Re: Fw: Advice on O-gauge engine/track

["jas e. smiley" <bj.smiley1@juno.com>]

On mon.07.15.02 11:45 jas.e.smiley ,<bj.smiley1@juno.com>writes:
In my opinion Lionel ddoes not make an enginewhich can run continuously.
on there
test track ffor new product, they stop and grease and oil the engines on
a fixed schedule.

in my opion,  only the lgb engines can run for hours and not be serviced.
if you go to
stores with lgb' running engines, there are always engines sitting while
backup engines are pulling the load.

In west des moines,ia. there was a train store which had lionel trains
running almost constantly.
i asked the operator how he kept the engines running and he showed me the
cases of 24
replacement motors that lionel furnished,  as a promotion expense..

I think that the ronald mc donald train exibet in ne dallas for years,at
christmas ttime , ran o-ga trains from 9am to 6pm 
daily. someone from dallas would have to tell you what equipment they ran
and how many
 repair people were required service the equipment to keep em rolling
 
In closing, i see the staffing needs  to keep any  USA trains running
full time is a real budget item 

a friend of mine who is one of the top 10 LGB Garden railroad operators
in the USA , runs her
 trains about 50 times a year and returns all sick engines to the lgb
service center every winter.

Another friend,  who is up in years,  is a master designer and master 
builder of all size models 
and full size train engines and rolling stock.  the o gage, 2 rail, 
engines and consist models
he built from scratch have a much longer running schedule than all of the
above engines descrebed.
bye,    bj.1  
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:52:48 -0500 "Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com> writes:
> Leslie, 
> 
> I'm forwarding this to our club for general consumption.  Hopefully 
> some of our O-gauge experts can give ya'll some pointers!
> 
> 
> TTAT Members,
> 
> If you can help out, please email Leslie directly at 
> lessharp@swbell.net, and CC the club too!
> 
Steve
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From:     
> To: ttat@aoot.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:05 PM
> Subject: Advice on O-gauge engine/track
> 
> Dear Steve,
>  
> 
> We are opening an espresso/cappuccino bar and cyber cafe in 
> Lockhart.  Opening is scheduled for November, 2002.  We would like 
> to incorporate a 0-gauge train set to run throughout our large 
> facility, and would appreciate any advice on a model train that 
> could run continuously with the least complications.  Track size 
> will need to be about 100 linear feet, although we have not 
> concretized our layout.   Also, we would like to have our model be 
> consistent with 1900 circa SA & AP or Katy lines.   
> 
>  
> 
> Any advice?  
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  
> 
> Leslie Harper
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