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Re: what makes a good engine shed?
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:47:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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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 asymetric
with the north facing slopes more vertical than the solid ones.
Even if that isn’t suitable I think that skylights are an essential as well as
providing some more detail for the roof. Other than that I don’t think there
would be much else, possibly a chimney for the office fire.
Had another thought, braziers for keeping the train crew warm on those cold
winter nights.
Tim
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