Refurbishing my Railroad
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
We’ve only been running a couple of weeks. I plan to put in a crossover so we can switch directions, but for now it’s one way only.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
Direction change will even out wear in the loco drivetrain.
How many hours a day do you run on an average?
How many hours a day do you run on an average?
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
We’ve only given a few rides to date. It has run minutes, not hours. I expect things will pick up this summer.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
So nice to have friends with big toys! This loader saved me a lot of shovel loads.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
We've done a little landscaping with rocks and a few drought tolerant plants this week.
https://youtu.be/NjZfqpWWhxA
https://youtu.be/NjZfqpWWhxA
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
Having tickets printed up this week!
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Batteries and Chargers
When I got this train it came with two Lestronic II 24 vdc 30A chargers. They are for lead acid batteries.
The train runs on six 22NF deep cycle AGM batteries. The original batteries were well over 7 years old and never fully charged. I replaced the batteries this week and now am getting a full charge on them.
I contacted Lester Electrical and they recommended their Lester Summit 2 24V/25A charger for the AGM batteries. I mounted the charger onboard under the operator’s seat.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
Does it have enough air circulation?
The heat sink in the back is not just for looks.
The inside of the seat box is going to get hot and if there is no way to get the heat out and cool air in...you may be headed for problems
The heat sink in the back is not just for looks.
The inside of the seat box is going to get hot and if there is no way to get the heat out and cool air in...you may be headed for problems
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
There are vent holes drilled near the plug.Bill Shields wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 9:01 pm Does it have enough air circulation?
The heat sink in the back is not just for looks.
The inside of the seat box is going to get hot and if there is no way to get the heat out and cool air in...you may be headed for problems
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I would supply more in the way of ventilation...at both the top and bottom of the seat box.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
Took some new pictures for our webpage.
OnX Hunt shows our layout.
OnX Hunt shows our layout.
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Re: Refurbishing my Railroad
This is really cool.
You for sure want to alternate directions -> unless your loco is set up like an Indy 500 or NASCAR racer.
I would also watch the rails for wear.
Question: how much more are your insurance premiums? I have heard that there are good guys out there that understand and work with model railroads.
You for sure want to alternate directions -> unless your loco is set up like an Indy 500 or NASCAR racer.
I would also watch the rails for wear.
Question: how much more are your insurance premiums? I have heard that there are good guys out there that understand and work with model railroads.
Too many things going on to bother listing them.