman/Engineer
Replies: 10
Views: 19640

Re: Left/Right, Port/Starboard, Engineer/Fireman

Tim, as a retired Lehigh Valleyy RR engineer and later with Amtrak and Conrail, where I was a Road foreman of Engines….the engineer sits on the right hand side of the locomotive and the fireman holds down the left hand side. On diesel locomotives, because some run long hood forward and some don’t, t...
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:04 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

jscarmozza wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:02 pm Thanks Keith! There are only a handful of guys running 1” and 3/4” at NJLS these days, never saw a track brake. Thanks again, John
I guess I’ll have to try and get down there with a steamer in 24 to polish the rails some!
Keith
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

Track Brakes
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

John, there should be several you can see at the NJLS.
But I will take some pictures.
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

Then they weren’t constructed properly. The brake lining material is softer than a wheel and should do no damage to aluminum rails. Instead of just banning track brakes, your club should just inspect visiting equipment just as you should inspect wheels to make sure they have a taper on the tread and...
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

FLtenwheeler wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:49 am We have one in the works.

Tim
Why don’t you allow a track brake?
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

Does the Ridge Live Steamers have a 4-3/4” gauge track?

John is talking about a 1” scale locomotive. I didn’t recommend a track brake for 1. - 1/2” scale.
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

John, the most efffective brake for a 1” scale riding car doesn’t go on the trucks at all. It is a track brake. My riding car has a hand lever that engages a 4” x 6” plate lined with brake lining material. When you pull the handle that big pad bears down right on the rails and is the most effective ...
by LVRR2095
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:30 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1” scale air brakes
Replies: 26
Views: 36202

Re: 1” scale air brakes

Just as my opinion…..where you need brakes is not on the locomotive in 1” scale. Where you need the brakes is where the most weight is located. In my case it is wherever I am sitting! If you try to stop a train with passengers with just the locomotive brakes, you will slide the drivers and effective...
by LVRR2095
Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Blind driver
Replies: 27
Views: 17143

Re: Blind driver

why would the tire be thicker? The whole idea of a blind driver is that without a flange the tire will ride over the railhead.
by LVRR2095
Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Pickling with vinegar
Replies: 6
Views: 3045

Re: Pickling with vinegar

And makes your parts very tasty too!
by LVRR2095
Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Removing boiler/smokebox
Replies: 17
Views: 5884

Re: Removing boiler/smokebox

On one of the ancient 3/4” scale locomotives in my collection, the smoke box has about 80 tiny hex bolts around the periphery. I was REALLY hoping that they all weren’t in use to hold the front to the smoke box! On close examination I saw very tiny center punch marks on four of the hex bolts. I remo...