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In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Wayne Sardullo writes:
> I also planned for that one special steam train of mine to be in the
> Roundhouse. Only issue is that its ALOT longer then two straight tracks. In
> turn, I decided to make the entry way and Bay 6 a straight-thru bay so, I can
> have my Steamer parked inside if need be. The Beast extends one of the bays
> about 2 1/2 times longer then the others. I realize now how big a task this is
> going to be.
;-))
Who said it would be a one week projekt?
> Without a doubt this is a table on its own. Thats actually a good
> thing though because it will allow me to submerge the gears and turntable
> underneath and not have to raise everything.
But at this point I wanted to throw in another hint:
- Do you think a turntable of 32 Studs is enough for all of your engines (and
the ones you might build in future? (But as long as your bays are not longer
than 32 studs this should be ok...)
Have you done some testruns with different engines over the gaps in the track:
in my eyes these gaps between bays and turntable look quite wide. Are those
wider than 1 stud?
> While its still no where near a
> start; more layout of tracks and what the trains look like parked. At least • for
> the few bays I have setup. Still need to add 6 more bays.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=170954
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=170955
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=170957
One last question on roundhouses in general: are there still roundhouses in use
in the US?
Here they have died out short after the end of the steam era. That means they
have been built in general for steam engines and you have nearly never seen a
diesel in a roundhouse.
Regards,
Ben
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| (...) It's not in use but there is a moderately huge roundhouse sitting right in downtown Toronto (near the CN Tower). It's now a distillery or something, but the building looks great! I keep meaning to take pics of that area sometime, to see if I (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) You'd be suprised, sometimes 24 hours is all I need. (...) I agree with you, I did some thinking about this and as I mentioned built into the design a method for a LONGER then 32 stud engine. Looking at all my engines, It seems that I keep the (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I would go 48 if I could. But I should hasten to point out that it is prototypical for engines not to fit on the turntable in US practice. It happened fairly frequently. The most common solution was to service the engine in the stall that was (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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| I also planned for that one special steam train of mine to be in the Roundhouse. Only issue is that its ALOT longer then two straight tracks. In turn, I decided to make the entry way and Bay 6 a straight-thru bay so, I can have my Steamer parked (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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