Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Wow I just saw that's here in Connecticut from googling it. I am assuming it is a private railroad how does one go about visiting
I would love to bring my live steam locomotive there.
I would love to bring my live steam locomotive there.
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Yes, private railroad in Connecticut. To say the owner has put a LOT of work in it is an understatement. I can't run there because my equipment in 7.5" gauge Someone should be shot for the 7.25 .vs. 7.5 problem. Keeps folks from enjoying the hobby nation-wide.
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Chuck Hackett, UP Northern 844, Mich-Cal Shay #2
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Chuck Hackett, UP Northern 844, Mich-Cal Shay #2
Owner, MiniRail Solutions, LLC, RR Signal Systems (http://www.MiniRailSolutions.com)
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Well...the REST OF THE WORLD is 7.25 the same as NE USA.
Come join us!
Come join us!
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
My question is "how did it get to be either one?"
If one builds to true scale, it should have been 7-1/16".
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If one builds to true scale, it should have been 7-1/16".
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Harold, probably the same way that the used gauge for 7.5 is quite often as broad as 7 5/8, because that allows the loco to go around sharper curves.
My design gauge is 7.562...which is JUST inside the spec's for 7.25", and should be workable for 7.5" too...
(and if you think that's bad, the Tal-y-llyn was laid to 2'3" & a thumb...)
My design gauge is 7.562...which is JUST inside the spec's for 7.25", and should be workable for 7.5" too...
(and if you think that's bad, the Tal-y-llyn was laid to 2'3" & a thumb...)
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Barry Cone's Brick Mountain Railroad in Connecticut, that's all I know.
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Guess that he likes Sydney Harbour bridge...
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Bill that bridge is not in Australia it's in New York City it's Hell's Gate Bridge
Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Wow! Quite a remarkable accomplishment. I've never seen so many spectacular bridges on a live steam railroad.
I wonder what the grade specifications are?
The Big$$$$$ Mountain RR.
RussN
I wonder what the grade specifications are?
The Big$$$$$ Mountain RR.
RussN
Re: Any of you folks familiar with this layout?
Liz and I have run here. Interesting layout including the 15-20 deg incline beside his driveway. More suitable for a cog railway!
Jim B
Jim B