Sunday, May 3, 2009

Task: Work kinks out of track plan

With completion of the rigid foam board top, it was time to work the kinks out of the notional track plan. This is critical prior to the construction of the elevated terrain to support bridge overpassing and smooth operations into and out of corners.

Some of the rolling stock and engines, especially the larger cars and the EMD SD80 need very smooth corners. Also it helps to ensure couplers have free movement in their pockets as they need to give their max sway in the corners. I had one gondola that I had accidentally super glued the coupler along with the pocket cover. It derailed in the corner and I discovered that was the issue upon examination of the problem.

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