new guy
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That would be a neat to have NS intermodals being pulled by NS power!! Or any company for that matter, trucks with the RR logo on THAT RR! hmmm, is that irony?
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That would be a neat to have NS intermodals being pulled by NS power!! Or any company for that matter, trucks with the RR logo on THAT RR! hmmm, is that irony?
That is my next step then, metal trucks, Kadee's ya say, all righty!
I'll go lookin and be braced for sticker shock!
LOL! NO danger of me writing a review of metal trucks any time soon, I just took a look and OY! Yow! Ya, not till I have REAL money to burn! Hachi-machi! Themsa some 'spensive' little items!
Don't go blowing big $$$ on wholesale swap over activity. Good God man. Get your feet wet first.
Chet's probably talking about Kadee's Bettendorf #500 fully sprung truck. Those are what I've used for my truck replacements.
Truck replacements are not like swapping out wheel sets at all. All mine thus far have also required the use 2-56 metal thread screws of varying lengths and a DAM steady hand to drill the pilot holes. I don't see that changing.
All the trucks I've done (probably on less than a dozen cars now but enough to know the pain) also required adapting to body mount couplers.
That can be a whole 'nother animal all to itself. It was for me. One took 2 days to take care of. The trucks didn't go well and neither did the coupler gear box mounts. But I'm at least now mature enough to know when to quit when I start getting mad and frustrated.
No way I could have handled all that back in my old days as a 15 year old.
Just do a couple cars at a time if you feel the need. Find your worst "problem childs" and I'll do them for you if you want. I'll run them first of course to see how they do on my rig. If all your stuff is new, even stuff with plastic wheels and trucks, I don't think you should be having problems so quick. Unless you're running them 10 miles a day (in real miles, not scale).
E.
Yeah, I think I had one of those PITA cars recently. Probably that one I messed with for a couple days.
Having never done any of that work before, how would I know?
Chalk it up to another painful learning experience.
E.
No, it's actually people powered. What you see there is it coasting downgrade.
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That would be a neat to have NS intermodals being pulled by NS power!! Or any company for that matter, trucks with the RR logo on THAT RR! hmmm, is that irony?
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
I would not lubricate the wheels. No No NO. It is not necessary. I have freight cars on my layout that have been in operation for aver 25 years and have never been lubricated. If you put oil or any wet lubricant in the trucks for the end of the wheel sets, you in time could have it harden to some point and they could also pick up nay dirt and dust which could give you a problem. The end of the Axles are like needle bearings and don't need lubrication.
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Afternoon.
new guy - I second montanan's advice regarding lubricating the axles/bearings on your trucks. Use a truck tuner if they are still less than easy to roll. As a matter of fact, you should use the opportunity to use it when you replace the wheelsets as a part of routine tune-up of all cars. I used some LaBelle oil about 25 years ago and it attracted all of the dust from the layout and "gunked-up" really fast. Fortunately I only did it to 4-5 cars so washing it all out was easier than if I did the entire fleet. As far as bringing cars up to the correct weight, I glue pennies in the enclosed cars wherever possible. Ten pennies is an ounce of weight...much cheaper than those sticky-back lead weights; if you're lucky enough to still find any. The stick-on weights averaged around 65 cents to an ounce. You can carefully pry the end off most Walthers tank cars and glue a pre-made stack inside. I use Walther's Goo. It works better for me than Super Glue or anything else. If you use container cars, add the weight to the containers.
Hope this helps.
Willie
new guy - I second montanan's advice regarding lubricating the axles/bearings on your trucks. Use a truck tuner if they are still less than easy to roll. As a matter of fact, you should use the opportunity to use it when you replace the wheelsets as a part of routine tune-up of all cars. I used some LaBelle oil about 25 years ago and it attracted all of the dust from the layout and "gunked-up" really fast. Fortunately I only did it to 4-5 cars so washing it all out was easier than if I did the entire fleet. As far as bringing cars up to the correct weight, I glue pennies in the enclosed cars wherever possible. Ten pennies is an ounce of weight...much cheaper than those sticky-back lead weights; if you're lucky enough to still find any. The stick-on weights averaged around 65 cents to an ounce. You can carefully pry the end off most Walthers tank cars and glue a pre-made stack inside. I use Walther's Goo. It works better for me than Super Glue or anything else. If you use container cars, add the weight to the containers.
Hope this helps.
Willie
PRR Modeler
Well-Known Member
Evening All,
Made the trip to south Orlando today with another trip to Wally World. I received an email from BLI today saying that the new sound board was shipped. Seeing that I only live about 90 minutes from them I should see it by Friday at the latest. The description of the board was strange "P3 PRR L1 decoder with Digitrax fix". It almost sounds like the only problems are with Digitrax systems-I wonder if that is correct?
David- Very nice picture and scene.
Montanan- Several great modeled scenes.
NG- Very inventive.
Here is a real L1 at the RRMP
I hope everyone has a good evening.
Made the trip to south Orlando today with another trip to Wally World. I received an email from BLI today saying that the new sound board was shipped. Seeing that I only live about 90 minutes from them I should see it by Friday at the latest. The description of the board was strange "P3 PRR L1 decoder with Digitrax fix". It almost sounds like the only problems are with Digitrax systems-I wonder if that is correct?
David- Very nice picture and scene.
Montanan- Several great modeled scenes.
NG- Very inventive.
Here is a real L1 at the RRMP
I hope everyone has a good evening.
new guy
Active Member
That is my next step then, metal trucks, Kadee's ya say, all righty!
I'll go lookin and be braced for sticker shock!
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BigE
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Evening gents. Yall been kickin it on the pics recently.
I got nothing you all haven't already seen before.
Carey says "build a town" without hesitation.
Easier said than done.
BTW: I talked to him a few days ago and he sounds better than he ever has since I've known him.
I think I finally got my "time lord time zone" set back right.
Really, I only had 2 beers and 2 shot s JD chilled over the course of almost 2 hours.
That's generally nothing for me. However, I think that feller gave me big shots. They weren't in your little shot glass.
I didn't shoot them either. I nurse mine just like my beers. That's why I get them chilled.
I enjoyed the chance to just sit there and "railfan" that morning though. That's the first time I've ever done that on purpose.
There used to be a bar (might still be there) near the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport (PDK) that had a WWII motif where we could all sit outside and watch plains come and go.
Just another story to tell in "Big E's Adventures" saga.
E.
I got nothing you all haven't already seen before.
Carey says "build a town" without hesitation.
Easier said than done.
BTW: I talked to him a few days ago and he sounds better than he ever has since I've known him.
I think I finally got my "time lord time zone" set back right.
Really, I only had 2 beers and 2 shot s JD chilled over the course of almost 2 hours.
That's generally nothing for me. However, I think that feller gave me big shots. They weren't in your little shot glass.
I didn't shoot them either. I nurse mine just like my beers. That's why I get them chilled.
I enjoyed the chance to just sit there and "railfan" that morning though. That's the first time I've ever done that on purpose.
There used to be a bar (might still be there) near the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport (PDK) that had a WWII motif where we could all sit outside and watch plains come and go.
Just another story to tell in "Big E's Adventures" saga.
E.
new guy
Active Member
LOL! NO danger of me writing a review of metal trucks any time soon, I just took a look and OY! Yow! Ya, not till I have REAL money to burn! Hachi-machi! Themsa some 'spensive' little items!
NFG, watch for cars that are damaged, that have metal wheels and trucks. Pick them up on the cheap, use the wheels and trucks, and save the rest of the cars as a future parts source. Eventually, you can end up with a pile of damaged cars, and trade those for other stuff.
BigE
Active Member
Don't go blowing big $$$ on wholesale swap over activity. Good God man. Get your feet wet first.
Chet's probably talking about Kadee's Bettendorf #500 fully sprung truck. Those are what I've used for my truck replacements.
Truck replacements are not like swapping out wheel sets at all. All mine thus far have also required the use 2-56 metal thread screws of varying lengths and a DAM steady hand to drill the pilot holes. I don't see that changing.
All the trucks I've done (probably on less than a dozen cars now but enough to know the pain) also required adapting to body mount couplers.
That can be a whole 'nother animal all to itself. It was for me. One took 2 days to take care of. The trucks didn't go well and neither did the coupler gear box mounts. But I'm at least now mature enough to know when to quit when I start getting mad and frustrated.
No way I could have handled all that back in my old days as a 15 year old.
Just do a couple cars at a time if you feel the need. Find your worst "problem childs" and I'll do them for you if you want. I'll run them first of course to see how they do on my rig. If all your stuff is new, even stuff with plastic wheels and trucks, I don't think you should be having problems so quick. Unless you're running them 10 miles a day (in real miles, not scale).
E.
Eric, Kadee offers a truck with couplers mounted on it. I've used them on a select few cars, for one reason or another. Most of the time, it would have been a huge PITA to body mount.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kadee-502-H...581667?hash=item3f55fcf863:g:lYYAAOSwl9BWKySQ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kadee-502-H...581667?hash=item3f55fcf863:g:lYYAAOSwl9BWKySQ
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BigE
Active Member
Yeah, I think I had one of those PITA cars recently. Probably that one I messed with for a couple days.
Having never done any of that work before, how would I know?
Chalk it up to another painful learning experience.
E.
Boris
Beach Bum
GarryCBQ;410194 Joe ... I'm wondering about what you called adventures you has with the PC movable bridge. [/QUOTE said:Garry: The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Vertical Lift Bridge was damaged to the extent that it had to be taken out of service for repair. PC of course, was broke, and could not make repairs without litigating their claim against the marine carrier. This resulted in having to detour all freight destined for the Delmarva peninsula via Potomac Yard, Richmond and Norfolk Virginia, from where it was floated across Chesapeake Bay to Cape Charles, VA, from which the freight was forwarded to destination. At that time, I was Road Foreman of Engines at Wilmington, DE. This detour operation set up my adventure(s) as I was one of a group of transportation and mechanical management "drafted" to fill vacancys in the Marine Department. We were sent to Little Creek, VA, adjacent to the Amphibious Base, to fill out the crews on the two Railroad Tugs, and two coal fired, steam car float (steam steering engines on the floats "Captain Edwin Richardson", (aka the ER - former PRR/PC) and the C&O #2 (Leased from the C&O). I had a thrilling crossing during a rain storm with a brisk wind. The Tug Captain, Capt Bull, an older gentleman, had me take the wheel during the crossing. The "Philadelphia" was a harbor Tug, with manual steering, and it was extremely difficult to hold the damn thing on course. This event became a major career memory. BTW: we made it although Gordon Lightfoot's song kept repeating in my mind.
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NG ... Is that a people mover ?
No, it's actually people powered. What you see there is it coasting downgrade.
BigE
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