Trackwork!

[up148]

I hate to do this - it puts my name on three of the top four threads, probably for a week or more -

I know what your mean Bob. I've been looking at my name at the top for over a week and hoping someone would take my place. If I stay to long at the top knock me out please.

[webenda]

Radio-battery. Self contained. Llagas Creek switches un-insulated. No wires to track, no feeders. All joiners are slip to allow for expansion and contraction. Most track screwed down.
Only issue has been large tree branches, impacting the rail.

Thank you Dave!

[sleepmac]

Dave, what brands of battery, and control did you use? I have one Weaver RS-3 on battery power, but the supplier is out of business, and it is not working right .

Dan Weinhold

[ScaleCraft]

Dave, what brands of battery, and control did you use? I have one Weaver RS-3 on battery power, but the supplier is out of business, and it is not working right .

Dan Weinhold

Postby ScaleCraft » 03 Apr 2025, 15:43
30 years of radio/battery. Started with NiCads, now NiMH, no lithium fires here!
OLD Aus-made 27MC RCS, Sierra sound mostly, runs first time every time.

Not working right? Usually if radio gear dies, it's just dead.
What brand is yours?

[sleepmac]

Dave, thank you. I'll dig the loco out of storage this week, and get back to you.

Dan Weinhold

[bob turner]

Bump. Six months of operation on my four-track test loops, and not really many problems. I did have a couple rail joiners decide not to conduct in critical locations, but a shot of graphite laced oil seemed to cure that, along with some scraping and sliding.

Yesterday, as my trusty back up Mallet was pulling a string of nice orange ice cars, I had a derailment. Nothing serious, just the train separated and a couple of cars went onto the ties.

This really nice brass PFE ice car had plastic trucks - not my usual operating preference, but it was the right color of orange, so it got inserted amongst the Lobaugh. I noticed that it was sitting on a pair of wheels, no truck sideframe at all!

A short search found a half of the truck - it had split in half at the kingpin, with both halves exiting outboard. Still haven't found the other half. It had to be a casting flaw.

Car now has nice Lobaugh double insulated trucks, as God and Lobaugh intended for freight cars.

Understand, these plastics make far more realistic models than do the older brass, tin, zamac, wood, etc. Just not my hobby.

[ScaleCraft]

Dan
Got another email/mtj message today, responded again. Czech yer spam folder !