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Logging Corner V (right side)
Here is a wagon taking finished boards off to a local customer.? No need for a train for this order.? The horses are up to the task. Every steamer needs water sooner or later.? Even ducks (baby swans?) appreciate a drink once in a while.? Pardon the dust, but it can be blown off easily.?? A backup BIG WHEELS just waiting to be called into action. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner IV (right side)
Sawmill employees (on my layout) need to take the train to work each day.? Thus, a need for a small RR station shown here.? Don't ask me why it is made from stone (ground floor) -- I have not a clue.? Note the milk cans on the baggage wagon.? Yep, the milk train just delivered them.? But it is cute as a button.? (opinion, questionable fact.) Here is the finished goods loading dock where cut lumber is loaded onto standard gauge flat cars for delivery to customers in the far away city.? As business increased over time, the more modern gray dock was built to handle the additional volume.? The brown dock was board-by-board constructed by Don Leger of Arizona fame.? Each board has fantastic wood grain and nail heads.? Don't ask about the frog number of the turnouts -- they are sharp, but the small crane handles them very well. Here is a close-up showing the wood grain, nails, turnout frogs, small crane (yes, it rotates), etc.? A true work of art.?? -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner III (right side)
Here are some pix from the other side of the logging corner.? Cannot show both sides in one image unless I stand so far away that nothing can be seen close-up.?? Shown here is a freight station for receiving supplies used by the sawmill complex.? In the background is a steam donkey used for dragging logs up hills and over the ground to move them closer to the RR tracks for transportation to the sawmill.?? Steam donkey close-up.? This is a really cool hunk of machinery.? (opinion, not scientific fact) Shown here is a spar pole used to lift logs onto skels or flat cars after they have been dragged close to the RR tracks.? The spar pole on the left is painted onto the wall and I cannot sell it -- but I could include a photo of it enlarged.? You could glue the photo onto your wall.? How's that for some creativity?? The spar pole in the foreground is made from two HO spar poles mounted one on top of another.? Works great for S scale like a lot of HO stuff which is commonly oversized for the scale size printed on the box. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner II (left side continued)
Here are some more pictures: Shown here is a sort-of crane-like device which lifts logs off skels and rolls them over onto the ramp where they splash down into the water.? The cable is fitted beneath the logs and the crane pulls up on the cable and the logs roll right off the skel and gravity does the rest.? It does one car at a time which makes for lots of switching moves to unload an entire train.? Sure beats watching Bachelor on TV.? Right? Here is the sawdust building which holds all the sawdust for future sale to animal feed manufacturers.? Maybe sold to other folks as well -- I really do not know.? Also shown in the foreground is BIG WHEELS which is used to drag logs through the forest when there is no road, river or RR tracks available for transportation. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Logging Corner I (left side)
Gents...... The logging corner is up for sale as a complete intact detailed industry.? It is not cheap, but it will save you a TON of time (is time measured by weight?).? Well over five years to build all the kits not to mention paying for the kits in the first place. If you want to buy a specific item rather than the entire package, let me know what you want and we can probably come to a mutual agreement. Photos below have short captions, but here are some general comments:? Most red structures are built from BTS kits with the name Coon Gap Sawmill (or similar).? ?All buildings are well made with very good craftsmanship -- except for one.? The one exception is the main sawmill structure which is truly contest quality with many added details and full interior detailing including lights for the night scene. This is a rare bird indeed. Here are the pix: Exterior view of sawmill building.? Looks rather ordinary until you remove the roof and look inside.
-- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Back on the S scale Track........
Gents.......... Here are two images reflecting wise decisions by two or three people who figured that building kits for the next five or six years was not worth the time and effort when the structures they wanted were already built and readily available from Smiling Ed L.? It is only money and one year from now it will not be missed.? First up is the former Coal Mine corner.? Following that is the former City corner.? Both corners were purchased more-or-less intact by single individuals.? The layout is starting to look a bit bare as you can see from the photos below. Next up is the Logging Corner which should appeal to all those folks who bought my Shays, Heisler, Samson and skels quite some time ago.? Even standard gauge folks can have a vibrant logging industry without much trouble.? Shays are not required.? Photos of the Logging Corner are shown in the following email coming in just a few minutes. Get ready to spend some money.....................Cheers.....Smiling Ed L. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA |
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
I haven't seen comparable data on Stantons but it's aussie cousin Black Beetle states "The weight on the centre pivot should not exceed about 100g (~3.5oz.). For locomotive applications the use of two Black Beetles is recommended."
Is this info available for the Stantons?
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Many thanks for your input...
I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my "where should a train person retire" question. I have been gone all week without computer access and am still catching up on messages. I have gained valuable insights from everyone. Perhaps the most important is, "Things change." Reasons that folks moved here or there may no longer be in play. And while my question was not "S"pecific, it was model and prototype railroading focused. Many of you included that information in your responses, and again I thank you.
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Phil Scandura
Flagstaff AZ |
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dust bunny's a plenty!
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýIt's been great weather the last few days, but rather than becoming a urban sharecropper I decided to tackle a really old issue.? I think most of us have owned a series of VHS, Beta-Max, or the more modern devices to play back old Pentrax/Green Frog or other video's plus what we shot on our own.? Any train-show usually had a group of guys selling video products.? I've only bought a few, but was given some, but they've gathered under the layout or in closets for some years only to be brought back out then finding the player is not working or the connecting cords no longer work. I started culling some of my VHS and DVD's last
night as my grand daughter was trying to find the film of her
youth so we piggybacked our efforts!? With updating the
connecting cords we finally got one to come back on line!?
I unearthed one cassette that was shot by Paul
Riley from the Bristol bunch--he and his wife always attended
each convention.? I don't know if he's still active, but he
reminded me of some of the 'greats' in our scale from both the
Eastern states combined with the era of the 70's and 80's.? This seems to still be able for a decent playback.? I've also got some footage that was presented at the First Sacramento convention with some other vintage things including some Canadian scenes, but I sort of doubt it surviving.? I also shot some stuff on my layout that I'll cross my fingers for!? Later I hope! Bob Werre |
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Re: AM S 12
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMike if I understand you correctly,
this is what we called a cab extension window?? If so, River
Raisin included them in the extra parts for the SD-7/9 maybe
others too.? In an earlier era, one of our true brass craftsman?
guys built one for me to fit the Milwaukee Alco Road switchers.? I
asked for one that the Milwaukee cobbled together.? After seeing a
couple of photos, he didn't say anything till a later meeting, he
showed it to me.? Wonderful craftsmanship.? He cut it from a
single piece of sheet brass then folded, soldered it together.?
Only one problem, was he made it fit the cab window if it was
being used on the opposite side or short hood forward--(two panes
vs three).? So I've carried it in my parts stash for 25 years.?
His name was Fred Little a former tool
designer of sorts for Howard Hughes, but mainly an 0 guy but I
guess he liked our people better!? He also created masters for the
Franklin Mint's collection of classic cars,? our local S pewter
detail parts plus he and his son originated the Black/Decker
Workmate bench. ?
Bob Werre
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Tom Lennon
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John Degnan
Bob Werre