TT scale trains and models

Alex

Thanks for your efforts in rehabilitating TTnut...
Things are strangely familiar... yet subtly different!

Excelsior Onward and Upward!

areibel wrote:Nelson Kennedy passed away on May 19.

Nelson's efforts raised the bar for our small TT community. Thanks to Al Reibel for working with Nelson to bring out the GP38-2 for the 'TT Scale Society'...

Nelson's memory lives in resin shells running on TT rails...

j p wrote:Rock Island 40' Fowler boxcar.

NOT a foobie!!!

Hi! For what era is this boxcar? I'm confused by the look of the door. It looks like in the 1960s. https://trovestardata.com/images/Collections/4/items/101/101198_19.jpg Let's see... Blue cars did not appear on the B&M until 1956... when the B&M President McGinnis wanted a 'new look' The 74000-7449...

Rich1853 wrote:In the automotive industry this is call driveshaft phasing and they are in phase (parallel).

Thanks for providing the correct terminology!
Here is a nice explanation: https://www.beldenuniversal.com/universal-joint-phasing from a company that makes them!

The trains will be seized and you will be sent home. Sometime later, we will buy the trains cheap at the police auction.<G> That's sooo comforting... Katalin says I don't look good in an orange jumpsuit! Kat really enjoyed her visit to Vancouver last November... which gives me a reasonable expectat...

CFRiad wrote:But when the border opens and they let you into the country

The first will happen at some point;
The second... Well; If the Mounties catch me smuggling in TT trains... It's all over!

>>the layout could be left setup for a few [days] months.

Why waste garage space on a CAR!!!

Point of reference:
The pre-manufactured 'dog bone' connectors (ball-shaft-ball) from NWSL have the 'horns' parallel.

That said... I've seen 'Pro' engine re-builders do it both ways; parallel or perpendicular

YMMV*



* Netspeak for: "Your Milage May Vary..."

VTE 2020 just cancelled today. That's a BIG bummer... I guess I had thought VTE was far enough out to be do-able. <<sigh>> 2020 looks like the year that shows forgot My focus will now shift to the NMRA National in Santa Clara... July 4, 2021-July 10, 2021. HOWEVER... if there is a Spring show in BC...