The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 3

[BandOGuy]

Tom just getting caught up again.
Your progress is amazing.
So is North South or South North!! 

Great job on this section!
Jerry

No certain answer available, but having NOT slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I can safely say that east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.

[postalkarl]

Hey Tom:

Yard looks good and look like you have everything down to make it work well.

Karl

[jimmillho]

Tom just getting caught up again.
Your progress is amazing.
So is North South or South North!! 

Great job on this section!
Jerry

No certain answer available, but having NOT slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I can safely say that east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.

Whats this about a "Twain Meet"?  Did Greg get his hands on a new Throttle ?

Jim

[GPdemayo]

Tom just getting caught up again.
Your progress is amazing.
So is North South or South North!! 

Great job on this section!
Jerry

No certain answer available, but having NOT slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I can safely say that east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.

Whats this about a "Twain Meet"?  Did Greg get his hands on a new Throttle ?

Jim

Not yet Jim.....I am looking for a new one that allows the Hudson to hit it's top speed of 120 mph.....Tom's throttle only goes up to 99 mph. 

[ACL1504]

Looks awesome Tom.

Curt,

Thanks very much.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Very cool explanation on installing those push/pull turnout controls Uncle Tommie.  The new section of the railroad looks quite nice.

BTW, when you lay your yard tracks, do you do anything special to allow for rail expansion/contraction?  I've seen some people leave rail gaps here and there.  I know if you solder the whole thing together you get a a bunch of squiggly tracks two years later (IE don't ask how I know this). 

Have a Diet Pepsi on me.

Bruce,

Thanks very much. For me, the progress has been slow.

I do leave very small gaps in between some rails to allow for the humidity affecting the track. So far, I've experienced no problems.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom just getting caught up again.
Your progress is amazing.
So is North South or South North!! 

Great job on this section!
Jerry

No certain answer available, but having NOT slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I can safely say that east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.

Chip,

I agree.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hey Tom:

Yard looks good and look like you have everything down to make it work well.

Karl

Karl,

Much appreciated. Thanks for checking in on the build thread.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Whats this about a "Twain Meet"?  Did Greg get his hands on a new Throttle ?

Jim

Jim,

No, he didn't. However, if he does get a new throttle we need to make sure we have no "train meet".

Just saying.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I have some new updates for the thread but the photo gallery isn't working since the new server has been installed.

The new updates need photos so I'm in a hold pattern until then.

In the meantime, I'm going to have a Diet Pepsi or two.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Whats this about a "Twain Meet"?  Did Greg get his hands on a new Throttle ?

Jim

Jim,

No, he didn't. However, if he does get a new throttle we need to make sure we have no "train meet".

Just saying.

Tom

Right.....no carnage.....just speed. 

[tct855]

ACL 1504,
           Nice pictures and tutorial T.  Keep goin' girl, you're doin' awesome my friend. Can't wait till you finish. Relish your unexpurgated dissertation skills.   Thanx Thom...

[ACL1504]

ACL 1504,
           Nice pictures and tutorial T.  Keep goin' girl, you're doin' awesome my friend. Can't wait till you finish. Relish your unexpurgated dissertation skills.   Thanx Thom...

Thom,

Thanks brother, appreciate you taking the time from your schedule to check in.

I'm not the wordsmith I used to be for sure but everything is still copasetic.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Thank you Jimmy D for fixing the gallery and giving us a new server.

I was working on the north end of the yard when I came upon an issue with the last turnout. The turnout on the bottom has a dual purpose. It leads to a runaround track on the isle side and the top section leads to a soon to be built/installed icing platform.

The problem as shown in the below photo is that the two turnout rails don't align properly.



Here is how I solved the problem. I needed to move the bottom turnout back less than an inch and yet a straight section between the turnouts still wouldn't work. This 3/4" piece of track needed to have about a 60 degree curve for the turnouts to be properly aligned.

I took two three inch pieces of rail and gently bent them as shown. The bend was in the middle. When satisfied I had the correct radius, I cut off one end and soldered it to the turnout rails on the left.

The black marks on the rail is where the other turnout rails will go.



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[ACL1504]

Anyway, hopefully ya'll get the idea of what I did.





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