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A little more progress on the shed. I ran out of lumber and headed to Home Depot tonight. Got everything, but had to order black rolled roofing for it.They will have it by tommoro. A good friend stoped today and mentioned he might be able to get ahold of a hydraulic jack system used to lift semi tractor cabs. Wow! wouldn't that be cool. Will have to see about that if he can get it.
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The 3 support boards pivot on a screw and swing back and up toward the hinged side when not in use. Thanks for the comments everyone and suggestions.
Hey Dave, What color are those 2 buildings anyway? Do you have a color photo of them you could post here? [Woodcrest shops, Paducah]
tbug, is ventilation necessary for our trains? I don't really know. Has anyone had a bad experince because of no ventilation?
Hey Dave, What color are those 2 buildings anyway? Do you have a color photo of them you could post here? [Woodcrest shops, Paducah]
tbug, is ventilation necessary for our trains? I don't really know. Has anyone had a bad experince because of no ventilation?
Hi Marty, Your probably right, but it is going to help me out alot as far as running a train on the spur of the moment. Wanted to build a bigger shed but the wife said no as we have our contract at work [with tight ass TYSON] coming up in January. Last contract we took a 5 year wage freeze, so we are taking a big hit now with gas and everything else going up .
Bad news for me!!! I pulled a dum on. I was checking out track switch and track inside my shed with my Mallet. Yes, I left my metal square laying on the tracks and I beleive it shorted something out in the Mallet. Won't run now. Will probably send it to Aristocraft and see if they can fix it. There goes my only battery powered engine for your" thingy". I still plan on coming down on Sat. tho.
Bad news for me!!! I pulled a dum on. I was checking out track switch and track inside my shed with my Mallet. Yes, I left my metal square laying on the tracks and I beleive it shorted something out in the Mallet. Won't run now. Will probably send it to Aristocraft and see if they can fix it. There goes my only battery powered engine for your" thingy". I still plan on coming down on Sat. tho.
Oh Yea, I was curiuos as to what the roofs weight was so far. So I took the bathroom scale and it weighted in at 130 lbs. so far. Just a little cling and jerk and it's up. Will check it after the rolled roofing is applied. Body building while playing trains, WHEW!!!
Bubba,
Thanks for your post on the Aristo 2-8-8-2 about the poly fuses shuting down. I went out this morning and tried out my Mallet and it is working GREAT!!! All this helpful information on this site is great. YOU MADE MY DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Leon
Thanks for your post on the Aristo 2-8-8-2 about the poly fuses shuting down. I went out this morning and tried out my Mallet and it is working GREAT!!! All this helpful information on this site is great. YOU MADE MY DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Leon
Hey Dave F,
I painted the building and my 8x8 shed " Fired Steel " and made 3 roof vents out of scrap 4x4. I still haven't got the rolled roofing yet. It is on order. Put up 8 more ft. of wood fence and spread 3/8ths in rock chip around the building. I need more dirt and weed barrier to finish the north side. I am thinking about building the lean-to on the north side like the shop in Paducah, KY. I already have enough left over material to do that. I might make it to store a small logging train of 4 cars, boxcar, and 0-4-0 engine. I have some small radius track, so I think I will build a small layout beside this building for the grandkids to play with when they visit. Had great weather this past week so worked most every day outside.
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I painted the building and my 8x8 shed " Fired Steel " and made 3 roof vents out of scrap 4x4. I still haven't got the rolled roofing yet. It is on order. Put up 8 more ft. of wood fence and spread 3/8ths in rock chip around the building. I need more dirt and weed barrier to finish the north side. I am thinking about building the lean-to on the north side like the shop in Paducah, KY. I already have enough left over material to do that. I might make it to store a small logging train of 4 cars, boxcar, and 0-4-0 engine. I have some small radius track, so I think I will build a small layout beside this building for the grandkids to play with when they visit. Had great weather this past week so worked most every day outside.
Finally got a chance to work on the yard tracks in my train shed. I used all my 5' track so will finish using wood strips for the rest of the yard tracks. Still have to get some on/off toggels so I can select which track I want to use. I have a common rail so I installed jumper wires on the bottom of the track using the little screws on the bottom of the track for now. Still haven't got my rolled roofing yet so I can finish the roof. Supposed to be in the 3rd of August.
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I got the rest of the wood track in place and put most of my trains in the yard. Track 1 on the right holds all 12 of my hopper cars and one engine. Track 2 holds most of my mixed freight train and track 3 holds the balance of my mixed freight train. Track 4 [on the left] holds my passenger train. Tried it all out this evening and it's so nice. We'll be running more often now with this convenience. Here are a few pictures.
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Thanks Dave,
I'd like to pick up another IC jeep some time and convert them to battery power with airwire and sound. We can wish anyway. Some day tho. I think my rolled roofing came in so will have to make a trip to Sioux City this week to pick it up.
I'd like to pick up another IC jeep some time and convert them to battery power with airwire and sound. We can wish anyway. Some day tho. I think my rolled roofing came in so will have to make a trip to Sioux City this week to pick it up.
JJ,
I can still rob some of the track in the yard if I need it. The one track on the left that is the longest aristo track I wanted so I can pull a train in engine first. All my engines are track powered except my Mallet. Want to convert more to batter power tho some time.
Yes, that is a grain elevator building and was my first building I purchased when I got into G-scale. I bought it at a train show In Boone, IA. It was hand made by someone there. Made out of plywood and covered with corrugated pop and beer cans. Think I gave $75 for it. Not a bad price for all the work in it.
I also like your bent steel forms you made to pour your roadbed. Bet that works pretty slick.
I can still rob some of the track in the yard if I need it. The one track on the left that is the longest aristo track I wanted so I can pull a train in engine first. All my engines are track powered except my Mallet. Want to convert more to batter power tho some time.
Yes, that is a grain elevator building and was my first building I purchased when I got into G-scale. I bought it at a train show In Boone, IA. It was hand made by someone there. Made out of plywood and covered with corrugated pop and beer cans. Think I gave $75 for it. Not a bad price for all the work in it.
I also like your bent steel forms you made to pour your roadbed. Bet that works pretty slick.
I put a gate in along fence so I can access the new shed. I also got the yard tracks wired to some on/off switches for controlling the power. Finally got the roled roofing and put that on today. Pretty much done out side of attaching the roof vents and adding a lean to on the north side for another small train.
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Thank you very much for the complements Dave,Toad and Stan.
I'm still kicking around some ideas to help with lifting the roof. This has been a fun project to build and will help in running trains on the spur of the moment. I think I'm going to replace the LGB "R3" switch on the main line with a #6 that is the lead switch to the yard. When backing a 12 car train in from the main and the engine gets close to this switch a couple cars want to derail right behind the engine. To much swing with the LGB switch and pushing that many cars. Also want to move my transformer and TE receiver from the garage to the train shed for better signal reception.
I'm still kicking around some ideas to help with lifting the roof. This has been a fun project to build and will help in running trains on the spur of the moment. I think I'm going to replace the LGB "R3" switch on the main line with a #6 that is the lead switch to the yard. When backing a 12 car train in from the main and the engine gets close to this switch a couple cars want to derail right behind the engine. To much swing with the LGB switch and pushing that many cars. Also want to move my transformer and TE receiver from the garage to the train shed for better signal reception.
Sesh1975,
What are these linear actuators? Also where would you get these from. Do you have any more information on these, like price, and how they work? Thanks for your idea.
Any other IDEA'S out there on making the roof easier to lift.
Thanks to all of you who have made suggestions so far.
I'm in no hurry to get this part done so want more ideas.
THANKS TO ALL AGAIN.
What are these linear actuators? Also where would you get these from. Do you have any more information on these, like price, and how they work? Thanks for your idea.
Any other IDEA'S out there on making the roof easier to lift.
Thanks to all of you who have made suggestions so far.
I'm in no hurry to get this part done so want more ideas.
THANKS TO ALL AGAIN.
Sunday I got the access door from the layout made. There was a doggie door [previous door] in the shed above the new door so this was utilized so I can have a bigger access hole to reach the switches inside. Also spead things out on my shelving inside.
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