Jesse, I wish I had space to store one 7.25 tender engine, I have enough trouble storing 2 and 3/4 5" tank locos!!! I have to share the garage with swmbo and the nipper, need a bigger garage......... That's what I said when we knocked the old one down and had one 1.5 times bigger. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:44 PM Subject: [modeleng] Track gauge and loco weight > Clif, > All five of my 7-1/2" gauge locos are on roll around work/ storage stands. > These can be rolled right up to my mighty Dodge Diesel PU truck and by use > of a short bridge section, rolled right off the stand and onto angle iron > rails in the truck bed. Due to the smooth ride of the Dodge, I have never > had to fasten down any of the locos, but just use scrap sawmill blocks to > keep them from moving forward or backward. > > My son and I did have to hand lift my Filer and Stowell over onto my work > bench this week so I could do repairs to major damage to the feed water > pump connections that were broken during a derailment last spring. Now > that was a bit of heavy lifting, but the only time I have ever had to lift > an engine off the roll around stand to work on it. Didn't really lift it > so much as rolled it off onto the bench. NOW TO Get it back on the > stand!!! > > My little Falk #1 logging loco only weighs 77 pounds so is no problem to > lift and move even though it is 7-1/2" gauge. The others range about 350 > pounds not Pounds Sterling!!) so require being handled differently. > > Jesse in warm and sunny 53 degrees F Troy TN where I need to be grinding > up the leaves in the yard instead of answering e-mails!! > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.