Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Bob, Consider a small electric winch with a detectable cable to and from the lift panel. You could drill a hole through the lift up panel and install a small steel plate with a thread hole. Then
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Michael Lytle
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Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Pulleys and a cable attached to the door so you can pull from base of stairs to open the door easily with your existing counter weights. I had to come up with a door up to my railroad room as well
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JJundt
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seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Over the past 20-30 years that I've "been work'in on the railroad--all the live long day" and basically having a blast in creating the monster.?? I'm starting to have regrets over 2 things other
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Bob Werre
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Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
Also John Wickham:? scottw90@...
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Woody Mitchell
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Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
Richard, Roger, and All Empire Trackworks will have a table in the dealer hall at the NASG Convention in Harrisburg, July 17-20th. There's still time to register. Go to nasg.org for details. Jamie
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Jamie Bothwell
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keeping it fun
All this talk about getting young people started in the hobby made me think of my age. As I have entered into my seventh decade of life I am realizing something that I just never understood as a
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Mike Swederska
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Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
How do you contact Billy? Thanks, Roger Nulton Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 7:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Custom Decal Recommendation Ed, Billy is making the decals for the BN
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Roger Nulton
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Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
Richard, Is this it? <https://www.empire-trackworks.com/> https://www.empire-trackworks.com/ From the NASG website, Roger Nulton
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Roger Nulton
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Re: SHS Cabooses Interior
I didn't buy the caboose new, but are you suggesting someone did all that electronic work from scratch? Jace Kahn ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 10:07 AM To:
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JGG KahnSr
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#171101
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
I took a couple of pictures of the drivers in the NWSL quartering tool to show what I was talking about in my last post. To make a point for those who have not ever used this tool. The important thing
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Mike Swederska
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Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
Ed, Billy is making the decals for the BN and MN&S 4750 hoppers and Family Lines for the 3000 version for me.? He does great work and I like the decal film he uses. -- Ken Zieska 1/64th Scale Modeler
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Ken Zieska
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Re: SHS Cabooses Interior
Jace, No, the images you attached are NOT OEM S Helper Service from Cliffwood, NJ¡ Don Thompson
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Don Thompson
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Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
saved it but obviously I've had a mental lapse and can't find it. Therefore would someone that remembers their address please send me their address. Thanking you in advance. Richard H.
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Richard Haley
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Ted, I agree with almost everything you said.? I have been doing my best to get my grandsons interested in modeling in general, ant trains in particular.? Whether it will take hold is a question for
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Jerry Poniatowski
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
I¡¯m excited to see this, Danbury is a little over 1/2 hr from where I live. Stephen J Kutash 203 906-5116 (Cell)
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Stephen Kutash
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
Good they are being preserved; they are a unique part of railroad history. Jace Kahn ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 8:46 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
That's the one. Needs some TLC
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jjmannmmr <jjmannmmr@...>
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
Photo taken in 1990. Rich G(ajnak)
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
This is probably the locomotive at the IRM (Penn Central later in life).? IRM has this photo gallery of it. https://www.irm.org/gallery/PC4715 Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer On Monday, June 24, 2024 at
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: From NYCSHS Members Group; NYC Electrics
Think IRM has a NYC electric with a really bad paint job. Needle chipping and wire wheeling needed badly. I can take pictures of anyone is interested.
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jjmannmmr
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