Hello group, with great help of two Ncat-ers I've received samples of trolley wire and trolley poles (thanks again) and just started to built short test line. ...
<<Some of prototype freight motors (locomotives) were equipped with both trolley pole and pantograph at the same time. Even on road systems where other motors...
... I've never had the spooled wire unroll easily. Basically, you have to carefully unthread one strand of wire at a time and only for a manageable length (3m...
... I think they generally were/are about the same as telephone poles. I just measured the (wooded) telephone pole in front of my house, and the diameter at...
<<I have a theory that the reason was, with simple direct suspension trolley wire, pantographs only work well at low speeds, because they don't track the ups...
Defintely. You wouldn't want to worry about losing a pole on a 200 mph TGV! The North Shore Line stuck with trolley poles but they were enough concerned about...
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Robert F Hamilton
trllyfan@...
Dec 7, 2006 2:56 pm
The North Shore never completed its catenary north of the IL-WI state line. BobToo ... From: njkibre To: nscaletraction@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Roco has some advertised as "#2" or you can get the very fineTomy/Tomix from Hobbyword Japan or Rainbowten. Check discussions on Japanmodelers group on yahoo. ...
Nick, thanks for measuring! That sounds great to me! That's just 2mm in Nscale and I found local source of 2mm brass bars (thinner bars would be difficilt to ...
Nick, wow, that's interesting North Shore didn't use trolley frogs! BTW, what's "bow collector"? (my knowledge of english is somehow limited) Michal...
here's a good article about bow collectors on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_collector ... -- http://295bus.blogspot.com -- Adventures & Opinions...
... That I've learned already ;-) But I did not mean kinks, just did mean how to straighten what remains after the wire was in reel.... ... Sure. Actually very...
Michal, For trolley poles I have always used 2 mm brass welding rod. You should be able to get these at a building/tools supply store. For hangers I used...
... Don't worry about it - when you solder it to the poles it will become straight! ... Too much work!!! ;-) Heck, I"m having enough trouble converting my ...
That the panto can handle heavier current makes sense. There are even pantos with two slides (barely noticeable, because these slides are very close to each...
Maarten: the idea to use welding rod is great. I just get one as sample. (but my sample seems little too soft to me) Will get 2mm rod from modeller store as ...
Yeah, I think in German it's Lyrabügel (=lyre+bow). Btw, I know you're modeling Colorado, but I'm curious if you've every built any models of Czech trams?...
Michal, The welding rod is hard enough to stand up. Also cheap enough to get in a decent quantity without going bankrupt. On the other hand, it is soft enough...
Maarten, as said I like your idea much an I'm very impressed by the price of welding rods too! The only problem might be that I have no idea if the sturdiness...
You're allmost right - lyre = Lyra as for "bügel" ......... bügeln = to iron bügeleisen = smoothing iron Well, you get the idea... let's go ironing the...
In the USA TIG wire is good for trolley poles. It is a copper coated steel wire and comes in three foot lengths. Welders weld it with an arc from a tungsten...
Hello group, pardon for kinda off topic question, but I have no idea where else to ask. Anyone there into US transportation tokens collecting? In very...
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Robert F Hamilton
trllyfan@...
Dec 19, 2006 11:07 pm
Now there's a thought! Trolley tokens in N-Scale. ... From: "Michal Basta" <nn3@...> To: <nscaletraction@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 19,...
Hi Michal -- I am replying through the list so it's clear to everyone that you got an answer. The token code is from "Atwood's Catalogue of United States and...
A modeler with a superb grasp of trolley motive power recently informed me of the prototype potential to convert an SW7 for freight for simultaneous interurban...
Oddly, something on that vein appeared in the current issue of Trolley Talk. The article is on signaling, but it shows a picture of a Southern Pacific switcher...
Rich- I sent Michal some info, including a link to online photos...at the AVA website (found with a quick google). http://www.vecturist.com While I've got you,...
Well, the same setup did utilize D&RGW for just the same purpose. They did use their lonely NW2 w. trolley pole on the run over Denver & InterMountain trackage...
