Re: Lift out bridge

[Steve Wise <swise@aoot.com>]

I agree that we would want to prohibit use during formal run times.

It would be nice to have during setup.



Adrian Elliott wrote:
>
> This is one of those projects that seem to keep coming up from time to 
> time. I agree with Scott about going in and out during operating time 
> being a problem. For Fun Run’s we can do whatever we like but for 
> shows we need to keep the trains running. That means that this could 
> only be used in the morning before the show opened or in the evening 
> after the show closed. Even with that limitation I believe that this 
> would be beneficial in that when it is open it would make it much 
> easier to load boxes in and out and also be used during layout set-up. 
> This would also make a well defined location for members to enter or 
> exit the layout and to pass boxes through without worrying about 
> catching a low hanging wire.
>
> *From:* scott a smiley
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:48 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Lift out bridge
>
> Over the years as we have thought about this possibility, I have 
> always felt that it would be nice to keep from crawling under the 
> layout but concerned about the interlocks to keep trains from going 
> through the open section and the likelihood that all tracks would need 
> to stop for the bridge to open, and that when we are at a show, there 
> can be 15 of us around going in and out all the time and the time the 
> bridge would take away from operating time. Also when running long 
> trains, the stopping distance changes.
>
> Scott
>
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:12:41 -0500 Bill Lohman <844bill@gmail.com 
> <mailto:844bill@gmail.com>> writes:
>
>     I think this would be an awesome addition to our layout. Anyone
>     else agree? Bill
>