As we play with our trains and try to understand the reasons behind the Book of Operating Rules, I think that the following story illustrates the maxim that...
In a message dated 6/30/04 7:01:16 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ... While it's an old stomping ground Terry, I really meant Uncle Pete. The LS&I out of Marquette...
A friend of mine who used to work for the CGW sent me the following:
"On the Chicago Great Western many of the operators had a personal radio
that gave them...
Regarding "scissor-arm" phones. I noticed in the Micro-Mark catalog I received yesterday that they sell a "scissor-arm" work light and that got me thinking...
There used to be a web site for Interlocking Towers.... I don't have the bookmark anymore and don't know if it is still up, but it had interiors, shots of the...
Try this link- http://www.internetcashplanet.com/railroadtowers/ Dave Halloran ... Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! [Non-text...
Dennis, The sounder in the resonator could be connected to any of 3 or 4 relays by inserting a cordless plug into the proper jack in a desktop jack box. The...
Stephan: Can you post them in the files sectio instead so we can see them full size? It is a yaoops thing that only allows the poster and the moderator, i...
Kurt Stoebe's narrative is reminiscent of many others I've seen over the years. Obviously on this road at the time of the accident, rules about trackmen...
Greetings: Even though I have not yet secured a space for my layout, I have starting planning/dreaming/conceptualizing the layout. I have been thinking about...
If not, I was wondering if such operations are possible or advisable from an ops point of view. John Gibson Rocklin, CA Welcome fellow S scaler. Good luck with...
... country. They really add to the session as all the steps needed to make the connection and separation of helper take time.>> Right, but for best results...
... John, I'd like to add my voice to those urging you to try this. I operate weekly on a railroad with helper operations, and it's a whale of a lot of fun. ...
... so you can easily guess what I think about the possibility and advisability of this approach. Some features - all based on the prototype - that my ... What...
Donald Kinney asked: "What about those times when they break the train into two because of no helpers available?" I know that happened in some places, but not...
I operate occasionally on Mike Ritschdorff's Poca Division and helpers (poosher in N&W W Va talk!) are an integral part of the operation. A few observations...
Charlie Vlk wrote: "A disabled front coupler on the helper locomotive allows uncoupling 'on the fly' and works well." True, but it's not appropriate for every...
Hi group: Just some thoughts from an engineer who has extensive experience runnning on the prototype with helpers. My run utilizing helpers was from LA to...
Is there a place one can find what truck companies were in biz when? Like I want to know what companies are good for 1983-84 time frame. I don't want a 1990's...
... ========================= I have on occaision, watched my uphill train (engine and helper both at a moderate forward throttle) go sliding past me back down...
A few more: Saxby & Farmer was a British firm that took some of the early patents for mechanical interlocking plants; the name became rather common in the US, ...
If you are at all thinking about doing helper/pusher on your layout go ahead and do it!!! When I first started doing the pusher folks would call a week ahead ...
To be specific, get an old AM/FM radio with a metal chassis. Get an induction coil somewhat smaller than a package of "Altoids" --those famous mints -- from...
There is nothing like two Y3's thundering up the hill with another Y3 going like heck to get the whole thing up the hill!! Mike Ritschdorff Two NKP Berks...
... Here's where on really needs to know the prototype being modeled. From what I've learned of the SP, the only trains that routinely got head end helpers...
Well, this is called "doubling the hill". It is used when helpers are not available. This was standard practice on some railroads that were power strapped....
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