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Re: what makes a good engine shed?
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Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:32:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
   Hey all, It’s been kinda quiet on here lately so I figured I’d ask an open-ended question. What makes a good engine shed?

What I mean by this is; what should it contain, what should it look like and more importantly what makes them such a popular subject to build?


Ondrew<--sleep deprived yet again

Well for those of you building steamers, an inspection pit and smoke hoods are good details. Plenty of piles of ash are good too. For a better equipped shed how about shear legs, a hoist or a small gantry crane and a wheel lathe, either for turning wheels on or off the train? For a more modern shed how about a set of synchronised jacks(1). Remember the roof trusses. Most sheds also seem to have some spare wheels/axles sitting out the back on one of the lines.

Tim

(1)in the UK recently a set on synchronised jacks capable of lifting a whole four car trainset at once failed and bent two of the brand new cars!



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Hey all, It’s been kinda quiet on here lately so I figured I’d ask an open-ended question. What makes a good engine shed? What I mean by this is; what should it contain, what should it look like and more importantly what makes them such a popular (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)  

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