Weekend Photos - February 2024
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:05 pm
Don't you hate it when a pin gets pushed all the way into tubular rail?
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healey36 wrote: On O-gauge tubular, there's a slight crimp in the rail that's supposed to prevent that; not sure about O-27.
healey36 wrote:A good way to push that out is to use a length of straightened wire from a clothes-hanger...shove it through from the opposite end.
healey36 wrote:Is anyone making O-27 tubular track anymore?
healey36 wrote:So I'm left to thinking the entryway is the square hole in the floor, a hatch of sorts that requires a ladder to reach it. What do you think?
MartyE wrote:OK since I logged in and saw this thread I'll post some pictures from my latest YouTube video covering the Century Club 1 engines starting with the 671.
webenda wrote:I can't imagine trying to reach a doorknob at the top of a ladder.
Chris Webster wrote:webenda wrote:I can't imagine trying to reach a doorknob at the top of a ladder.
The DL&W had watch towers with doors at the top of the ladder. Here's an article about the one in Utica, NY with a photo that shows the door:
Do You Know About the ‘Watch Tower’ in Utica?
The ladder has been removed for security reasons as the tower is no longer used to control crossings.