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Re: what makes a good engine shed?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:39:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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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 subject to build?
Ondrew<--sleep deprived yet again
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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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Wow Tim.
Thank you for your reply. The photos you provided are awesome! Got any more you
might like to share?? I’m always looking for cool links I can reference when I’m
building something.
Actually at the moment I’ve been referencing
Southern Pacific
Sacramento Shops for the building I currently have under construction. Mine is
really a blending of 4-5 different structures pictured but the above link has
been very very helpful.
Any ideas on what I should do with the roof? Other than vents do I need to
greeble my roof some how?
Ondrew
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| (...) I actually googled the images to suit the example I thought of rather than having them saved. . In the UK many larger sheds had Northlights, i.e. a ridged roof with glass in the north facing slopes to get the best light. Often the ridges were (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Well for those of you building steamers, an (URL) pit> and (URL) 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 (URL) lathe>, either for (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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