3½inches railhead to top of Cabbage stack.
   
    Ken
      GWN

Looking at plans & portfolios for 2½ft gauge cars

  MEXICANO boxcars   NG&SLG Sept/Oct 1977
     Length 30 ft
     Width     8 ft
     Height   12ft 6in

  FCA&B (Chile)
     Length  33 ft
     Width      8 ft 8 in
     Height   10 ft 6 in

   FCA&B swapped trucks, with the Meter gauge equipment of the FCB
   Car sizes were the same size.

   Ken
    GWN

  Woody
  My first reefer was a boxcar conversion, used Tomalco Sn3 reefer detail
kit and HO decals (West India Fruit & Steamship Co) I liked the ship on
the decals<G>. Although WIF&S never operated ng reefers, it will on my layout hauling beer from my favorite Micro Brewery "Nelson Brewery" in
Nelson B.C. to Central & South America <BG>

  Ken
   GWN

RRPETE

   AZTEC also makes a track cleaning car
  http:www,aztectrains.com/pages/Track Clean-GOS.html

   Ken
    GWN
 

  Had hoped to find the annual at my LHS, no luck but with a Green egine
and a Red engine @ Can $30:00 each, need to decide on a 4-6-0 or a
4-6-2, downside Gift Certificate for another LHS. Maybe a Brecon Mtn Rly
Pacific, protoype was 2ft gauge.

  Ken
   GWN

Felix

  the 2-8-0 wheel base is 43ft, table 48ft (Scale) should have no problems
using it for the 2-8-0.

   Ken
     GWN

  12inch diamenter or 48 scale feet, big enough to swing a Beyer-Garratt
  G-42 from the Puffing Billy, which did not make it before Xmas from DU.

   Ken
     GWN

  One small layout I recall was based on the park railway built on top
of StoneHedge, by the Britions. Of course when the Romans arrived
it was destroyed, as the Romans did not want to admit other people
were smarter then them. Though I had photos , but no luck!.
It was well done and had a excellent writeup covering the railway
history and why there is no trace left, of the Worlds first Railway<G>.

  Have tried to find on web, but no luck.

  Ken
    GWN

   Personnal choice, a S scale Bear Trap looks a lot better then an
O scale one on the 2-6-0.

  PSC  O scale Bear trap
    PCS-7512 includes Stack
    PCS- 7511 no Stack

    Ken
      GWN

Nick

  One of the items I've came cross lately was a C&S time table (Circa 1902) reprint from the Colorado Railway Museum. May still be available ?. I am
using info to make up my own tonnage guide for various engine that I have or yet to get<G>>

It list TE for various class engines
empty car weights
tonnage ratings for various grades.

Class C TE was 16,000# ½ 8,000#
½ tonnage rating gives 155 tons for 0-1% grade
                                         85 tons for a 2% grade

Average empty freight car weight was 13 tons
               empt  passenger  car              16 tons

Just a rough guide

   Ken
    GWN

Richard

   Eductors (Siphon) were in general use for various applications.
   An Injector was used to supply water to the boiler.

  If you have a Bachmann Climax 0n2½<G>) take a look at bottom of tank
left rear, and you will see a small T shaped black object which is the Eductor. Steam connection to bottom, siphon hose would be attached to
the  side of fitting. Steam used would be condensed by water in tank
so no venting of steam would be see.

   I have used eductors to pump sumps and remove chemicals from
pressure vessels where I worked (retired) Still! have a small one in the basement you never know, when it may come in handy.<G>.

  Likly a photo or two in the NG&SLG but as to which issue?, if I come across one will let you know. Not positive, but believe one of the covers had a scene with an engine taking water from a stream.

  Ken
   GWN

 

Richard

  depending on the amount of traffic on the line. You could do away with the tank and just build a pumphouse with a steam driven vertical deep well
pump and add a standpipe to fill the tender. A steam hose from the engine
to an outside connection on the pumphouse would supply the power to run the pump.

  A bit later(1900) gas pumps were starting to be used for refilling of tanks.

  Ken
   GWN

  Peter

  Just did a quick check with my bender. it is made for code 250, if I try
code 330 in it, the rail will not bend properly as the rail will not sit
square in the guide rollers, but rather at an angle which will cause the twist of the heavier rail. Code 250 sits square in the rollers.

Not sure of rail size you are using, but take a look at whether it sits square/vertical in the rollers, this may help decide a course of action on
whether to shim or machine down guides.

  Ken C
   GWN

  Peter

   Took a look at the train-li bender ($$$$), looks intersting if bending         prefabricated track sections. If hand laying, not sure it would work as
   well.  I have a rail bender ($) for bending single rail, then slip on
   prefrabricated tie strips. Have used it to bend code 100 rail
   to a 3inch radius for a model I built. Also used for brass/ styrene
   bending for models and other workshop projects. Pretty handy tool
   and not limited to just bending rail.

    Ken Clark
      GWN

Quote from: ksivils on December 01, 2007, 11:05:57 PM
The article was by Charles Small and the 2-6-6-2 you have is a pretty close match to the prototype in question, the Angelina.

  The Article was done by Allan J. Brewster, with plans for the engine
and a layout of the Mantua model for comparsion. I have a copy of the
plans & a conversion 80%done. Downside is I have no year for article,
have the month Nov MRR. Believe it was in the late 60s early 70s.

   Ken
     GWN