[modeleng] Re: Track gauge and loco weight

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!!
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