Quote from: Trainman203 on October 06, 2018, 09:38:11 PM
Ive always wondered what that flat round thing on the boiler behind the steam dome was.  It's on the Bachmann model with a little longer valve steam.  The boiler water fill point maybe?   

That round flat thing just in front of the cab with the whistle and safely valves mounted on it?

The boiler is filled by using the injectors, usually located under the cab floor towards the outside and behind the ashpan under the firebox.

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As they have, or should have, different underbody details, I expect not.

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Speaking of phonics, as we are going off topic, what's an "Erb"?  I hear it used in cooking a lot and wondered what it was.  "Erb"?

It's like commercials on TV and radio, everything is "two times" never "twice".   

Enough.

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Quote from: Trainman203 on September 15, 2018, 10:29:43 PM
How old is Rule 17?  Anyone know when it started?  I read a long time ago that in the days of oil headlights and carbon arc headlights (not many people know about them) that were hard to re-light if turned off, that the fireman would hold up the coal scoop in front of the headlight at a meet.

I run a 20 mile short line.  We don't operate at night. Or fast.  Or trains over 7-8 cars.  We do have passenger service though, a wood truss rod open end combine behind a freight.  I forgot , that train, the "Midland Limited," is very fast - 20 MPH instead of 15. 😂😂😂

You were in engine service Roger?paseng

Dimming only came about, IIRC, in electric headlight days.  As you say, a bit difficult to do prior to that.

I was not in engine service, I was a volunteer at a museum and have spent many hours as an engineer in passenger train service and switching so I had to know the rule book.   

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Quote from: Trainman203 on September 15, 2018, 11:23:34 AM
F8 - typo, sorry.  I'm really a steam era guy, no diesels on the railroad, don't dim headlights.  They are off during the day when all my ops are.  Never use them.

If you operate during "night time", even if fake night time, then you should have you headlights 'on' at might and rule 17 still applies.  Dim you headlight when waiting in a siding for another train, dim your headlight when approaching another train waiting in a siding and operate with both headlights on dim when operating as a yard engine.  When switching at night, the headlight on full is blinding to the ground crew and when coupled up to say a boxcar, the reflection of a full head or backup light from the boxcar will blind the engineer.  Speaking from experience here.     

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Quote from: Trackbump on September 14, 2018, 07:36:40 PM
f 8 is mute. There is no light adjustment for the brightness except dim. Train headlights are bright . Look at a real one at night. That is nothing to complain about. One thing the s2 and s4 has is really good headlights.

Adam

No, the headlight must dimmable under Rule 17 and should be on all models with lighting.
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From the past?  Like this?



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Quote from: Rick Abramson on September 11, 2018, 01:02:10 PM
Same applies to "consist." In RR use a train has a "KAHNSIST"; spelling it phonetically. Yet something may "KUNSIST" of the following.

There is no "A" nor even a "U" in "Con-sist" 

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Latest work on the Great Eastern Railway.  Haven' posted any photos since Photobucket went "Pay
, now it has a free service.  :-)

Entrance to branch line staging in adjacent "room" in basement.




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Hey, what do you know, Photobucket Free works.  :-)

Thanks guys, now back to the photo.

Excellent work, well done.

BTW, with Photobucket no longer free, what are people using to upload photos?

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Quote from: ACY on August 12, 2018, 03:20:01 PM
OO scale is primarily used in England.

The most popular scale in Great Britain/United Kingdom not just in "England".  There is a difference. 

England in a country and does not include Scotland, Northern Ireland and  Wales.

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Quote from: Casey Jones, JR. on July 21, 2018, 03:31:50 PM
i'M IN MY SEVENTIES AND HEARING IMPAIRED.  HOW CAN I HOOK UP AN EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEM SO THAT I CAN HEAR LOCO SOUNDS BETTER?

The best bet would be a system to which you can connect an audio headset.  Perhaps someone here know of one?

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Quote from: Len on July 22, 2018, 12:30:03 AM
Another option would be to look for an MRC 312 Sound System on eBay, Craigslist, etc.

The sound wouldn't be coming from the locomotives, but the steam and diesels sounds are there. And the amplifier can be cranked up pretty loud.

Len

Why do you want the sound loud?   I'm 9 feet from the open door of my model room and even though the railway is powered, I can't hear anything.  Take a look at on line videos of trains and judge sound volume from them.  Loud is not always better.  Mine are set so other than bell and horn/whistle, they are barely audible from four feet away. When I operate the railway, I don't need the rest of the house, or the neighbours, to hear them.  :-) 

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