Modelers Corner

[tubelectron]

@Lucius Mojo : I see that your trains runs very fast, and it seems that you have rather small radius curves... So what radiuses do you use here on your posted video ?

On my (always temporary) circuits, I use 072 or 096 curves (below) and run the trains rather slowly... But I could certainly them run as fast as yours !

T

 

[Lucius Mojo]

@Lucius Mojo : I see that your trains runs very fast, and it seems that you have rather small radius curves... So what radiuses do you use here on your posted video ?

On my (always temporary) circuits, I use 072 or 096 curves (below) and run the trains rather slowly... But I could certainly them run as fast as yours !

T

Ok the upper loop is 0-42 and the lower is 0-31

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Well I know that the speed is just about as fast as I like to run them and they do tend to speed up at the same voltage due to momentum.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Here is the layout on the first floor!

 

[toddalin]

This is my layout, though the video is 10 years old and the layout has been expanded with more features and animation. This is about how fast we run them. This is ~13 volts on the rails. We can go up to ~22.5 volts.

 

[Enophile]

This is my layout, though the video is 10 years old and the layout has been expanded with more features and animation. This is about how fast we run them. This is ~13 volts on the rails. We can go up to ~22.5 volts.

OK, no words for how great that is.

If I had the talent and skill, I would aspire to do whatyou do!

Mega kudos!!!!

 

[56MPG]

I LOVE visiting the TCA National Toy Train Museum in Strasburg PA! The Standard Gauge layout is extraordinary to say the least, and my favorite gauge by far. Worth going out of your way to see if you every get to the East coast. I'm only an hour or so from it, and consider myself lucky.

 

[tubelectron]

Here is the layout on the first floor!

Oh, I think that the radiuses here are possibly 031, or even smaller ?

T

 

[tubelectron]

OK : I could finish the tender for my Lionel 262E...

It has some additional features : ON/OFF SW for the whistling unit, to allow DC running without permanent whistling ; cab lighting ; rear lights...

... And the famous CARPET CENTRAL railways company emblems :

T

 

[init4fun]

Oh, I think that the radiuses here are possibly 031, or even smaller ?

T

I could be mistaken (It's been a long time since RC planes relegated the trains to the closet) but I think I remember 027 being the tightest radius Lionel track?

 

[tubelectron]

I could be mistaken (It's been a long time since RC planes relegated the trains to the closet) but I think I remember 027 being the tightest radius Lionel track?

Yes, AFAIK, this is the smallest and the lightest - offered by Lionel at least.

T

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Oh, I think that the radiuses here are possibly 031, or even smaller ?

T

0-42 and ,0-31 just like the one in the basement.

 

[GordonW]

Looks like a 409 cid engine

Close. In 1958 (and in fact, any engine with that architecture between 1958 and 1961), that would have been a 348.

Looks like a 409 (same "W-block" architecture), just smaller bore and stroke.

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Next up;MPC ,'72 GTO

 

[Lucius Mojo]

 

[ernieb1536]

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Those old goats where cool !

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Those old goats where cool !

Yes sir!

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Yes sir!

The reason I painted it Root Beer Metallic was because I knew a kid in High School who had a Lemans painted that same color He put that GTO hood on his and put some nice wheels on it !

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Poncho 400

 

[Lucius Mojo]

I decided to change the rear diff to have it jacked up in the back!