A new track in Maine
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Re: A new track in Maine
First place name sign is up! A couple of days ago, really, found my round tuit finally. All the place names are going to be on this shape sign, so my track has at least some level of standardization.
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First powered run! It ain't pretty, it needs a LOT of work, but it went around!
https://youtu.be/kOcUJnrGP4k
https://youtu.be/kOcUJnrGP4k
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Latest signs for the railroad! God I love having my own foundry. If I had to have someone else do this I don't even want to know how much it would be. I work cheap. Hee hee!
These are going on either end of the pass through in the hedge, my Mrs. named it "Tick Street" after I cut that chunk out, because, well, the little bastards were plentiful there. Seems to have worked out, and the name stuck, and it's as close to a tunnel as I am going to get. I am going to try to train the hedge to grow over it, so that it's more tunnel-like.
These are going on either end of the pass through in the hedge, my Mrs. named it "Tick Street" after I cut that chunk out, because, well, the little bastards were plentiful there. Seems to have worked out, and the name stuck, and it's as close to a tunnel as I am going to get. I am going to try to train the hedge to grow over it, so that it's more tunnel-like.
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Those are nice quality signs, Peter. I do like the "summit" sign.
Ticks have been terrible in Maine this year.
Ticks have been terrible in Maine this year.
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Re: A new track in Maine
You could always build yourself a small trellis to help hold up the hedge and help shape your tunnel. If you really wanted to get fancy with it, you could build entrances to make it actually look like a tunnel. Just a thought.
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Pontiacguy1, that's exactly what I was thinking. Just a plywood facade of a tunnel mouth on the downhill side, kinda thing. Material prices have to come down a bit more before I get that extravagant. It's not going to be the world's largest and most exciting railroad, so might as well Disney it up a bit. The Mrs. is already interested in helping to landscape and build and decorate scale buildings for trackside interest.
Dick, next time I'm over, we'll have to measure the high spot on your layout and I'll make you one. It probably isn't too far off from mine, elevation wise.
Dick, next time I'm over, we'll have to measure the high spot on your layout and I'll make you one. It probably isn't too far off from mine, elevation wise.
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Tunnel signs in place, look pretty darn good! I suppose I do have an entrance arch, kinda, sorta, as long as the lilac tree holds up.
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Famous last words. And it was working so well. I decided to mess around with my locomotive today, thought I had the chains lined up and tensioned better. It did work, honestly! I had gone around the loop three or four times before I took this video. And, after I fixed this bung up, I went around five or six more times (with a few more chain issues) before the master link on one of the secondary chains gave out. Dang. Guess that's what I get for trying to use second hand bike chain and repurposed sprockets for this application.
I think I may have to get #35 chain and commercial sprockets, when I have a few bucks to spare. Eventually. Even though that really bugs the cheap bastard in me, due to the fact that I have all of about $50 tied up in this loco.
Shoot. Oh well. Onward and upward.
https://youtube.com/shorts/KUUCQryIfcY?feature=share
I think I may have to get #35 chain and commercial sprockets, when I have a few bucks to spare. Eventually. Even though that really bugs the cheap bastard in me, due to the fact that I have all of about $50 tied up in this loco.
Shoot. Oh well. Onward and upward.
https://youtube.com/shorts/KUUCQryIfcY?feature=share
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Re: A new track in Maine
Now if you were extruding your own rail, I'd be impressed.
Jim
Jim
Re: A new track in Maine
Spoke too soon!
Funny, though.
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Funny, though.
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I now have the "loco" working pretty good, and the track cooperated today. A short vid of the latest goings on... https://youtu.be/_VL4vQNu5ww
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https://youtube.com/shorts/DN-acmLthn8?feature=share
The loco has a body now, and I've got it going around pretty reliably! I need to come up with a more efficient motor, the record for trips around the loop now stands at 37 times in a row with one derailment. I've also started working on the yard turnout, I welded up a frog for it out of the same c-channel that I'm using for the yard and loading ramp. You can see the progress in the video, kinda.
The loco has a body now, and I've got it going around pretty reliably! I need to come up with a more efficient motor, the record for trips around the loop now stands at 37 times in a row with one derailment. I've also started working on the yard turnout, I welded up a frog for it out of the same c-channel that I'm using for the yard and loading ramp. You can see the progress in the video, kinda.
"If you took the bones out they wouldn't be crunchy!" -Monty Python's Flying Circus