Russell wanted standard gauge prewar tinplate track. Standard gauge is
wider than O gauge.
I'm pretty sure we have never been given any standard gauge track. Tom
was referring to O gauge tinplate track we've been given and have no use
for.
Ken
On 11/30/2019 10:41 AM, Peter Condro wrote:
Excuse me……prewar )27 and O gauge track, either O72 or standard O31 is not tinplate? What is it then…..
Peter
On Nov 30, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Thomas Gilsdorf (Redacted sender "tlg225ccr94" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I stand corrected, thanks.
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Thats not "tin plate" track then. Thx for the reply
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No standard gauge, sorry. Most of it is 031 and 027.
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Gilly, if you have a box of standard guage track, I would like to buy it locally and save you guys postage.
Show Bob B. what you have
Thx Russell
PS I visited the set up on Wed and thought the layout looked good. Even talked with Mr Dessert? with some interesting input.
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Subject: [rc3r] SMR Update
* Great work and thanks to the crew working the Raffle. We raised
$180 today.
* I arrived at 11:00 after earlier reports that nothing worked on
the big layout. It was reconfigured for conventional and was
operating as such at my arrival.
o Reminder; please make sure that the power is turned off when
you leave. There is a power strip under the table with a red
illuminated switch on the left. This one switch will allow
you to turn on the main portion of the layout. At this
point, I have no reason to presume that power being left on
was the cause of any problems this morning.
* We received a nice donation today. It will need to be
inventoried. One thing I looked at was a nice 2343 F3 Santa Fe
A/A set. There are also numerous tinplate accessories in original
boxes, a KW transformer, and a box of track.
* I contacted TINMAN (an OGR Forum Sponsor). Unless there is
objection, I will be boxing/shipping all of our tinplate track to
them. They pay $0.50 per piece.
* Note; we installed a new-out-of-the-box TIU on Monday. Ken and I
performed run checks before we left *_and the layout was
operational_*.
* I checked the DCS track signal strength. We had solid "10's" all
the way around. That is as good as it gets. Setting up w/o the
yard has been a successful experiment. At the GBGH, I am
suggesting that we setup the yard with dead-rail (no power
connected). I would propose that we park the club switcher on
Peter's passing siding w/ buffer cars. When you want to bring a
train out, back the switcher/buffer cars into the yard area and
pull your train out onto the mainline. With the stone bridge
setup, I would suggest railing your locomotives there.
* The WIU is connected and operational. The WIFI password is
"mthdcswifi" (no Caps, no spaces).
* I connected the TIU serial port to the Cab1L command base. I did
not confirm that operation. Rick and I both ran Legacy engines
w/o issues.
* Please be advised that any and all shorts resulting from a
derailment degrades the output(s) of the TIU. While a derailment
by a grabby child may be unavoidable, ensuring your engine and
rolling stock is properly railed before applying power is
completely in our control. If you need help setting up, please ask.
* We experienced intermittent power losses on the inner loop. This
was isolated to the metal trailer plug connection where power
plugs into the corner. Jiggle the plug if you experience an outage.
* There are two CAB1Ls out right now. The one labeled #1 goes with
the 12x15 layout and needs to be returned upon completion of this
display.
* There are two good DCS remotes. Both seem to work fine. The third
has tape holding on the battery cover. This one either needs to
be repaired, or disposed of.
* Keep in mind that there are two other displays in the area also
using DCS. They DO interfer with our operation. One of them
hijacked my engine multiple times.If your horn is randomly
blowing, or if your engine goes racing off, it is probably due to
the actions of one of our "friends". I fully expect this to not
be a problem at the GBGH.
See you all Sunday afternoon for tear down. Setup at the GBGH is @ 9:00 AM on Monday. I dropped off the COI w/ Doug this morning.
Gilly
