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Sunday, October 30, 2011 the old helix is being removed we will post pictures as it happens

Glad to be a member. Paul Catapano

keep watching this site. if all goes well and we finish on time there may be an unscheduled ops session before the end of the year. In the meantime enjoy the many club open houses scheduled over the next few weeks

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Mike Heine will you be there? Paul Catapano

Hi all... Here is a model railroad video, taken to an amazing level of filmic animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRbocWYA5M Cheers, Mike O

Belive it or not in high school while everyone else was taking math classes I was in band. Now when I need math skills I don't have any. I'm stuck trying to keep the grade on the new "helix" at 2%. can anyone calculate how many lineal feet I need to run to rise 16 inches at 2%. I'd really appreciate it.

Hi Dan... It takes 66'-8" Cheers, Mike O ===========

thanks Mike, now I need to buy more track

Venue announced for Bay Area OP/LD SIG Meet The Pacific Coast Region-NMRA <http://www.pcrnmra. org>, Layout Design SIG <http://www.ldsig. org/> and Operations SIG <http://www.opsig. org/> will hold another joint San Francisco Bay Area Regional Meet in Mountain View (about 45 minutes south of San Francisco) Friday, January 27, through Sunday, January 29, 2012. A terrific three-day program is being planned for your model railroading enjoyment. The agenda for the weekend includes kick-off dinner (no-host), clinics, operations discussions, track planning workshops, and visits to local layouts on Friday and Saturday evenings. There will also be operating sessions at several nearby layouts on Sunday, along with additional layout tours. Don't be surprised if someone puts a throttle in your hand! The Saturday Clinic and Panel program will be held at the Mountain View Community Center at 201 S. Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040 from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. Clinicians include authors Tony Thompson, Dennis Drury, Don Marenzi, Dave Clemens and Jim Providenza. The meet and all three days of layout tours are open to all. If you can't join us for the entire meet, at least come out and enjoy some truly wonderful layouts all three evenings. Layout tour information will be published on the website as the event draws closer. See our website: http://www.pcrnmra. org/sigs and pre-register or go directly to the sign up form at http://fs10. formsite. com/grenida/ form2/index. html

the planned radii is 24".

28 October 2011, Train 45 west bound from Vincent with Alco RSD-5 #21 on the point, engineer Tchapatt at the controls entered the helix from hell at 19:16 hours for the final time before demolition. Pictures of this event are posted in the groups photo section.

I forget what Mike O'brien answered, but it is roughly 66 feet 8 inches. What radii do you plan? You might be able to change the percentage, to a lesser grade, if that is a consideration. Paul Catapano

Lloyd; yes the design is ready. It is three climing loops each leg is 144 inches in length with 24 inch radius curves at each end. This should keep the grade well under 2%.

It has to fit within the existing legs holding up the layout which are 52 inches apart. and 144 inches long to allow acess to the back of the DCC rack.

Sorry I couldn't be there, I intended to attend, but had a dead battery on my motorcycle while across town and spent hours fooling around with it. Cheers, Mike O =========

I really hope this link works. (Copied off the Steam Era Freight Car List) http://www.shorpy. com/node/ 11519?size= _original Paul Catapano

Use this link to lead you to the site where you can join the World War One Historical Association. http://www.worldwar1.com/tripwire/smtw.htm Paul Catapano

For those interested I've posted the track plan for the new elevation rise. Once the old helix had been removed we were able to get muvhmore accurate measurements. It will be 186" end to end, 24" radii, 12" gain in elevation, 596.72" linear length, the grade will be 2%. construction starts tomorrow 11/3/2011

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