Curt84328 Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 on June 11, I will be travelling to Promontory Summit Golden Spike site to demo MBS for the Locomotive crew and director. I wanted them to see Reinhard's modelling work. I'll also be placing a poster for MBS.
Curt84328 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 Here are a few pictures from today's trip/ Crossing gate used on State roads Crossing used on city streets (No gates) Old style crossing used at Promontory (No Lights) Old grade at promontory (curves across the valley to stay within 1.5% grade. another view of grade. to be continued....
Curt84328 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Posted June 12, 2019 I went out to photograph an old spike maul (hammer) Here is the result ever wonder how and why steam locomotives shoot steam out the sides as they start? there are valves they open at the bottom of the cylinder to start it moving
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 Here is a track switch out at Promontory, Utah. This is the frog end of the switch Closer to the points now. Looking at the points end of the switch Notice the ends are not pointed. No part of the double rail section moves. The Control arm and signal. It's just a locking lever with a signal bar on top The rail marked with arrows moves. It floats (not spiked down) and has spacers to keep the rails the correct distance apart.
Goetz Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 That's an interesting concept for a switch point. So simple, yet effective. Thanks for sharing
BahnLand Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 hello, very interesting and ok, it*s quite simple, but it cannot be slit like a fallback switch. A train coming on the wrong track will go off the rails. Many greetings BahnLand
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 Just beyond the previous switch is the Sacramento - Omaha turning wye and the locomotive shed. Rail being pushed would bend or break the control rod.
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 This is the type of switch that would have been used in 1869 as it required only 2 rails to be curved, no cutting or sharpening of points, and 2 guard rails and a frog. With a locking control bar for the slide, switch would have to be set each direction, but simplicity itself.
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 here 119 part 1 and here 119 part 2 is 119 making a steam run. Here's a bonus. A genuine old style Spike Maul and.. My 3D Model
Neo Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Hi Curt, I've merged some of your topics about your traveling to improve the overview of the forums. Kind regards, Neo
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 Just now, Neo said: Hi Curt, I've merged some of your topics about your traveling to improve the overview of the forums. Kind regards, Neo Thanks, I should have thought of that. BTW: Cole (the 119 Engineer) really liked MBS.
Henry Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Hello, Curt, thank you for these interesting pictures, which reveal historical solutions for the installation of switches. These give me a new perspective on the technical art of engineering that was possible in the past - simple but accurate. I am enthusiastic about the ingenuity of the former railway engineers, many greetings from Henry
Curt84328 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 An Old Style Buffer Stop. Not to stop a runaway Locomotive, but a loose Freight car. Historic grade with a 4 KM radius curve, necessary to obtain a grade of less than 2%. Old locomotives could not handle a grade of 2% or more.
Curt84328 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Posted June 20, 2019 Just for fun This is a redesign of the controls of Reinhard's 119 (and no,I don't plan to release this) and closer
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