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Post by ironstef70 on Apr 21, 2015 19:47:45 GMT -5
Maybe it should rather go into " What used to be on the bench " since it was last summer project. Some HO tracks has power in (I can plug the case to my layout just below) and I can move a few locos inside just for the show...  It saves the best element of my collection away from dust, but also from unfriendly hands.   IMG_7597 by Ironstef70, on Flickr  IMG_7596 by Ironstef70, on Flickr  IMG_7595 by Ironstef70, on Flickr S. |
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Post by PVRR 2647 on Apr 21, 2015 20:35:28 GMT -5
That is sweet I need to build one for my locomotives, to protect them from my children. I share my hobby with them but they always want to handle to equipment, which usually ends badly.
PVRR2647
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Post by ironstef70 on Apr 21, 2015 20:59:47 GMT -5
That is sweet I need to build one for my locomotives, to protect them from my children. I share my hobby with them but they always want to handle to equipment, which usually ends badly. PVRR2647 My own son, despite his young age, is pretty disciplined. He well knows how much time dad spends doing those things and that they are not meant to play hard with. Still, we have visitors too at times, including our kid's friends... I also put freshly painted projects there so it prevents dust to stick to them. I do oil based paints and they would usually take 2-3 days drying. S. |
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Post by tamaman on Apr 22, 2015 9:44:40 GMT -5
WOW looks real good.
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Post by icghogger on Apr 23, 2015 7:41:36 GMT -5
I like that!!
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Post by enginseer on Apr 24, 2015 14:00:40 GMT -5
Cool idea.
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Post by PVRR 2647 on Apr 24, 2015 19:51:05 GMT -5
Stephane~ That O scale Geep is pushing the caboose, because the longhood is really the front right?  PVRR2647 |
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Post by ironstef70 on Apr 24, 2015 20:52:30 GMT -5
Stephane~ That O scale Geep is pushing the caboose, because the longhood is really the front right? PVRR2647 Yep, in fact I sold a O scale loco recently and haven't reorganized the case since. Good observation though. I still have some O scale projects to assemble eventually (a brass GP35 among a few), but I have too many HO projects that I want to complete first... S. |
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Post by PVRR 2647 on Apr 24, 2015 21:16:47 GMT -5
Stephane~
When I was a kid I used to see Conrail and Guilford Geeps running shorthood forward. The Central Vermont made a lasting impression the first time I saw a pair of their Geeps coupled at the shorthoods running longhood forward, and making good track speed too.
PVRR2647
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Post by ironstef70 on Apr 25, 2015 8:03:10 GMT -5
Stephane~ When I was a kid I used to see Conrail and Guilford Geeps running shorthood forward. The Central Vermont made a lasting impression the first time I saw a pair of their Geeps coupled at the shorthoods running longhood forward, and making good track speed too. PVRR2647 Well I am not a professionnal in the real life, but tell me, would'nt visibility be a safety concern for most RR companies nowadays? I doubt it was back then i the 70's (I was not even old enough to remember about RR observations...), but I think many companies must now have policies and their own logic of consist organization, isn't it? S. |
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Post by icghogger on Apr 25, 2015 10:10:53 GMT -5
Visibility can be compromised when running long hood first at track speed. There once was a school of thought that said running long hood first gave the best protection for the crew in the event of a crossing collision. New locomotive designs have tried to address such protection, but there are no guarantees which affords the best protection, with all of the variables at work when a collision occurs. Most companies today designate the cab, or short hood end, as the front of the locomotive. Federal regulations require the front of a locomotive to be marked with the letter "F" to designate such.
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Post by ironstef70 on Apr 26, 2015 19:41:37 GMT -5
Visibility can be compromised when running long hood first at track speed. There once was a school of thought that said running long hood first gave the best protection for the crew in the event of a crossing collision. New locomotive designs have tried to address such protection, but there are no guarantees which affords the best protection, with all of the variables at work when a collision occurs. Most companies today designate the cab, or short hood end, as the front of the locomotive. Federal regulations require the front of a locomotive to be marked with the letter "F" to designate such. Interresting, but not being a professioonal myself, I would probably wish I rode my consist long hood in front in such situation: MER ROUGE train wreckS. |
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