Model Railroading > Ladies in waiting, near Fort Worth

TomSTP 's ten wheeler on right, and mine to his left, waiting to get steamed up yesterday.

Second photo provides some color to the day.

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WOW....That BNSF Gevo is NICE!!

Here is a better shot of mine.

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Looking good, WWM.

Fine looking little locomotive, keeping the T&P alive!
What is the name of the club / facility you are running on?

We cant see the entire scene here of course, but how do the loco's, get from the prep stands to the ground level trackage?

Looks like fun!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Great stuff Shane,and Tom.Always enjoy your live steam posts.My local club not far from the house have just commissioned their''Tehachapi'' loop.I will get some pics at the next meet.
Regards,DK

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> We cant see the entire scene here of course, but
> how do the loco's, get from the prep stands to the
> ground level trackage?


I think they use an old fashioned lube rack.This also
serves as a turntable.

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

Don't have photo but an electric lift on permanent rollers, a.k.a. Transfer table, move locomotives off raised steaming bays down to track level.

Pushing the transfer table to one end takes one to a branch off to the mainline track and storage containers, pushing it the opposite
direction takes ones lokie to a turntable and low level steaming backs and also a track to the mainline.

Here is the turntable and lower level steaming bays, with a club member who just finished scratxhbuilding this coal hopper.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/17 19:10 by WrongWayMurphy.

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The high steaming bays are about 4 ft off the ground . The electric lift we have will go up to 6 ft. Tomorrow I will take a shot of it and post it under this thread. The track is the Annetta Valley & Western. Located west of Ft Worth Tx.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/17 19:29 by tomstp.

We also have lift on our transfer table as well as a turntable to turn the locos. I will get photos today.

As promised here are pictures of the transfer table and actually in use.

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Picture 2 shows the mechanism and two deep cycle batteries to power the lift portion. We used a power winch from Harbor Freight with a few pullies to get the proper speed. The lift is equipped with power shut off switches for when it bottoms or tops out. As a picture shows it has plenty of room for a 4-6-0 or 2-8-0 in 1.5 scale. The last pictures are of the high bays for engines.

Terry McCauley is the brains behind designing the lift. By the way, you have to push the lift to where you want it.

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Here is the set up at our place, Indiana Live Steamers.

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Here is the steam up area at my local live steamers outfit.They also have an old lube hoist(middle left pic 2) nicely installed to expedite loading/unloading.
Regards,DK



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/17 17:13 by DKay.

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Thanks to all for the info. Very cool.

love that bn hopper can you build 30 of them