HI again to all,
Here are some pictures of the Casey Jones High Railer's work session from this past Saturday.
These modules were made to travel, but sometimes they get banged up. The left outside rail on this module took a hit from something. It was torn from the ties and bend out about 90 degrees. Mike used a dremmel tool to cut out the bent rail. He also replaced the first tie. the finger points to the joint in the new rail. All that is left to do is patch up the ballast.
Work continues on the hill top train station and the platform down at track level
Wiring is almost complete on the two new yard modules. This weekend we connected the "jones plugs" which are used to conect the jumpers between modules. Rick is our Jones Plug experet.
Fritz and Frank are working on the switch control pannel for the cross over moduel. The original control pannel was lost a while back, and how it was lost is a story for another post, and maybe a book!
There was a question about about the dimensions of our lift up section in the responses to last week's pictures.
- The module over all length is 4 feet
- The module is 2ft wide at its widest point
- The module is 3 3/4 inche high (1X4)
- The bridge itself is 16 inches wide
- The lift section bridge is 36 inches long
- The area of the lift up section where the control house is located is 7 inches long.
- There is a 12 inch section connecting the back of the bridge module to the next module.
- The midule is made of oak, it is heavy, but will stand up to the stress of set up, tear down and storage.
Here are some pictures. I know numbers listed above do not make much sense without a drawing. I will try and make one in PDF form and post it later.
Thanks for looking, and have a good week
Richard Gonzales