Train sets!

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that is a matter of discretion, but so far it's been my old house, my current job, and my trains

1mtvfan wrote:no, when the trains run, they will be subject to troubles of this nature all the time, so we have to keep fighting with the leveling, as there is little we can do about the temperatures

So I take it this happens to be on a main line?

even on the sidings and spur lines, leveling is always an issue

Yeah but what I meant is that it would not be such drag if it were a line that is not always used, or only used once in a while.

no matter what we do, we will always have to fight with the leveling due to the rise and fall of the cement floor

1mtvfan wrote:no matter what we do, we will always have to fight with the leveling due to the rise and fall of the cement floor

The drop-bridge will help with it though right?

no, the drop bridge is only an access thing, leveling will always be an issue as things warm up and cool down

Hopefully it will, yes

1mtvfan wrote:no, the drop bridge is only an access thing, leveling will always be an issue as things warm up and cool down  

TigerTankFan wrote:Hopefully it will, yes

Well in theory since the drop bridge hangs from the table and goes from one side to the other but is not actually touching the ground it should help keep the trains from falling off the tracks if engineered slowly across it.

the leveling will always be an issue as the cement floor is always rising and falling with the constantly changing temperatures.

But the drop bridge will HELP with this issue in this section of the line.

the drop bridge is only to allow access to the inner portion of the setup, i t will do little to nothing in the way of keeping things level and in-line. glad you find this thread interesting josh and i should say that an 89' flatcar in COFC service normally has container "shoes" installed to keep the containers locked down and in place on the flatcar. and if you all would like to see what i mean by "Container shoes" i will find some and take pics of them to show you all.

1mtvfan wrote:the drop bridge is only to allow access to the inner portion of the setup, i t will do little to nothing in the way of keeping things level and in-line.  

But no more trains will be wrecked once built though right?

no trains were ever wrecked, they just come apart when the couplers ran over the uneven tracks, which is a very major pain, and the set up will never be truly level, because the floor underneath is constantly shifting with the ground as it rises and falls with the temperatures.

1mtvfan wrote:no trains were ever wrecked, they just come apart when the couplers ran over the uneven tracks, which is a very major pain, and the set up will never be truly level, because the floor underneath is constantly shifting with the ground as it rises and falls with the temperatures.  

Well will this HELP prevent trains from coming apart in the future?

probably not, as i said, the setup will never be completely level.

It might but not very much as the ground will constantly shift with the time of year (falling when the air gets cold and rising when the air get warm).

TigerTankFan wrote:It might but not very much as the ground will constantly shift with the time of year (falling when the air gets cold and rising when the air get warm).

So how will this help then?

it will only help by allow much easier access to the inner sections of the set up.

1mtvfan wrote:it will only help by allow much easier access to the inner sections of the set up.

That is what I said, the area this drop-bridge is being built in.

the drop bridge is being built while still on the set up, but all we have to do is take out some screws and move some supports out of the way to allow the bridge to drop

1mtvfan wrote:the drop bridge is being built while still on the set up, but all we have to do is take out some screws and move some supports out of the way to allow the bridge to drop

So construction is underway?

no, the drop bridge is on the back shelf, as clearing for phase 3 is the top project at this point

1mtvfan wrote:no, the drop bridge is on the back shelf, as clearing for phase 3 is the top project at this point

I am still foggy on what preciselly phase 3 consists of. May you create a list for us? Of each thing it entails.

the reverse loop, the helix, and the freight yard, that is phase 3

1mtvfan wrote:the reverse loop, the helix, and the freight yard, that is phase 3

Progress on these are?