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    Street Running in the USA or Canada

    in USA & Canadian Railroads

    Posted · Edited by signalmaintainer

    Try the "Renton Rocket" on for size. Taken last June in Renton, Washington, by someone who calls himself "Railroad1970." This is on my beat, and the silverish cabinet to the left of the Main St. signage is the case for the crossing equipment:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdMAjHtqRU&feature=relmfu

     

    The Rocket runs five and sometimes six days a week to the Boeing 737 plant in Renton. The location shown here is the former Milwaukee Road mainline (now a BNSF branch) that runs east-west through the middle of Houser Way in Renton. Fifty years ago this scene would have featured catenary for the MILW's electric locos. The garbage containers are for the Rabanco waste collection site located near Renton Junction, about three miles west (leftward) where the branch diverges eastward from Main 3. The train will switch the Boeing plant, run around its cars, head west to switch Rabanco, and be back in Seattle by mid- to late afternoon.

     

    Also west (leftward) of this photo was the now-defunct Black River Junction, where the BN (nee Northern Pacific), the Pacific Coast RR, the MILW, and the Union Pacific manuevered around each other on their ways to and from Seattle and Tacoma, and in the MILW's case, east over Cascade Mountains via Renton. Too difficult to explain here all that took place at Black River!

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    MSE's built-up 4mm and 7mm signals

    in Permanent Way, Signalling & Infrastructure

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    Hi,

     

    I appreciate the fact that they all have the diamond but of course it is possible to obtain a signal or signals from other sources built to order and your specification . For sources try UK Modelshops, Supplier Text (from clag) or even Google.

     

    And I appreciate the fact that is possible to obtain a signal or signals from other sources built to order and one's specifications. But the entire point of this topic, not to belabor the obvious, is MSE's new pre-built signals.

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    MSE's built-up 4mm and 7mm signals

    in Permanent Way, Signalling & Infrastructure

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    Hi,

     

    Puting diamonds on is best done before painting as the use of a soldering iron afterwards can damage the paint in the surrounding area. If you want to retro-fit then superglue might be better. As for the accuracy of Dapol signals, I'll leave that for others to judge.

     

    As for other types of signals, as Bill Bedford I think used to say "let Google be your friend"

     

    I probably didn't make myself clear, Stephen. The track circuit diamonds are already installed on the built-up signals, so I'd need to remove them. Unless I miss my guess, I don't suppose many short branchlines in Cumbria had track circuits in the mid-1950s!

    MSE's built-up 4mm and 7mm signals

    in Permanent Way, Signalling & Infrastructure

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    I see in RM where Model Signal Engineering is offering built-up, operating signals in 4mm and 7mm. The tubular post UQ LMS types would fit well into Ettinsmoor's theme (leaving the old LNWR-style wooden post distant signal as a remnant of the not-too-distant past). Yes, they do have a track circuit indication diamond, but a few seconds work with a hot soldering iron and some touching up wth paint would correct that.

     

    At 30 pounds for the 4mm types (about $47 US) they're pricey, but they look exquisite and are ready to connect to an operating system. I know the expectation is to build these one's self from the kits and save the money. If I was simply looking to place static signals on the layout without all the fussy work, that would be one thing. But I feel a bit like I'd be looking a gift horse in the mouth. The satisfaction for me is designing and building the signal interlocking and operating system (logic gates and servos, BTW), not necessarily the signals themselves.

     

    What are your thoughts?

    Track Plans for North American Layouts

    in USA & Canadian Railroads

    Posted · Edited by signalmaintainer

    IIRC wasn't that the one where he claimed that the minimum viable space for a layout was an 'L' shape 11ft each leg..?? And with a minimum of 35 car spots on it..??

    Gave some of us a good laugh, that did... happy0071.gif

     

    Mr. Barrow, while brilliant in many aspects of the hobby, does tend to be out on the fringes regarding some aspects of layout design -- as the above indicates. :stinker:

    Why there is a fuss going on about the US Finance bill

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    A great deal of Americans claim to be Republicans, even normal ones that have to earn a living. It's already been made clear that when Republicans say "job creators" they mean the rich. I also hear them talking about what the "American People" want. To the Republicans the "American People" are also the rich - they don't care a fig for the middle class. .

     

    1) A "great deal" of Americans claim to be conservative, not Republican. There is an important distinction. The Republican party is merely a vehicle;

     

    2) There aren't enough "rich" people by actual count in the U.S. to get Republicans elected as they were last fall;

     

    3) Many "rich" people are Democrats (see Bill Gates and Warren Buffett);

     

    4) The Republicans have to have some appeal among the independent, middle class in the U.S. or they'd never win control of Congress or the presidency;

     

    5) Of course the "rich" create jobs. Small- and medium-sized businesses are the engine of the American economy. Most people who risk their capital and launch a successful business do become wealthy. When have the chronically poor or lower middle-class ever created jobs? Exactly how do you think wealth is created? Are you that ignorant of basic economics?

     

    Honestly, I can't understand why anyone making an hourly wage or even white collar workers making less than $250K would vote Republican

     

     

    If your goal is sticking it to "rich" people and big corporations, you have a point. Then the Democrat party and its welfare-state, class-envy agenda is for you. But you also have to be intellectually honest and admit you don't value individual liberty, free enterprise, and smaller, efficient government. I do value those things. The Democrat party as it is constituted today offers hope for none of these things.

     

    I vote for Republicans because the alternative is to vote for people whose world view, value for human life, respect for private property and interpretation of the US Constitution is diametrically opposed to mine.

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    EBay madness

    in Ebay Topics

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    Lots of typos in the descriptions with a few 'lols' for good measure, so I really don't think that he meant to put it as £10,000...

    As the lister appears to be functionally illiterate, judging upon his/her written communication skills, no surprise at the asking price.

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